By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Sept 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: A public opinion survey done in July this year shows the highest approval rating of 88 percent for the military. The survey, done by Gallup for a political entity that commissioned it for its own assessments, also shows people’s trust in the media and courts with 56 percent approval rating for both. However, the approval ratings for politicians, in general, are 39 percent, parliament 47 percent,…
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report in The Daily Star, Sept 25, 2023US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas yesterday said media in Bangladesh may also come under the purview of the US visa policy. He came up with the remark in an exclusive interview with Channel 24 at its office, reports the television channel. “We are applying the policy in a balanced way against anyone regardless of whether they are pro-government, whether they are in the opposition, or whether they…
report in The Express Tribune, Sept 23, 2023ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar faced a backlash on social media following his address at the US think-tank Council for Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York, likening Pakistan’s relationship with China to that of the United States with Israel. “Pakistan enjoys a strategic relationship with China. We are very clear that there are people who would qualify Pakistan as ‘China’s Israel’. It is probably more a…
report in The News, Sept 18, 2023NOWSHERA: The police here on Sunday arrested two Afghan brothers on the charges of making indecent remarks against Pakistan and its state institutions on social media platforms. Khanzeb Khan, in-charge of Bara Banda police post in Nowshera, said that a case was registered against the two Afghan brothers Naheed Khan and Hameedullah hailing from Afghanistan and currently living in Sherin Kothay area in Nowshera and arresting them. The official…
Report in Dawn, Sept 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Monday said there was no restriction on the PTI from taking part in elections.Talking about the incidents of May 9 during an interview with Dunya TV, the interim PM said “miscreants” had resorted to vandalism and the incident was widely reported by the media. “The accused involved in the incident would be dealt with according to the law of the land,” he…
AFP report, Sept 7, 2023 at 22: 20 hrsHundreds of articles praising Bangladeshi government policies apparently by independent experts have appeared in national and international media but the authors have questionable credentials, fake photos, and may not even exist, an AFP investigation has found. Commentators say it is evidence of a sustained campaign of disinformation by unknown actors ahead of elections due by the end of January but appears to be intended to benefit the…
By Ali Raza & Mumtaz Alvi & Saeed Niazi & Waqar Satti in The News, Sept 3, 2023ISLAMABAD/ LONDON/LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has revoked the services of Geoffrey Robertson KC after announcing that PTI Chairman Imran Khan has hired the British lawyer to represent him in international courts in cases related to “unlawful detention and human rights abuses”. But the PTI deleted the tweet within hours and terminated the services of the lawyer after criticism…
by Ibrahim Shinwari | Pazir Gul in Dawn, September 2nd, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN/KHYBER: Three military personnel, including an officer, were martyred in separate attacks in North Waziristan and Khyber districts, according to the military’s media wing. A statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday that two security personnel, including a major, were martyred during an intelligence-based operation in Miramshah area of North Waziristan. The operation was being carried out on the basis of…
By Nasir Ahmad Salehi in ToloNews, Aug 20, 2023 at 8:39 PMThe deputy Minister of Information and Culture, Hayatullah Mahajar Farahi, said that no other entity but the culture ministry has the right to interfere in media work. Speaking at a press conference in Herat, Farahi said that some journalists have been detained on charges of working with the media that is against the Islamic Emirate. “We have finalized the law of the media and…
By Mumtaz Alvi in The News, August 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: On the issue of President’s signature on draft amendments to the Official Secrets Act and Army Act, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Sunday decided to move the Supreme Court immediately in the light of Alvi’s message on his social media account. “We will place the matter before the Supreme Court and request the chief justice to fix and account for the responsibility through investigation in every aspect of it,”…