The Second Additional Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge of Ghotki, Mohammad Ashraf Dehraj, on Monday adjourned the hearing of an alleged extortion case against a journalist until Sept 19. Nasrullah Gaddani, a reporter associated with daily Awami Awaz and senior vice president of the Mirpur Mathelo Press Club was booked vide FIR No. 182/22 at […]

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Senior reporter Geo News Waqar Satti was granted bail before arrest till Sept 19th by Rawalpindi Additional District Judge, against a fabricated case lodged by the Punjab government. A large number of journalists were present to express solidarity with fellow journalists. Journalist bodies already condemned the religiously motivated case against journalists and termed it a […]

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly condemns the decision of PEMRA, an electronic media regulatory authority, to ban the transmission of Bol News and Bol Entertainment. We urge the authorities to look into this matter and immediately lift the ban on both and ensure that the transmission should not be suspended until the completion of legal procedures. On Sep […]

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The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday decided to immediately take both the BOL News and BOL Entertainment TV channels off the air for not getting “security clearance from the Interior Ministry”. The decision to the effect was taken during its 174th meeting presided over by Pemra Chairman Muhammad Saleem Baig, according to […]

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by the registration of a blasphemy case against Waqqar Satti over a video he posted on his Twitter account with his personal views.   This is an alarming trend to troll journalists and their families on social media platform by well-organized social media wings of political parties. On Aug 27, […]

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ISLAMABAD—Azam Chaudhry, President of Lahore Press Club, found a bullet lying on his desk as he arrived at his work desk Saturday. He said whosoever had done this cowardly act should instead have come face to face to attack him. “I have dedicated myself to protecting the rights of journalists,” he said on Twitter. Press […]

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Rawalpindi police have registered a case against journalist Waqar Satti on allegations of attributing “disrespectful” statements “not based on facts” about Islam to PTI chairperson Imran Khan. The case was registered at RA Bazar police station on Saturday on the complaint of a cable operator, Chaudhry Nasir Qayyum, under Sections 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts […]

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