ISLAMABAD: Nearly a year after he was picked up from Sector F-10, law enforcement personnel on Friday finally told the court that a missing software engineer appeared to be the victim of an ‘enforced disappearance’. This was stated in a report submitted by a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) investigating, probing the disappearance of IT Engineer Sajid […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) issued show cause notice to Labbaik Pvt Ltd (Bol News channel) on Friday for defying its order to discontinue the programme, Aisay Nahi Chalay Ga, and to keep Amir Liaquat, its host, off the air. The regulator, through an order issued on Thursday, had taken exception to […]
ISLAMABAD: Even though the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority barred TV show host Aamir Liaquat Hussain from appearing on screen and issued orders to stop the broadcast of his show, the pugnacious host appeared on TV on Thursday night in defiance of Pemra orders. Separately, Rawalpindi police have registered a case against Aamir Liaquat under […]
SUKKUR: A day after being sealed by the district administration to avert a clash between two groups of journalists, Larkana Press Club was opened on Wednesday and forcibly occupied. The group occupying the club has deployed armed men inside the building. Two groups of journalists have been at war since the past few years over ownership […]
LARKANA: An armed group belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) attacked the Larkana Press Club, destroyed its property and warned the journalists not to give coverage to any other candidate contesting against Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the by-elections, otherwise the repercussions would be severe. On the other hand, Sindh Home Minister Suhail Anwar Siyal […]
BAJAUR AGENCY – Frequent threats to media persons from militants groups have triggered fear and panic among the journalist community in Bajaur Agency. A number of journalists in Bajaur Agency, working with different national and international media organisations have said that they have received threats from different banned militant groups living in Afghanistan over their […]
Battle lines drawn as civil society, religious activists face off over fate of missing persons
With two weeks having passed since five social media activists went missing, a civil society demonstration organised opposite the Arts Council, Karachi to demand recovery of all missing persons saw over a hundred protesters who stood united against the impending threat at the hands of a religious group, Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY). Planned […]