ISLAMABAD: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and its 191 partner organisations, including Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres have urged him to take action to secure release of 250 jailed journalists worldwide. “On behalf of the #FreeThePress campaign, made up of 192 press freedom and human rights […]
RAWALPINDI: The countrywide protests by workers of the Geo-Jang Group along with a large cross-section of civil society, political workers and journalist organizations continued on Monday against the government’s draconian restrictions on the constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental right of press freedom and independence of expression, which have of late resulted in the persecution of Editor-in-Chief of Geo […]
SUKKUR: The World Press Freedom was observed in Sukkur, Khairpur, Hyderabad, Dadu, Naushahro Feroze, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Mirpurkhas, Umarkot, Mithi and other cities. The journalists’ bodies took out rallies to mark the Press Freedom Day throughout the Sukkur region. They waved black flags on their respective press clubs to record their protest against the discrimination with […]
ISLAMABAD: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his message on Press Freedom Day said, “Journalists and media workers are crucial to helping us make informed decisions. As the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic, those decisions can make the difference between life and death.” “On World Press Freedom Day, we call on governments — and others […]
RAWALPINDI/ LAHORE/PESHAWAR/ KARACHI: The protest of journalists and workers of Geo and Jang Group along with the cross section of civil society, political workers and journalists organisations continued on Sunday against the illegal arrest of Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman. The protest of media workers entered 52nd day on Sunday on the eve of International Press Freedom […]
LAHORE: Senior journalist and Geo News anchor Hamid Mir said Sunday Firdous Ashiq Awan and Jehangir Tareen lacked courage to criticise Prime Minister Imran Khan and, instead, they had made his Principal Secretary Azam Khan a scapegoat. Speaking in Geo News programme Naya Pakistan, Mir said over two dozen people belonging to Firdous’s constituency were […]
LAHORE: The PML-N President and Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday condemned the arrest and continued detention of Editor-in-Chief of Jang/Geo Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and said his arrest in a baseless case has made fun of Pakistan in the whole world.In his message on World Press Freedom Day, Shahbaz Sharif […]
