RAWALPINDI: Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan has claimed that there was no crisis of flour in Punjab and said the Punjab government has taken strict action against 376 flour mills whereas licenses of 15 flour mills were suspended besides imposition of fine amounting to Rs. 60 million on violation of law. Addressing a press […]
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), an umbrella group of several journalist unions in Pakistan, joined the growing chorus of criticism against Egypt’s raid on Anadolu Agency’s Cairo bureau terming it an attempt to gag the freedom of the press. READ MORE: Iranian Foreign Ministry says Tehran still sticks to JCPOA In a statement on […]
Journalist bodies of occupied Kashmir urged the Indian government to lift the ongoing ban on the internet in the region, which entered its 165th day on Wednesday. In a session dubbed ‘cyber curfew’, which was held at the Kashmir Press Club, journalists from different media outlets and bodies lamented that they were forced to work […]
SRINAGAR:Braving the snow and cold, Abrar Ahmad, 18, is one of thousands of Kashmiris who regularly spend hours journeying on a packed train just so that they can go online as Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) grapples with the longest internet blackout imposed by the Modi government. Stepping off the crammed train – dubbed the “Internet Express” […]
The chief US diplomat for South Asian affairs, Alice Wells, has expressed concern over continued detentions and internet-shutdown in occupied Kashmir, days before her visit to New Delhi for bilateral talks. “Closely following US ambassador to India and other foreign diplomats’ recent trip to Jammu & Kashmir. Important step,” she wrote in a tweet posted […]
ISLAMABAD: A local court on Friday ordered registration of FIR against the production team of a television drama serial for alleged fraud and theft of valuables. Additional district and sessions judge Abdul Ghafoor Kakar gave the order on the application filed by producer Nosheen Agha. The case will be registered against actress Hina Altaf, actor […]
KARACHI:The Sindh High Court (SHC) sought on Thursday replies from the parties mentioned in an appeal filed by journalist Nasrullah Chaudhry, who has been convicted in a case pertaining to possession of prohibited literature. A two-member bench was hearing the plea filed by Chaudhry, which maintains that the verdict which was given by an anti-terrorism […]
