ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC), on Wednesday, sought comments from the Ministry of Human Rights in a petition challenging the Section 6 (Good faith Obligation of journalists and media persons) of the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Act, 2021. A single bench of Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued the directions, while hearing the […]

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) remembers the work of a photojournalist and columnist for the Urdu-language weekly Akbar-e-Jehan Dr Abdus Samad Chishti Mujahid, was fatally shot by a gunman in Quetta, the capital of the Balochistan province on February 9, 2008. Mujahid’s murder was the result of a headline — a headline he had not himself […]

On 7 February 2005 Allah Noor, reporter of Khyber TV, and Amir Nawab, correspondent of Associated Press Television News were killed when men armed with AK-47 machine guns opened fire on them in a van near the town of Wana, South Waziristan, FATA. 4 prominent Journalists of the area including Allah Noor, Amir Nawab, Anwar Shakir, and […]

فروری7، 2005 کو خیبر ٹی وی کے رپورٹر اللہ نور اور ایسوسی ایٹڈ پریس ٹیلی ویژن نیوز کے نمائندے عامر نواب اس وقت ہلاک ہو گئے تھے جب اے کے 47 مشین گنوں سے مسلح افراد نے فاٹا کے جنوبی وزیرستان کے علاقے وانا کے قریب ایک وین میں ان پر فائرنگ کی۔ علاقے کے […]

ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will Thursday (today) resume hearing in identical petitions filed against the implementation of “Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards), Rules 2020.” A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah will conduct hearing of the petitions wherein he had […]

SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPA Aqibullah Khan on Monday allegedly misbehaved with a journalist when the latter drew his attention towards out-of-order equipment in the Bacha Khan Hospital Complex, Shahmansoor, here. Mr Aqibullah, his brother, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, and newly-elected Swabi tehsil mayor Attaullah Khan, were on a visit to the hospital to inspect […]

LAHORE: An Accountability Court on Monday acquitted Jang-Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and others in a 36-year-old private property case as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) failed to prove any of the charges of violation of laws, corrupt practices and loss to national exchequer. The Accountability Court judge, Asad Ali, while announcing the 20-page judgment […]