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Pakistan journalists, activists raise alarm over press freedom restriction
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Journalists and rights activists in Islamabad expressed concerns over growing restrictions on press freedom, comparing it to censorship under General Ziaul Haq. Tributes were paid to veteran journalists Nisar Osmani and CR Shamsi, while speakers urged unity to resist media curbs and uphold a
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Pak journalists' nationwide protest continues over controversial PECA Law,
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Journalists protested the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act (PECA) for the second day in a row in response to a call from the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Thursday.
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Pak journalists boycott covering assembly session over Quetta Press club l
Updated : 2 years ago IST
They vocally condemned the actions of the police and local administration in sealing the press club.
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Pak journalists' union condemns government's 'fascist' move to amend defam
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Describing the bill as containing an overly broad definition of defamation and imposing harsh financial penalties and sweeping restrictions on commentary related to ongoing legal proceedings, the union asserted that its primary objective is to instill fear among those considering criticism o
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Correspondent's house raided for reports on PTI leaders in Pakistan, Pak j
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Police broke into the house of a Pakistani correspondent, Khursheed Anwar Khan, late Thursday night without any warrants and searched his house, harassing the family, according to Dawn.
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Pakistan lacks ammunition, economic strength to fight India: Pak journalis
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Pakistani journalists- Hamid Mir and Naseem Zehra- during a show said that Gen Bajwa had in 2021 revealed that he held secret talks with India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and how Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit was planned to Pakistan soon after a ceasefire was announc
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Pak journalists to stage sit-in outside parliament on March 1 against drac
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Pakistan journalists have decided to stage a sit-in outside parliament on March 1 against a recently promulgated ordinance introducing "controversial" amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), reported local media.
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Two dozen Pak journalists prosecuted under PECA act in 2 years: Report
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 2 (ANI): A report of the Freedom Network launched on the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, said that nearly two dozen journalists in Pakistan were charged in the last two years and most of them were prosecuted under th
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Pak journalists' union calls Imran Khan govt's proposed media authority la
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 11 (ANI): A multi-stakeholders convention of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) rejected the proposed law Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) as a "draconian and black law" on Saturday, reported local media.
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Pak journalists' union seeks Imran Khan's clarification after official's r
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 28 (ANI): A journalists' union has sought to know from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan his position on free speech after his Special Assistant on Information Shehbaz Gill announced that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government would control all the c
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Pak journalists, activists question silence of religious bodies after cler
Updated : 4 years, 11 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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Pak journalists protest against raid at press club, detention of scribe
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Scores of journalists protested in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday against the government's high-handedness in raiding a press club and subsequently detaining a media person.
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