Attack on freedom of speech: ‘The time has come for the media to unite’
KARACHI: Journalists, political leaders and civil society activists stood united on Saturday against the attack in which three employees of Express News were killed, demanding the government to
ISLAMABAD: A complaint has been lodged with the Secretariat Police Station against Ahmed Raza Kasuri, counsel for Gen. (R) Pervez Musharraf, for threatening journalist during a press talk outside the Special Court. Station House Officer (SHO) confirmed that the complaint was lodged
KARACHI: The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for a deadly attack on a private television channel in Karachi and threatened further violence against media outlets. A spokesman said in a statement that militants had attacked a TV channel van on Friday night, killing
SHIKARPUR: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Saturday the hearing of the television journalist Wali Babar murder case. Judge Mushtaque Ahmed Leghari of the ATC Kandhkot/Kashmore put off the hearing till Jan 25 as Advocate Salman Mujahid Baloch, the lawyer for the
General Ziaul Haq once threatened if he hanged a few journalists, no one would dare speak against him. He did in fact get three journalists — Khawar Naim Hashmi, Iqbal Jaffery and Nasir Zaidi — flogged. The fourth one was spared on doctor’s advice because
QUETTA: Journalists staged a walkout from Balochistan Assembly’s proceedings on Saturday to register their protest against the targeted killings of Express News employees. A technician, driver and a guard were shot dead when the channel’s stationary DSNG van was ambushed in
SUKKUR: Journalists from Sukkur and Larkana division protested in front of the Central Prison Shikarpur on Saturday where the hearing in the Wali Khan Babar murder case was in progress by an ATC judge. Hundreds of journalists from Sukkur
By: Rabia Ali KARACHI: Even during his last moments, Waqas Aziz was every bit a hero, showing more concern for others than himself. “Mujhay chore day, un ko dekhay, (Forget about me, take care of them),” the
KARACHI: Phones kept ringing in the Express office as citizens called in to denounce the attack on Express News DSNG and the murder of its three workers. Among the callers from various localities of Karachi Faraz from Nazimabad said Taliban want to capture Karachi and