Another attempt at media control
This government keeps coming up with ever new schemes to control the media. The plan to set up special media courts having been thwarted by all stakeholders, it has now…
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Activist Jalila Haider released after being held by FIA for 7 hours at Lahore Airport
Lawyer and human rights activist Jalila Haider was released on Monday after being detained by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for seven hours at the Lahore airport, Dawn reported. Haider,…
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CPNE releases Pakistan Media Freedom Report-2019 At-least seven journalists reportedly killed; 60 booked under ATA
Though the Article 19 of the constitution of Pakistan and Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) guarantee freedom of expression and free media but media in Pakistan continued to be…
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SHRC registered 337 human rights violation cases from June ’18 to June ’19
The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Friday launched its annual report that covers the activities and initiatives undertaken by the commission in 2018-19. The SHRC is a statutory body…
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Firdous praises Indian Muslim woman journalist
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to PM on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday praised the Indian Muslim female journalist Rana Ayyub for exposing the fascist agenda of Modi…
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Filmmaker Jami sends legal response to Hameed Haroon
Karachi : Filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood on Thursday shared a legal notice on Twitter addressed to Hameed Haroon, calling for the retraction of an earlier defamation notice Haroon had sent the…