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“I was arrested from my home in Lahore; it was surprising because I had no idea regarding my nomination in the case. The FIA had neither summoned me nor issued any notice before making the arrest,” said Bol News journalist Shahid Aslam, who was arrested on January 13 by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). Aslam

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A fortnightly column from The Wire's ombudsperson.

Facts don’t sell the way opinions do.

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly condemns the arrest of Bol News journalist Shahid Aslam in connection with a Fact Focus investigative story on the assets of former army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa. As stated in court Aslam was asked to share his laptop password. This is a blatant violation of the recently enacted

A Pakistani court has greenlighted the two-day physical remand of a prominent journalist who was arrested for his alleged involvement in leaking the personal tax data of former army chief General (retd.) Qamar Javed Bajwas family members.

When social media platforms such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter, began their existence one after another, no one had thought that the media would attain a position strong enough to offer an alternative platform to electronic media. The passing of the 18th Constitutional Amendment to the Constitution in 2010 was abhorred by non-democratic characters. Resultantly,

The paper, commenting editorially, says the controversy cannot be wished away so easily

An army role around the world is to protect its country from perceived and actual threats and to ensure national security. But in Pakistan, where extortion an

An army's role around the world is to protect its country from perceived and actual threats and to ensure national security. But in Pakistan, where extortion and corruption are rife, the army takes on the role of the mafia.