International Day of the Disappeared Karachi: Journalists in Pakistan face serious threats to their freedom of expression and their physical safety, from both armed groups and security forces. The government has a duty to protect journalists who are doing their jobs, and hold accountable those responsible for violating their rights, said Amnesty International. According to […]

The administrative judge of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday transferred the bail pleas of three female workers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to ATC-VIII for the hearing. The female workers, Rabia, Qurat-ul-Ain and Sumera were arrested for allegedly attacking a private news channel on 22 August, 2016. They filed bail pleas with the administrative judge […]

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman, Absar Alam on Friday said since the regulatory body could not play its due role since its inception, TV channels became totally free to air whatever they wanted to. Talking informally to media persons here on the occasion of lunch, he hosted for them, Absar Alam […]

August 28, marks the second anniversary of the murder of Irshad Mastoi an assignment editor of ARY News television channel,  bureau chief of Online news agency and secretary-general of the Baluchistan Union of Journalists along with his two colleagues,  According to Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), these murders remain shrouded in mystery despite passage of two years. On […]

KARACHI: While extending the physical remand of three leaders and 11 workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts also remanded on Thursday over 20 newly arrested activists in police custody in a case pertaining to attack on media houses. After the end of their three-day physical remand, police reproduced […]

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Edgar Lungu, President of Zambia expressed concern over the over the cancellation of broadcasting licenses of three media organizations and arrest of four media workers of Muvi TV. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Zambia to return the licenses of […]

KARACHI: The Rangers claim to have arrested a key suspect involved in the attack on the ARY News office in Karachi. Union Council (UC) 22 chairman Asif Siddiqui was arrested during a raid in the Ranchore Lines area. The accused has been handed over to the police for further investigation. “He was involved in the […]