The Karachi Union of Journalists has slammed the Rangers assault on a Jang journalist on Friday and asked the DG to take action against the personnel involved in the incident. Waqas A Alam tweeted on Friday that he was stopped by Rangers personnel while on his way to work and did not see that the […]
KARACHI: Faysal Mujeeb, a photographer working for Dawn-White Star was manhandled by Rangers personnel while he was covering a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) event in Azizabad on Thursday evening. The event, ‘Yaum-i-Shuhada’ was held near ‘Nine Zero’, formerly the headquarters of the MQM led by its founder leader, Altaf Hussain. Mr Mujeeb said he was […]
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday gave his assent to the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill to safeguard the rights of working journalists. The president signed the legislation at a ceremony attended by cabinet ministers and a large number of journalists and media professionals. The bill focused on protecting lives of journalists, […]
Fourteen years ago on November 23rd a journalist Zubair Ahmed Mujahid, correspondent of daily Jang Urdu in Mirpurkhas, Sindh province of Pakistan was shot dead while traveling on a motorcycle with another journalist. He was targeted by unidentified gunmen and his case has not yet been submitted in any court by the police. In fact, it […]
چودہ سال قبل 23 نومبر کو پاکستان کے صوبہ سندھ کے شہر میرپورخاص میں روزنامہ جنگ اردو کے نمائندے زبیر احمد مجاہد کو ایک اور صحافی کے ہمراہ موٹر سائیکل پر سفر کرتے ہوئے گولی مار کر ہلاک کر دیا گیا تھا۔ انہیں نامعلوم مسلح افراد نے نشانہ بنایا تھا اور پولیس نے ابھی تک […]
چودہ سال قبل 23 نومبر کو پاکستان کے صوبہ سندھ کے شہر میرپورخاص میں روزنامہ جنگ اردو کے نمائندے زبیر احمد مجاہد کو ایک اور صحافی کے ہمراہ موٹر سائیکل پر سفر کرتے ہوئے گولی مار کر ہلاک کر دیا گیا تھا۔ انہیں نامعلوم مسلح افراد نے نشانہ بنایا تھا اور پولیس نے ابھی تک […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Saturday said some clauses of the Protection of Journalists (PFUJ) and Media Professionals Act 2021 could be used to frame a mediaperson in a false case and that should have been avoided. The bill was approved by the National Assembly on Nov 8 and the Senate on […]
