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In another setback to Freedom of Press in Pakistan, a prominent journalist was taken off air for speaking against the Imran Khan administration and military.
Pakistan's Opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari scorched Prime Minister Imran Khan for allegedly lying to the world about the press freedom in his country
Last Updated: Pakistani Military Flexes Muscles Again: Journalist Hamid Mir Taken Off Air Post Criticism On Monday, senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir was stopped from hosting his talk show 'Capital Talk' by the Geo News channel after he criticised the military. Image: AP On Monday, senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir was stopped from hosting his talk show 'Capital Talk' by the Geo News channel after he criticised the military establishment. He has been sent on forced leave and another anchorperson will host the five-day-a-week show for now. Mir came under the scanner after he deliv...
Even in peaceful countries, journalists are increasingly being identified as ‘public enemies’ In this photo from 18 October 2017, members of the press and EU representatives participate in a vigil in Brussels, Belgium, in memory of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered on 16 October of that same year. The journalist was investigating the so-called Panama Papers and corruption cases in her country. (Mauro Bottaro/EC-Audiovisual Service ) 3 March 2021 Share this page In this photo from 18 October 2017, members of the press and EU representatives participate in a vi...
Celebrating Kazi Nazrul Islam, Rebel Poet of Bengal Kazi Nazrul Islam. Unknown author, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. In November of 1922, the young poet Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976) was arrested in Calcutta, India, accused of sedition by the British government. He had recently published the poem “Anandomoyee Agomone” (“The Coming of Anandamoyee”), invoking the Hindu goddess Durga, who is beloved and celebrated with particular verve across Bengal. In the poem, however, Nazrul summons the warrior goddess to fight against imperial rule, denouncing the “butchery” of coloniz...