Threats were from state, non-state actors: Hamid Mir
KARACHI: Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir has said that he stands for national sovereignty, supremacy of rule of law, democracy and freedom of expression, and his voice could not…
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Pemra issues show-cause notice to Geo News
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority (Pemra) late on Wednesday served a show cause notice to the administration of Geo News for allegedly bringing premier spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence into…
Defence Ministry moves PEMRA against Geo TV
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Defence has moved the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) for action against Geo TV network for levelling allegations against the premier intelligence agency of the…
Journalist Shahzad Iqbal gunned down in Mianwali
MIANWALI: Unidentified gunmen gunned down a local journalist Shahzad Iqbal in Mianwali on Tuesday. According to police, armed men intercepted Iqbal motorcycle while on the way along with his brother…
Time to rein in horrors crippling free speech: CJA
The attempted assassination of one of Pakistan’s best-known journalists demands purposeful action at all levels of government, law, police and community – and revived Commonwealth and international action, said Commonwealth…
Trials, not tribunals, needed in Pakistan
By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Raza Rumi is alive. It appears Hamid Mir will survive. Shan Dahar is dead. For CPJ, most of this weekend was taken up learning…