Ex-major denied bail in cybercrime case
PESHAWAR: A single-member Peshawar High Court bench on Friday dismissed the bail petition of a former army officer charged under the cybercrime law for allegedly uploading fake objectionable pictures of…
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Pakistani journalist working for Iranian news agency attacked
ISLAMABAD: A 25-year-old journalist — Zeshan Ali, who works for the Iranian news agency IRNA — was injured after being tortured by two armed men here on Thursday. Muhammad Raza…
HRCP alarmed at arbitrary curbs on freedom of expression
PESHAWAR: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced serious alarm over arbitrary curbs on freedom of expression, a climate of intimidation and the authorities’ stated intent to act…
IFEX urges Pakistan to provide updated information on journalists killing to UNESCO
International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) Executive Director Annie Game has urged Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to respond to UNESCO Director-General’s 2017 request that has sought information on the…
Two media persons shot dead in Lahore and Kasur in same day
Lahore+Kasur(RMNP) Two media persons were shot dead in two different inncidents which occured in Lahore and Kasur on Wednesday (17th May,2017) According to details a staffer of daily Nawa-i-Waqt was…
Journalism student lynched in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the gruesome killing of journalism student Mashal Khan in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on April 13, 2017. The IFJ demands immediate investigation into the incident,…