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PILDAT says Feb 8 polls record lowest fairness score since 2013

  The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) has issued a report detailing its assessment of the recently-concluded general election, expressing deep concerns over a decline in fairness scores compared to previous election cycles.

Renowned ARY Journalist Moeed Pirzada leaves Pakistan

  ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Moeed Pirzada has left Pakistan and reached the United Kingdom (UK) on Sunday.

Yes, I advised Arshad to leave Pakistan, Imran Khan

  An overwhelming three days after the tragic murder of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya sent shockwaves across the nation, many are still fixated on debates involving what the victim did while he was alive instead of determining the realities behind his death.

Journalist Arshad Sharif laid to rest at Islamabad’s H-11 graveyard

  Slain journalist Arshad Sharif — who was shot dead amid mysterious circumstances in Kenya on Sunday last week — was laid to rest at the H-11 graveyard in Islamabad on Thursday with hundreds of people in attendance.

Army, ISI in unprecedented presser question Arshad Sharif's exit from Pakistan, point to PTI's involvement

  In an explosive and unexpected press conference, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum joined Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) DG Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar to speak about journalist Arshad Sharif's killing and former premier Imran Khan's confrontational narrative against the military, as well as a host of other related topics.

Military requests govt to conduct ‘high-level’ investigation into Arshad Sharif’s killing

  Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Babar Iftikhar on Tuesday said the military has requested the government to conduct a “high-level investigation” into the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya. 

GHQ summons former ISI chief to explain stance on book co-authored with ex-RAW chief

General Headquarters (GHQ) has summoned former ISI chief retired Lt Gen Asad Durrani on May 28, where he "will be asked to explain his position on views attributed to him in book ‘Spy Chronicles’.” 

Syrian Rebels used chemical weapons to provoke the world, Say captive journalists

Italian Journalist Domenico Quiric disembark from airplane at Ciampino Military airbase in Rome Rome: Two captives held by Syrian rebels say that the chemical weapons used in suburbs of Damascus were actually used by rebels to provoke the world to intervene in Syrian, reported Russian Today . Belgian teacher Pierre Piccinin and Italian journalist Domenico Quiric, both of whom were abducted and held hostage for several months in Syria, said they overheard in an exchange between their captors that rebels were behind the recent chemical attack. Belgian captive Pierre disembark for airplane on 9 September, at Rome Piccinin said during an interview with Belgium's RTL radio station that, “It is a moral duty to say this. The government of Bashar al-Assad did not use sarin gas or other types of gas in the outskirts of Damascus,” Another captive, an Italian journalist, Domenico Quirico told Italy’s La Stampa that, "In this conversation, they said that the gas a

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