ISLAMABAD – 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...
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has given 72-hour ultimatum to the incumbent government to restore ARY News transmission. Secretary General of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists Rana Azeem has said that if the broadcasting of ARY News is not restored within 72 hours and...
Read MoreLahore: Anchor and YouTuber Imran Riaz Khan on Monday revealed that he has been stopped from going on air on his show on Express News. In an Urdu language statement issued on Twitter, Imran Riaz said, “When I went to Express News office to do my...
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Zeba Chaudhry on Tuesday granted pre-arrest interim bail to journalist Khawar Ghumman in the FIR registered for inciting mutiny. Ghumman has applied for pre arrest bail in the case. The court after hearing the preliminary arguments granted him pre-arrest...
Read MoreKARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to issue a circular that it has not suspended the transmission of ARY News and has no objection if cable operators restore the channel at the same position as it...
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