Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Ali Khamenei, Prime minister of Iran expressed concern over the five years imprisonment charges to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for secret charges and her continued detention. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Iran to immediately release Zaghari-Ratcliffe and the remaining journalists, artists […]

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Abdulla Yameen, President of Maldives expressed concern over the harassment on ‘Maldives Independent’, an English language daily newspaper. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Maldives to immediately stop harassing the media and assure the Maldives Independent editor Zaheena Rasheed that […]

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed an application for temporary permission to exhibit film “Maalik” till announcement of its decision reserved on the petitions against ban on the movie. Dismissing the application, Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza asked the applicant to wait for the announcement of the reserved decision. Social activist Abdullah Malik […]

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of United Arab Emirates expresses concern over the detention of Jordanian journalist Tayseer al-Najjar. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of UAE to investigate the case of Al-Najjar if he is responsible for any crime […]

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has reserved its order on a petition filed by anchorperson Dr Shahid Masood against a decision by Pemra to take his talk show off air for 45 days. Justice Aamer Farooq, after hearing the arguments of counsel for a private television channel, the anchorperson and the Pakistan Elec­tronic Media […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday lifted a ban on the screening of the feature film Maalik four months after it was imposed by the federal government. The ban was imposed after the information ministry’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) declared the film “uncertified” under the rules of the 1979 Motion Pictures […]

Karachi: Granted bail on Saturday by an anti-terrorism court (ATC), three female workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday secured their bails after depositing surety bonds of Rs200,000, liable to be paid by each of them. Following their release the three women, Qurat-ul-Ain, Rabia and Sumera paid a visit to the temporary headquarters […]