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Will take up issue of media crackdown in campaign across Pakistan: Imran K
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 14 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday decried an unprecedented crackdown campaign by the Shehbaz Sharif government against media houses and journalists who are carrying his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI's) narrative to the public.
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Media freedom under threat in Taliban regime in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Taliban have been accused of blocking the way of a journalist with guns from coverage and reportedly whipping the media person.
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Senior PTI Leader Shireen Mazari condemns disruption of ARY News
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 10 (ANI): PTI leader Shireen Mazari condemned the suspension of Pakistani TV channel ARY News saying it was forcefully removed from screens by the Shehbaz Sharif-led government for releasing a report that exposed the "inept and corrupt" government.
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Pakistan rights commission slams disruptions to ARY News
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission in Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday strongly opposed the disruptions to ARY News and asked the country's regulatory authorities not to take channels off the air arbitrarily.
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Pakistan: Journalists union slams regulatory body for suspension of news c
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): To protect the rights of journalists and protest against the curb on media freedom, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Monday strongly condemned the nationwide suspension of a Pakistani news channel by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regul
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Pakistani channel suspended in another curb on media freedom
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): Hours after a Pakistani media portal aired a report that the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has reportedly activated its strategic media cell to malign Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, the outlet was suspended, in a clear
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Imran Khan's statement on Pak media freedom flies in face of reality: Pak
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 18 (ANI): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has termed the statement of former Prime Minister Imran Khan that he did not have any hand in stifling the media, as against the facts and reality.
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Brussels drags Hungarian PM Orban to European Court of Justice over LGBT r
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 16 (ANI): The European Union dragged Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over a restrictive law on LGBT issues and media freedom.
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Journalists union calls on Pakistan govt to revoke laws gagging media free
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Sunday called upon the government to revoke the 'black laws' gagging media freedom in the country and also asked it to ensure the complete freedom of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PE
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Pakistan journalist suffers rib injuries in brutal police assault
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 13 (ANI): In an act of retaliation for his reporting on alleged police malfeasance, Pakistan's Punjab police assaulted and detained journalist Jahangir Hayat, including his family, leaving the media practitioner with rib injuries.
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Free media in Afghanistan is 'under attack': UN Special Rapporteur
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
.Kabul [Afghanistan], April 30 (ANI): UN Deputy special envoy for Afghanistan criticized the arbitrary detention of journalists and media workers and said that free media in the country is under attack.
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Hong Kong authorities continue to punish dissenting voices
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 21 (ANI): The recent arrest in Hong Kong of a journalism professor, on charges of conspiring to publish seditious material, has troubled academics and journalists alike and shows how the city authorities continue to punish dissenting voices.
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