LAHORE: A Pakistani-British man who was on death row for 18 years before his acquittal in the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl was transferred on Monday to a government safe house for security reasons, police said. Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh was handed over to the Punjab Counter-Terrorism department amid tight security, a senior […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed serious concern over registration of cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act against journalists, protesting against the alleged extrajudicial killing of a varsity student, Irfan Jatoi, and condemned the murder of private new channel’s journalist, Ajay Laalwani, both of which happened in Sukkur. The PFUJ termed the […]
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and former chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Absar Alam has challenged a summon issued to him by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over his recent tweets and social media posts. Mr Alam in some of his recent tweets criticised the establishment for interfering in politics. The FIA summoned him on […]
Swat Press Club on Tuesday expressed grave concern over a series of FIR registered against journalists working in Swat Valley and demanded their withdrawal. According to details, a meeting of Swat Press club, Swat Union of Journalists and Electronic Media Association was held in press club here on Tuesday, where a large number of Journalists […]
Minister for Water and Power Resources Faisal Vawda once again lost his cool with a journalist. The minister lashed out at Matiullah Jan when the latter asked him when he gave up his American citizenship. Vawda was surrounded by journalists after he came out of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after hearing of the […]
When Pakistani road workers discovered human remains on their construction site in North Waziristan in early March, they unearthed more than the bones of an elderly teacher who was abducted and killed 13 years ago. The victim, Muhammad Salam, was also a potential witness to the 2006 killing of Hayatullah Khan — a journalist who […]
PESHAWAR: A case has been registered against senior journalist Ghulam Akbar Marwat in Lakki Marwat over unveiling alleged corruption in the distribution of subsidized flour. The Food Department has also accused the journalist of blackmailing. The journalist community has condemned the vindictive action against the journalist over reporting malpractices. Ghulam Akbar Marwat, who is president […]