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Office of cable television operator office set ablaze in Karachi

Four unidentified armed men set fire to the office of Worldcall, a cable television operator in Karachi, on Saturday evening, 19 July 2014 possibly for transmitting Geo News television channels. According to media reports four armed men stormed the office located the posh Clifton locality of the city in the evening, forced employees to vacate the office and then set

ARY News transmission: Resumption notice to be issued today

ISLAMABAD: The letter for resumption ARY News transmission will be issued on Monday (today), Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and Ministry of Information has assured protesting Journalist Unions, Cable operators, ARY News reported. The delegations of Journalist Unions which include PFUJ, RUJ and IUJ and Cable Operators met PEMRA officials and Information minister Pervaiz Rasheed and raised the issue

Kabul asked to release Pakistani journalist

ISLAMABAD: Mediapersons and politicians on Wednesday expressed their resolve to use all influence with the Afghan authorities to ensure the release of Pakistani journalists Faizullah Khan. Last week, the Karachi based reporter was convicted by a Jalalabad court to serve a four year jail on charges of spying as he entered the country without legal permission. Speaking at the protest

Journalists under attack

On the morning of July 2, unidentified men attacked the Express News Peshawar bureau chief’s home. This was the third attack on him. Jamshed Baghwan, as I know him for the past 15 years, is a brave and self-made journalist. He is among those who have balanced views and encourage unbiased reporting. He researches thoroughly, making sure never to air

ARY News closure: PFUJ protests outside Pemra office

ISLAMABAD: Journalists under the aegis of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) today staged a protest demonstration outside Pemra office against closure of ARY News in some cities, ARY News reported Thursday. The protest demonstration was held against unfair practice of Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (Pemra) of blocking ARY news transmission. Protesting journalists attempted to enter the Pemra

Journalists under siege

CPPC appeals to all PFUJ factions to get united on one platform

LAHORE: In an emergency meeting Wednesday, Council of Pakistan Press Clubs (CPPC) has appealed to all three factions of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to get united on one platform to deal with unprecedented emerging challenges faced by country’s print and electronic media. According to a press release issued Wednesday, the CPPC meeting called for unity among different factions

Journalists condemn suspension of Geo by cable networks

MULTAN: The journalist community led by Multan Union of Journalists President Rauf Maan staged demonstration in front of Multan Press Club in connection with 5th July and observed the black day and condemned action against Pakistan’s premier media group Geo/Jang. The journalists also criticised discontinuation of Geo News at some cable networks despite Supreme Court of Pakistan orders. The Pakistan

MQM protest

Journalists observe ‘black day’

ISLAMABAD: Journalists observed a ‘black day’ on Friday across Pakistan on the call of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to protest curbs on the media and the promulgation of two anti-media ordinances. Journalists set up camps and held meetings, wearing black ribbons and armbands. They also boycotted official functions. Some buildings housing newspaper offices and television channels flew

Journalist’s home bombed in Pakistan

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in strongly condemning the bomb attack on the home of a journalist in Peshawar, Pakistan on July 2, 2014 – the third attack on the journalist’s home this year. This week’s incident saw unidentified attackers placed a bomb in the home of Jamshed Baghwan,