By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in ToloNews, Dec 10, 2022 at- 8: 46 PMAfghan journalists at an event asked the Islamic Emirate to make it easy for them to access information. At an event held by the “National House of Journalists of Afghanistan” to honor the work of journalists, reporters said that some government spokespeople do not provide information to the media on time, and in some cases they face restrictions. “We ask the current government…
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By Aziz Rahman Abram in ToloNews, Dec 9, 2022 at 8:11 PMJournalists and other members of the media have expressed concerns about the growing challenges that the media and journalists in the province of Balkh are facing. In a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Information and Culture in Balkh, they emphasized the need to find solutions to the problems facing the province’s journalists and media. “There are too many restrictions on the media,…
The coming year promises an action-filled news cycle, what with the PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq having revealed that PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif is all set to return to Pakistan in January 2023. Nawaz, who has been in self-exile in London for three years now, will return to award party tickets to candidates for the upcoming elections. Over the last three years, many PML-N leaders have claimed – sporadically – that Nawaz will be returning soon but…
Editorial in Pakistan Today, Dec 8, 2022The Supreme Court’s taking suo motu notice of journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder in Nairobi may be a case of too little too late. An FIR of the murder was registered by the Ramna Police Station’s SHO on the Court’s order on Tuesday. The complainant said in the FIR that he had gone to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences on the night of October 26, when the medicolegal examination…
By Nazir Shinwari in TOLOnews, Nov 30, 2022 at 10.45 PMThe access to information law, relevant to media groups, has been shared with the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate, Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Ministry of Information and Culture said. The officials within the ministry said that the challenges facing the media will be solved after approval of the law. “The law which was sent to the Islamic Emirate’s leader has yet to be approved.…
Never ending instability
by Syed Fakhar Kakakhel in TNS, Dec11, 2022The writer is a Peshawar-based journalist, researcher and trainerThe recent attempt on the life of a Pakistani diplomat in Kabul has raised concerns about the law and order situation in Afghanistan. According to Taliban sources, the assailant was of Turkmen descent. If that is indeed the case, it speaks of an alarming development. Why should a Central Asian militant pick a Pakistani diplomat for a target? Pakistan has…