Media lies: Hamid Mir asks Tariq Jamil to name TV owner
LAHORE: Hamid Mir, the host of Geo News programme Capital Talk, Thursday asked renowned religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil to name the media owner he had alluded to in his…
India: Jammu and Kashmir police question three Kashmiri journalists
Police in Srinagar filed separate First Information Reports (FIR) against Kashmiri photojournalist Masrat Zahra and journalist Gowhar Geelani and questioned special correspondent Peerzada Ashiq. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)…
G News bureau chief arrested for covering lockdown violations
PESHAWAR—The district administration on Sunday allegedly tortured and arrested G-News Bureau Chief Arsalan Ahmed as he covered the lockdown violations, exposing the provincial government’s failure to control the spread of…
Glad tidings for media before Ramazan: Sheikh Rashid
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Sunday said the government should improve its relations with the media and that he was hoping for good news soon. “Give me…
KhUJ condemns arrest of journalist in Mardan
PESHAWAR—Khyber Union of Journalist (KhUJ) has condemned the arrest of Lutfullah Lutaf, a senior journalist and a president of the Mardan Press Club. In a joint statement, KhUJ President Fida…
CJA warns against misuse of emergency powers to silence independent media coverage of the global pandemic.
London: The Commonwealth Journalists Association is deeply concerned that some Commonwealth member states have responded to the coronavirus pandemic by assuming extraordinary powers which may have the effect of criminalising…