Huma Yusuf Thanks to political events, in recent months, the narrative about the media in Pakistan has come to resemble the one about politicians: corrupt, compromised and not worth championing. Too much is said about the media’s role in supporting vested interests or furthering various political agendas in exchange for bribes. Not enough is said about the good work journalists ...

Shoaib Durrazai Quetta: Different journalist bodies protested, on Friday, outside Karachi press club against the murder of Irsahd mastoid. The protest was led by President of Karachi Press club Imtiaz Faran and President of Karachi Union of Journalists, G. M Jamali. Members belonging from Karachi press Club, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, Karachi Union of Journalists, ARY news and other ...

Quetta: Journalists in Quetta marched on different roads, on Sunday evening, to protest the killing of 3 media personnel. The march of journalists started from Quetta press club and then it turned into a protest rally. After passing through different roads the march ended at Governor House chowk. The protestors demanded that the culprits behind the murder of Irshad Mastoi ...

Adnan Aamir Political showdown in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, has reached its boiling point. Police attacked the peaceful protestors of two political parties without any provocation. The course of events that followed, from last night onwards, have exposed the brutality of the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The protestors belonged from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT). ...

Quetta: Journalists walked out from Balochistan assembly, on Saturday, to protest the killing of 3 media personnel. The journalists covering the Balochistan Assembly session boycotted the proceedings and staged a walk out. Journalists also organized a sit-in outside Balochistan assembly building. In a display of apathy, the members of Balochistan assembly completely ignored the sit-in of the journalists, which lasted ...

Asif Magsi My fellow journalist, Irshad Ahmed Mastoi Baloch, was killed in broad daylight at his office in Quetta. He was one, of few, brave journalists who would criticise the establishment’s unjust policies towards Balochistan. His fellow trainee reporter, Abdul Ghulam Rasool, and a serving accountant, Mohammed Younus, also lost their lives in the incident. I cannot believe or understand ...

Though Pakistan is not a failed state, it has large areas which have become either paralysed or seemingly amputated. One such is the rule of law in Balochistan which to all intents and purposes lies beyond the Pale, that mythical fence beyond which darkness prevails. No crime is too heinous or too grisly to avoid prosecution. Murder, rape and robbery ...

Quetta: A convention of local bodies councilors will be held soon to decide future course of action, said former senator Haji Lashkari Raisani on Friday. Haji Lashkrai Raisani, the chief of All Parties Democratic Alliance (APDA), said during a press conference that Balochistan was the first province to hold local bodies elections. However, the power has not been transferred to ...

Quetta: Balochistan assembly passed a bill unanimously, which declared private money-lending a punishable offence, on Thursday. Those found guilty of private money lending can be imprisoned for 10 years and fined for Rs. 1 million. The bill has been given the title of Balochistan Prohibition of Private Money Lending Act. The bill was tabled by Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal, Minister for ...

Quetta: An attack by armed men on a worship place of Zikris has left 6 dead and 7 wounded in Ziarat-dan area of Awaran district, according to media reports. Unidentified terrorists came on three motor bikes and opened fire on worshippers when they were busy in worship, said Abdullah Jan, District Police Officer of Awaran while talking to media. Ziarat-dan, ...