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Panel orders ministry to provide kidnapping footage

Panel orders ministry to provide kidnapping footageISLAMABAD: The three-member Information Commission of Pakistan on Thursday allowed the appeal of former senator Farhatullah Babar against the Interior Ministry and ordered it to provide the CCTV footage of the kidnapping of senior journalist Matiullah Jan

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s remand extended till Nov 10

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s remand extended till Nov 10LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday extended the judicial remand of Jang-Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman till November 10. The authorities concerned produced Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman before Accountability Court Judge Assad Ali. Jang-Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman is in custody

LHC suspends Pemra ban on Motorway incident

LHC suspends Pemra ban on Motorway incidentLAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday suspended a notification of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) regarding the ban on the coverage of the Motorway gang-rape incident in electronic media. A two-judge bench comprising

Pakistan slaps ban on TikTok over ‘indecent content’

Pakistan slaps ban on TikTok over ‘indecent content’ISLAMABAD: After several warnings, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday placed a ban on TikTok in the country as different segments of society continued to complain against indecent/immoral short video sharing through the Chinese

Detention of convict in Pearl murder case extended

Detention of convict in Pearl murder case extendedISLAMABAD: The Sindh government has extended for another three months the detention period of Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted of kidnapping The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) bureau Chief Daniel Pearl, the Supreme Court

SC seeks record of case against Jang owner

SC seeks record of case against Jang ownerISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court hearing a post-arrest bail plea of Chief Executive of the Jang Group of Newspapers Mir Shakeelur Rehman on Thursday summoned the NAB prosecutor general and asked the trial court to furnish

Pervaiz Rasheed demands laws for protection of all

Pervaiz Rasheed demands laws for protection of allISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Senator and former information minister Pervaiz Rasheed said that ban is being imposed on everything and the desire to keep society blind, deaf and dumb is not coming to