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Pak journalists, activists question silence of religious bodies after cler
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Lahore police have registered a case against cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman following a video clip surfaced on social media showing him allegedly sexually assaulting one of his students, prompting journalists and activists to condemn the incident and question
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Pakistan continues unprecedented assault on civil liberties by attacking j
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): As Pakistan continues to stifle freedom of speech, the country is pursuing an unrelenting assault on journalism as scribes are fired, harassed and assaulted for their critical reporting.
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Pakistan: JI leader slams Imran Khan-led govt for making Islamabad insecur
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): The head of Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa unit, Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has alleged that the Imran Khan-led government had turned Islamabad into a second Guantanamo Bay for journalists, who have spoken out about feeling insecure ins
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Pakistan: Resolution condemning rising attacks on journalists submitted in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): A resolution has been submitted in the Punjab provincial Assembly in Pakistan, condemning attacks on journalists and rights activists in the country.
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Pakistan faces criticism after journalist taken off-air for slamming Army
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Pakistan has been witnessing "severe" criticism over its press freedom in the country after recent "major" incidents took place barring and assaulting journalists for criticising the government and the Army.
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Global Journalism community criticises Myanmar for jailing two scribes on
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Friday accused the Myanmar military of jailing two journalists on trumped-up charges and demanded their release.
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International rights groups express concern over recent attacks on Pakista
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 4 (ANI): Three international rights groups on Thursday voiced grave concern at the recent attacks on journalists in Pakistan and mounting pressure on scribes critical of the Imran Khan-led government.
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Uttarakhand CM approves Rs 90 lakh assistance for kin of 18 journalists di
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 3 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Thursday announced that the state government will provide financial assistance of Rs 90 lakh for the kin of 18 journalists who were succumbed due to COVID-19.
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Imran Khan should be ashamed of telling lies about freedom of press in Pak
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): After an attack on Pakistani journalist Asad Ali Toor, opposition leader and chairman of National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan should be ashamed while telling lies to the
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Proposal for regulatory authority opposed by media bodies in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): Pakistan's media organisations representing journalists, broadcasters, editors and news directors have rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) ordinance, describing it as an 'unconstitutional and draconian law'.
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Plea in Supreme Court to recognise journalists as 'front line warriors'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking immediate direction and or appropriate orders to recognise journalists as "front line warriors" and to lay down guidelines to give the necessary medical facilities to journalists.
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MQM founder writes open letter to scribes of Pak's Punjab province, says t
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): Founder and leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain on Monday wrote a letter to the journalists belonging to Pakistan's Punjab province amid the ongoing media curbs in the country.
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