On Wednesday, the courts in Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs5 million to one of the men accused of gunning down in cold blood journalist Ayub Khattak on Oct 11, 2013. While grief cannot
KARAK: The district and sessions judge here on Wednesday convicted a man for killing a senior journalist and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs500,000. The judge Syed Kamal Hussain Shah, however, acquitted a co-accused, Khoob Niaz,
On March 16, 2016, the murderer of journalist Ayub Khattak was awarded life imprisonment with 5 million rupees (US $ 50,000) by District and Sessions Judge in Karak, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. This marks only the
Offices of television channels were attacked and media crews beaten up on 4 March during protest rallies and sit ins in major cities across Pakistan against the execution of Mumtaz Qadri convicted for murder of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer of
PESHAWAR: Journalist organisations in different cities staged rallies against attacks on media houses by protesters. The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) on Saturday condemned attacks on the offices of the ARY and Aaj News in Sindh and sought registration of
People protesting the execution of Mumtaz Qadri on Friday Pelted the Business Recorder House with stones and chanted slogans against the media organisation. The caused damage to one of the vehicles of the media house and threatened its personnel. The
Multan: A threatening poster pasted on the boundary wall of Multan Press Club (MPC) hurled the warning of serious consequences to the media, stirring serious concerns among the journalism fraternity here on Friday. The MPC administration suspected that some unidentified
On Wednesday, the courts in Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs5 million to one of the men accused of gunning down in cold blood journalist Ayub Khattak on Oct 11, 2013. While grief cannot
KARAK: The district and sessions judge here on Wednesday convicted a man for killing a senior journalist and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs500,000. The judge Syed Kamal Hussain Shah, however, acquitted a co-accused, Khoob Niaz,
On March 16, 2016, the murderer of journalist Ayub Khattak was awarded life imprisonment with 5 million rupees (US $ 50,000) by District and Sessions Judge in Karak, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. This marks only the
Offices of television channels were attacked and media crews beaten up on 4 March during protest rallies and sit ins in major cities across Pakistan against the execution of Mumtaz Qadri convicted for murder of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer of
PESHAWAR: Journalist organisations in different cities staged rallies against attacks on media houses by protesters. The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) on Saturday condemned attacks on the offices of the ARY and Aaj News in Sindh and sought registration of
People protesting the execution of Mumtaz Qadri on Friday Pelted the Business Recorder House with stones and chanted slogans against the media organisation. The caused damage to one of the vehicles of the media house and threatened its personnel. The
Multan: A threatening poster pasted on the boundary wall of Multan Press Club (MPC) hurled the warning of serious consequences to the media, stirring serious concerns among the journalism fraternity here on Friday. The MPC administration suspected that some unidentified
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