Digital security: Online harassment silencing some journalists
KARACHI : Three years ago, journalists in Pakistan had to do a double take when they found out that a foreign government was tracking their every move and more through…
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Qasmi’s fabulous payout as PTV head startles SC
ISLAMABAD: The staggering remuneration of Rs278 million paid to playwright and columnist Ata-ul-Haq Qasmi, charged to look after the affairs of the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV), startled the Supreme Court…
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BLF ends boycott of media in Balochistan province
Quetta: The banned militant group Baloch Liberation Front ended the boycott of media in Balochistan which it had announced in October 2017. The boycott led to severe restrictions in distribution…
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Amnesty International decries ‘intensifying’ crackdown on freedom of expression in Pakistan
KARACHI: Amnesty International has criticised what it claims is an “intensifying” crackdown on freedom of expression in Pakistan, according to an an annual report of the London-based human rights group…
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Body demands security for media persons
AHMEDPUR EAST-Federal Minister for Education Balighur Rehman has said that the PML-N government believes in the freedom of press and speech. “The government took necessary measures for the protection of…
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Body demands security for media persons
Govt says believes in freedom of press AHMEDPUR EAST-Federal Minister for Education Balighur Rehman has said that the PML-N government believes in the freedom of press and speech. “The government…