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2024 Final Call Protests
From 24–27 November 2024, PTI organized the Final Call protest, led by Bushra Bibi and Ali Amin Gandapur. During the protest, supporters of Imran Khan clashed with police in Islamabad as their march to the capital was obstructed. At least six people, including four security personnel, were killed when a vehicle rammed into them on 26 November. Meanwhile, several were injured during crowd containment via tear gas and rubber bullets, while some journalists were attacked by Khan's supporters. Late at night, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi warned that security forces would retaliate with live ammunition. In response to the clashes, on 27 November, a violent crackdown by Pakistani security forces, led by Naqvi, resulted in casualties. The government denied using live rounds, asserting that the situation was under control after clearing the protest area. According to anonymous sources in local hospitals speaking to ''The Guardian'', the families of the deceased speaking to Al Jazeera, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–2024 Pakistan Political Unrest
The 2022–2024 Pakistan political unrest was a series of political crises after the ousting of former Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister Imran Khan through a No-confidence motion against Imran Khan, no-confidence motion at 12 p.m., 10 April 2022. The crises began in 2022 when the opposition joined hands and submitted a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan government, Imran Khan's government in the National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly. Imran Khan urged the The Establishment (Pakistan), military establishment not to stay neutral and play its role to save his government and not let rival politicians take over, but the establishment refused. After his ouster, month later Khan led the 2022 Azadi march, and later the 2022 Haqeeqi Azadi march, Haqeeqi Azadi march in October to protest the new government and call for Elections in Pakistan, early elections in the country. In 2023, the Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, PTI dissolved two of its provincial assemblie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Today
''Pakistan Today'' is a Pakistani English-language daily newspaper, published by Nawa Media Corporation from three Pakistani cities Lahore, Punjab; Karachi, Sindh; and Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory. The newspaper later launched a business magazine called ''Profit Magazine''. History ''Pakistan Today'' was founded by Arif Nizami in 2010 after leaving his uncle Majeed Nizami's ''The Nation''. Publications Khabaristan Today ''Pakistan Today'' has a satirical column called ''Khabiristan Today''. Since its material is often unfamiliar, its satire is sometimes lost on Western audiences. This was the case in 2014 when an article claiming the Pakistani Council of Islamic Ideology issued a proclamation stating all women are intrinsically weaker than men, was picked up by both internet and mainstream news sources. ''Profit by Pakistan Today'' ''Profit by Pakistan Today'' began as a bi-weekly magazine. However, following a partnership with Wall Street Journal, the magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geo Tv
Jang Media Group (), also known as Geo Group, is a Pakistani media conglomerate and a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. It has headquarters in Printing House, Karachi. It is the publisher of the Urdu language newspaper the ''Daily Jang'', ''The News International'', ''Mag Weekly'', and operates Geo News and Geo TV channels.The War on Jang on Newsweek (Pakistan) website Published 26 November 2014, Retrieved 24 October 2019 Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman is the current Editor-in-Chief. History Mir Khalil ur Rehman, a businessman of Kashmiri descent, founded the Jang Group at the end of World War II. As of 2011, his eldest son, Mir Javed ur Rehman, is the group chairman and the executive directo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News International
''The News International'', published in broadsheet size, is one of the largest English language newspapers in Pakistan. It is published daily from Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi/ Islamabad. An overseas edition is published from London that caters to the Pakistani community in the United Kingdom.Profile of Pakistani newspaper The News International on mondotimes.com website Retrieved 22 September 2017. Publication ''The News International'' was launched in 1991. ''The News International'' and its Sunday version ''The News on Sunday'' is published by the Jang Group of Newspapers, publisher of the ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WION
WION (World is One News) is an Indian English language news channel headquartered in Noida, India. WION is owned by the Essel Group and is a part of the Zee Media network of channels, whose majority owner is Subhash Chandra and family. As of 2021, WION had presence in over 190 countries. It has faced scrutiny from multiple foreign countries including China and Canada over its coverage, and in 2022 was blocked from YouTube for a period of time for broadcasting a speech by Sergey Lavrov, the head of Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The channel's former Pakistan bureau chief was forced into exile after a failed kidnapping attempt in Islamabad. The channel has been accused of promoting misinformation regarding COVID-19. History Zee Media hired Rohit Gandhi as the founder and first editor-in-chief to establish the channel in August 2015. Its simulcast was launched on its website in many countries as a free-to-air satellite service on 15 June 2016. The television channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu. Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on 1 July 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. History ''Indian Express'' was first published on 5 September 1932, in Madras (now Chennai) by an ayurveda, Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same Publisher, press where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. But soon, on account of financial difficulties, he sold it to S. Sadanand, founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', another English newspaper. In 1933, ''The Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai and launched the Tamil language, Tamil daily ''Dinamani'' on 11 September 1934. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price, but later sold part of his stak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Jazeera Media Network
Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN; , ) is a private-media media conglomerate, conglomerate headquartered in Wadi Al Sail, Doha, funded in part by the government of Qatar. The network's flagship channels include Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English, which provide coverage of regional and international news, along with analysis, documentaries, and talk shows. In addition to its television channels, Al Jazeera has expanded its digital presence with platforms such as AJ+, catering to younger audiences with formats and content tailored for online consumption. Al Jazeera broadcasts in over 150 countries and territories, and has a large global audience of over 430 million people. Originally conceived as a satellite TV channel delivering Arabic news and Current affairs (news format), current affairs, it has since evolved into a multifaceted media network encompassing various platforms such as online, specialized television channels in numerous languages, and more. The network's news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deccan Herald
''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by businessman K. N. Guruswamy and launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printers Mysore, a privately held company owned by the Nettakallappa family, heirs of Guruswamy. It has seven editions printed from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Davanagere, Hosapete, Mysuru, Mangaluru, and Kalaburagi. History and background ''Deccan Herald'' was launched on 17 June 1948. Its founder, K. N. Guruswamy, in search of a suitable location for a news publishing business, purchased a bar and restaurant called Funnel's, that was owned by an Irish couple, in March 1948. Despite having no experience in the newspaper industry, Guruswamy, along with his close aides and well wishers, decided to launch two newspapers from Bangalore since there was no such title at the time. Veteran journalist Pothan Joseph served as its founding editor, which gave it a strong footing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohsin Naqvi
Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi (born 28 October 1978) is a Pakistani politician and media mogul who has served as Ministry of Interior (Pakistan) 13 June 2025 to 11 March 2024 and the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board since 6 February 2024. He is also currently serving as the President of Asian Cricket Council since 3 April 2025. He has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since 9 April 2024. Prior to these roles, he was the caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Pakistan, chief minister of Punjab from January 2023 to February 2024, and Ministry of Narcotics Control (Pakistan), Minister of Narcotics Control from 2023 to 2025. Naqvi is the founder of the City Media Group. Early life and education Naqvi was born on 28 October 1978, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan to a Punjabi Muslims, Punjabi Syed family with their ancestral roots lying in Jhang. He was orphaned at a young age and was raised by his maternal uncle, who currently serves as the chairman of City Media Group. Naqvi recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
