PEC urges the HRC to fight more firmly impunity
General Assembly Human Rights Council 40th session General Debate item 4 Mr President, the Human Rights Council adopted by consensus at its last session the resolution A/HRC/39/L7 on the safety…
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SC endorses Pemra’s 2016 restriction on Indian content
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed Pemra’s (Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority) 2016 decision of restricting electronic media in Pakistan from broadcasting Indian content. A three-judge SC bench consisting…
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Government advertising withheld from Kashmir newspapers
For the past two weeks, the governor’s administration of Jammu and Kashmir has not given any government advertisements to Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)…
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The state has been hostile to the press from day one’
KARACHI: “Trying to suppress information, subduing journalists, launching press agencies from the presidency, introducing press policies and revising them often; the state has been hostile towards the press from day…
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CEJ and colleagues remember courageous Editor Razia Bhatti
KARACHI – Razia Bhatti tried to keep the flag of independent and fearless journalism flying at a time of oppression, said I.A. Rehman, veteran journalist, and former Chairperson of the…
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Najam Sethi on 24 News from mid-March
ISLAMABAD – Najam Sethi is set to start his show on 24 News Television by mid-March. He announced this on Twitter on Monday and hoped he would not be censored…