Freedom of Expression

US concerned at SHC order in Pearl case

Spokesperson says Sindh govt will definitely challenge decision in apex court • Family praises Pakistan’s bid to stop release of men charged in case WASHINGTON/KARACHI: The US State Department took a rare break from the Christmas holidays on Friday to

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Governmentt fully believes in press freedom: Faraz

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Sunday said that the government fully believed in press freedom, thus rejecting the reports that the media was being pressurized in the country. He made these remarks on popular microblogging

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Media barred from covering Karachi Bar polls

KARACHI: Police stopped journalists from entering Karachi High Court to cover the Karachi Bar annual election on Saturday. The police ordered all the media persons to stay out of court. A large number of litigants were also present outside the

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138 journalists killed in Pakistan since 1990: IFJ

ISLAMABAD: As the year 2020 draws to a close, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a ‘White Paper on Global Journalism’ listed five countries, including Pakistan and India, as the ‘Most Dangerous Countries for Practice of Journalism in the

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US concerned at SHC order in Pearl case

Spokesperson says Sindh govt will definitely challenge decision in apex court • Family praises Pakistan’s bid to stop release of men charged in case WASHINGTON/KARACHI: The US State Department took a rare break from the Christmas holidays on Friday to

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Governmentt fully believes in press freedom: Faraz

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Sunday said that the government fully believed in press freedom, thus rejecting the reports that the media was being pressurized in the country. He made these remarks on popular microblogging

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Media barred from covering Karachi Bar polls

KARACHI: Police stopped journalists from entering Karachi High Court to cover the Karachi Bar annual election on Saturday. The police ordered all the media persons to stay out of court. A large number of litigants were also present outside the

Read More »

138 journalists killed in Pakistan since 1990: IFJ

ISLAMABAD: As the year 2020 draws to a close, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a ‘White Paper on Global Journalism’ listed five countries, including Pakistan and India, as the ‘Most Dangerous Countries for Practice of Journalism in the

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