IHC seeks report about police’s manhandling of journalist
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Wednesday took notice of an incident of alleged manhandling a court reporter by the police and sought a report from…
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Journalist looted
Islamabad: Two gun-toting robbers snatched cash amount worth Rs. 800,000 from a senior journalist here on Wednesday in Sector I-8/1 when he reached the parking lot of his residential flat…
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IFJ urges Pakistan not to charge journalists for criticizing officials and institutions
Journalists Asad Toor, Bilal Farooqi, and Absar Alam have all been charged with sedition between September 11 and September 16 for publishing allegedy ‘objectionable’ and ‘derogatory’ material online. The charges have…
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FIA registers cases against 49 journalists and social media activists
ISLAMABAD—The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered cases against 49 social media activists and journalists for defaming national institutions. The cases fall under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016….
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India: Kashmiri journalist summoned, slapped and abused
The cyber wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police summoned and abused Auqib Javeed, a Kashmir based journalist, over a news report about police intimidation of social media users. The…
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Code of conduct for media on human rights issues released
Peshawar – A code of conduct prepared by experts of various departments covering the human rights issues and incidents was released for the print and electronic media at a function held…