Tag: Free speech

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to MNA and PTM leader Ali Wazir in one of the five cases against him over alleged speeches against state institutions. His counsel said the MNA has to secure bail in the second case registered with Shah Latif Police Station for release from Karachi jail.

M. Zada Agarwal from the Sakhakot area of Malakand was shot dead by unknown assailants on Nov 8.

Press freedom watchdogs have called upon the authorities to explore the suspected involvement of Mirpurkhas police and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the 2007 murder of journalist Zubair Mujahid

جون ٢ ٢٠٢١; تحریر: احمد سعید; لاہور; حامد میر کے خلاف بغاوت کا مقدمہ درج کرنے والے درخو است گزار منظور قادر بھنڈر کا کہنا ہے کہ انہیں معلوم نہیں تھا کہ حامد میر نے جنرل باجوہ کا نام نہیں لیا اس لیے شاید ان سے 'انیس بیس' ہو گئی ہے.

IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah termed the Federal Investigation Agency's use of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act against journalists the ‘worst example of censorship’ during a hearing in the case of journalist Asad Ali Toor. For more human rights news, keep reading.

The Islamabad High Court has stopped the FIA from taking any action against a journalist over his allegedly ‘objectionable’ articles and posts on social media.