State tortured him ‘for pleasure’, says activist
London – A liberal Pakistani activist who went missing earlier this year has said a “government institution” with links to the military held him and tortured him. Waqass Goraya, one…
Nisar threatens to block social media websites
ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday warned the administration of social networking sites to take off blasphemous content, or their access will permanently be blocked in…
Pemra sends notices to 27 TV channels
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has issued show cause notices to 27 private TV channels over defiance of PEMRA’s orders of March 3, 2017. In a statement…
TV cameraman Taimour Abbas killed in Karachi attack
Karachi: Taimour Abbas, 22-year-old assistant cameraman of privately-owned Samaa TV news channel, was shot in his head and chest on February 12 when he was traveling in the Digital Satellite…
IFJ condemns sexual harassment of female achors at state-run PTV
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in strongly condemning the recent incident of sexual harassment of female anchors at the state-run Pakistan…
Journalist Jan Shahbaz gunned down in Kalat
Kalat: Journalist Mohammad Jan Shahbaz Samalani was on his way to a bazaar from his house when he was targeted by armed motorcyclists. “The attackers opened fired on Mr Samalani,…