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US calls on Pakistan authorities to nab culprits behind attack on journali
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The United States on Thursday expressed grave concerns over the attack of Pakistan's leading journalist Absar Alam in Islamabad and called on local authorities to apprehend the culprits.
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Pakistan placed in 'poor' category in freedom of expression: Report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Pakistan has performed poorly with respect to legal protections for the right to freedom of expression of its citizens during 2020, according to a new assessment report published by the Media Matters for Democracy.
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Pakistan court suspends notice to scribe charged with anti-state rhetoric
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 23 (ANI): Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the notice issued to senior journalist and former chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Absar Alam by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over his recent tweets and social media p
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No freedom of press in Pakistan, journalists face charges for criticising
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germnay], January 20 (ANI): Pakistan continues to remain the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, and more and more scribes are being arrested for criticising the country's Army under the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA).
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Pak journalists' union urge HC to strike down 'unconstitutional' social me
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 18 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has urged the Islamabad High Court to strike down the "unconstitutional" Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards), Rules 2020.
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138 journalists killed in Pakistan since 1990
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a 'White Paper on Global Journalism' listed five countries, including Pakistan as the 'Most Dangerous Countries for Practice of Journalism in the World' with 138 journalists being killed in Pakista
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Pakistan remains one of the most dangerous countries for journalists: Repo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 12 (ANI): Pakistan continues to be ranked as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, as more than 140 journalists have been killed in the country since 2000, according to a report by Freedom Network.
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Imran Khan's advisor terms woman political commentator 'filthy thing'
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 9 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's special advisor made a derogatory remark against a renowned political commentator in the country by terming her a "filthy thing" and further disparaged people with liberal ideology as 'libtards'.
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Biggest crackdown on journalists in Pakistan as 49 scribes arrested by FIA
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): Even as Prime Minister Imran Khan claims of no crackdown on Pakistan's journalists, Mubashir Zaidi, a journalist, has revealed that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered cases against 49 journalists till date.
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UN expresses concerns over violence against journalists, human rights acti
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 9 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Office on Tuesday expressed its concern over the increasing instances of threats of violence against journalists and human rights activists in Pakistan.
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Watchdog warns Pak authorities against threatening journalists living abro
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 11 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based non-profit organisation, has warned Pakistani authorities from targetting the country's journalists based abroad and if anything happens to them or their families, the authorities will be held responsible.
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Pakistan: Journalists hold protests, condemn act of laying siege to newspa
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Dec 06 (ANI): Journalists from across Pakistan held protests on Thursday against the siege of offices of Dawn newspaper by a mob earlier this week.
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