Scotland Yard has concluded its investigation into allegations against the Sharif family concerning the murder of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif. The probe found no substantial evidence linking former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz to the killing. Arshad Sharif, a prominent journalist, was shot...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court of Pakistan, presided over by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah with Justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Shahid Bilal Hassan, will resume hearing a suo moto case regarding the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif on July 29. This follows a directive from the court, which issued notices...
Read MoreJournalists from across Pakistan staged a protest on the GT Road near Chan Da Qila in Gujranwala on July 19 after police attempted to stop the Opposition Leader in the National Assembly, Omar Ayub Khan, from attending a meeting of the Pakistan Federal Union of...
Read MoreIrfan Sangi, a cameraman from Time News, and Bashir Mirjat, a reporter from Dharti TV, were attacked and tortured by Karachi Police while covering a protest at Teen Talwar, Karach on July 19. The protest was organized to demand justice for Priya Kumari, a young girl who went...
Read MoreMore than a month after the murder of journalist Khalil Jibran, Khyber police are still struggling to identify his killers. During a briefing at the Shah Kas Police Training Centre, District Police Officer Saleem Abbas Kulachi discussed the ongoing investigation, which has involved examining 13-14...
Read MoreThree petitions have been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the government’s decision to authorize Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to tap phone calls. The petitions argue that the order infringes upon citizens’ constitutional rights and lacks legal basis. On July 8, the Ministry of Information Technology and...
Read MoreThe Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has formally empowered the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to intercept and trace telecommunications, citing national security needs. According to the notification issued, officers not below the rank of grade 18, as nominated by the ISI, are empowered to intercept and...
Read MoreThe Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) welcomes the Kenyan High Court’s ruling that declared the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif as “unlawful” and stresses the importance of a thorough and conclusive investigation into the killing of Sharif, including an investigation into the broader circumstances that led...
Read MoreA Kenyan High Court ruling on July 8 declared the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif unlawful, a violation of his fundamental rights, and ordered the Kenyan government to compensate his widow, Javeria Siddique, with 10 million Kenyan shillings (Rs21.7 million). Sharif, a prominent journalist with a successful...
Read MorePakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has expressed concern at the decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to issue show-cause notices to 34 television channels for broadcasting press conferences by Senator Faisal Vawda and Member of the National Assembly Mustafa Kamal. The show-cause notices will further restrict the...
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