Tag: Journalist

Tribal journalist gunned down in Charsadda

Renowned tribal journalist Mukaram Khan Atif was gunned down by unidentified gunmen at a mosque in the Shabqadar area of district Charsadda on Tuesday...

Journalist killed in Peshawar

Unknown gunmen on Tuesday killed a local journalist when he was praying at a mosque in the northwest of the country, police said. Mukarram Khan...

Salim Shahzad’s killers could not be traced so far: Firdous

According to the Salim Shahzad Murder Commission’s report, killers of the slain journalist could not be traced so far but police and law enforcement...

Ajmal Wazir condoles with journalist

Pakistan Muslim League Senior Vice President Ajmal Khan Wazir Saturday expressed deep sorrow over the sad demise of the mother of senior journalist Abdur...

The year it was, deadly for journalists

During the past two years, Pakistan has witnessed a surge in violence against journalists as 23 media persons were killed in 2010 and 2011;...

Murderer of British journalist arrested

CIA Police arrested a person who they claimed had murdered a British newspaper’s, The London Times, journalist. The accused happened to be fast friends...

Croatian journalist sues Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut has hit a roadblock as a Croatian journalist has sued her for stealing his story for the film. ‘In the...

Gunmen release kidnapped journalist

Gunmen in North Waziristan released a journalist they had held hostage for two months, a local official and residents said Thursday. Masked and carrying guns,...

US scribe deported for ‘wrong reporting’ on Kashmir

A prominent United States radio journalist, David Barsamian, was deported on his arrival at the IGI airport in New Delhi after he was found...

WikiLeaks named Ethiopian journalist flees

An Ethiopian journalist identified in a diplomatic cable released last month by WikiLeaks has fled after being questioned by authorities, a media rights watchdog...

NATO apologises for mistakenly killing journalist in Afghanistan

NATO has admitted that an American soldier has mistakenly killed an Afghan journalist working for the BBC, assuming him to be a suicide bomber,...

TV journalist sacked under political pressure

TV anchor Nusrat Javaid claimed on Hamid Mir’s Capital Talk show late on Friday that he had been sacked by Aaj TV and his...

2 French journalists arrested from Abbottabad

Intelligence Agencies have arrested two French journalists from outside Ayub Medical Complex in Abbottabad on Wednesday. According to media reports, French journalists were making...

Journalist Yousuf Khan passes away

Veteran journalist and Nawa-i-Waqt Karachi deputy editor Yousuf Khan passed away following a heart attack on Wednesday. He was 54. Khan was survived by...

Journalist robbed of valuables worth Rs 0.4m

Around a dozen armed robbers looted valuables including jewellery, cash and mobiles phones worth Rs 400,000 from Lahore Press Club Secretary Azam Chaudhry and...

US remarks on reporter’s death ‘irresponsible’: Pakistan

Pakistan on Friday criticised as "extremely irresponsible" remarks from the top US military officer saying that Islamabad may have approved the killing of a...

ISI denies US allegation of journalist killing

US officials believe Pakistan's intelligence agency was behind the killing of a Pakistani journalist who reported that militants had infiltrated the military, the New...