HARIPUR: The police on Saturday registered a case against a man for intimidating and harassing a local journalist as media bodies demanded early arrest of the suspect. Waqar Ali, reporter of an Urdu daily, lodged a complaint with the police, stating that he received a phone...
Read MoreISLAMABAD—Journalist Arif Hameed Bhatti, taken off the air by GNN TV this week, said the media were going through the worst times, and he might now leave the country. He appeared on a television talk show. "I have never seen such bad times in the industry....
Read MoreKARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has challenged a ban imposed by PEMRA on live speeches of PTI Chairman Imran Khan before the Sindh High Court (SHC), terming it violation of fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution, ARY NEWS reported. The petition has been filed by PTI Sindh...
Read MoreISLAMABAD: G M Jamali President Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Secretary General Rana Muhammad Azeem on Tuesday (23rd of August, 2022), while condemning the manhandling of Bol News Anchor Jameel Farooqui by Police, maintained: “Police must follow the law of the land if...
Read MoreISLAMABAD – Judicial Magistrate Mian Azhar Nadim on Tuesday granted Ramna police two-day physical remand of YouTuber Jameel Farooqui in a case of sharing video on social media accusing cops of Islamabad police of torturing and sexually abusing Dr Shehbaz Gill during custody. Officials of...
Read MoreSenior Anchorperson Bol News Jameel Farooqui, while handcuffed and being escorted by Islamabad Police, said he was tortured and stripped naked. “On order of the Interior Ministry, just because I am speaking the truth, they tortured, stripped me naked and slapped me. Islamabad Police have secured...
Read MoreKARACHI—Sindh Police have arrested a journalist who went missing for 24 hours while reporting on the coastal area and bringing to light the devastation caused by the rains. According to Freedom Network, police arrested Ilyas Samu, a Thatta-based journalist reporting for Sindhi newspaper Awami Awaz from...
Read MoreWhereabouts of anchorperson and popular YouTuber Jameel Farooqui remained unknown on Monday as Islamabad police said he had been arrested in Karachi for falsely accusing the law enforcement agency of physically and sexually assaulting PTI leader Shahbaz Gill while Zaman Town SHO Zahid Lodhi denied...
Read MoreISLAMABAD— the transmission of BOL News TV was blocked for several hours Sunday in different areas of the country, reportedly under the instructions of regulator PEMRA. According to BOL, the regulator ordered the cable operators to block the transmission. In many areas, including Shikarpur, Jhang, Sargodha, Jhelum,...
Read MoreIslamabad: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has banned live speeches of PTI Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to a private TV channel. According to a declaration issued by the authority, “the PTI chairman is levelling baseless allegations against the institutions so...
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