A decade ago, senior journalist Mukarram Khan Atif, 40, a correspondent for Washington-based Pashto language “Deewa Radio” and a reporter for a private TV channel “Dunya News” was gunned down in Shabqadar area of Charsadda district by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan on Jan 17, 2012, in response to his refusal to give coverage to the Taliban on […]
ایک دہائی قبل واشنگٹن میں قائم پشتو زبان “دیوہ ریڈیو” کے نامہ نگار اور نجی ٹی وی چینل “دنیا نیوز” کے رپورٹر، 40 سالہ سینئر صحافی مکرم خان عاطف کو 17 جنوری 2012 کو تحریک طالبان پاکستان نے ریڈیو پر طالبان کو ان کے مطلب کی کوریج دینے سے انکار پر ضلع چارسدہ کے علاقے […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has virtually discarded the opinion of amici curiae about absolving Jang Group’s editor-in-chief Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman and senior journalists Ansar Abbasi and Aamir Ghauri in contempt proceedings related to an affidavit of former Gilgit-Baltistan chief judge Rana Mohammad Shamim and decided to indict them as well as Mr Shamim on […]
جیو نیوز کے رپورٹر، 29 سالہ صحافی ولی خان بابر کو 13 جنوری 2011 کو کراچی کے علاقے لیاقت آباد میں گولی مار کر ہلاک کر دیا گیا تھا۔ بابر اپنی پیشہ ورانہ ذمہ داریاں ادا کرکے جیو نیوز کے دفتر سے گھر واپس آ رہے تھے کہ رات 9 بجکر 21 منٹ پر موٹر […]
Journalist Wali Khan Babar, 29, reporter of Geo News was shot dead on January 13, 2011 in Liaquatabad area of Karachi. Babar was returning home from the Geo News office after performing his professional responsibilities, when two assailants on a motorcycle intercepted his car at 9:21pm and shot him five times through the driver’s window […]
On January 10, 2013 three media professionals cameraman Imran Shaikh, reporter Saif ur Rehaman from Samaa TV and Mohammad Iqbal, a photographer from NNI news agency, were killed. Rehman who was injured initially died later at a hospital from his injuries, while the other two died on site. The journalists were reporting on an explosion […]
WASHINGTON, D.C: The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday expressed grave concern over the Islamabad High Court (IHC)’s decision to indict Pakistani journalists Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Aamir Ghauri, and Ansar Abbasi, calling it a dangerous attack on press freedom and freedom of expression.In a statement the CPJ said: “On December 28, 2021, the Islamabad High Court […]
