ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Editor-in-Chief of Jang Group of Newspapers Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, who has been in captivity for around eight months, in a reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) about a 34-year-old matter of land purchase. Headed by Justice Mushir Alam and comprising Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC), while maintaining its order for not harassing ‘The News’ reporter Fakhar Durrani, Thursday served notices to the federal government and others and sought their replies. During the hearing, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah observed that allegedly some people are misusing the Pakistan Electronic Crime Act. “If even there is […]
PESHAWAR: The provincial information department has removed 31 provincial, regional and local newspapers from the media list for not fulfilling the criteria under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Advertisement Policy 2018, according to officials. After removal from the media list, they said, the government advertisements would not be issued to such newspapers. These newspapers so far […]
2020 presents a grim picture for press freedom in Pakistan – Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) 2020 presents a grim picture for press freedom in Pakistan with multiple attempts to silence the voices of the media in the print, broadcast and online spheres. The media in Pakistan continues to work under an environment of fear and […]
KARACHI: Progressive Panel on Saturday swept the 2020-21 elections of Karachi Union of Journalists (Barna Group). Nizamuddin Siddiqui from Dawn was elected as KUJ president, while Faheem Siddiqui from Geo TV was already elected unopposed as general secretary. According to the results announced by Chairman of the Election Committee Ibne Hassan, Aijaz Shaikh […]
ISLAMABAD: One third of the journalists facing legal cases filed mainly by the Pakistani state are at risk of being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law, a research study has found. Print media practitioners are twice as likely to be the target of legal action that television media practitioners, and Sindh is the most dangerous […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) in their separate statements have asked the government and various state institutions to look into the prolonged imprisonment of editor-in-chief of Jang Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and dispel the impression that the objective behind his arrest and prosecution is not accountability but to […]
