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On August 6, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) stopped the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA)  from harassing journalist and vlogger Asad Ali Toor during an inquiry against him. The court’s directive follows a legal challenge by Toor against a notice served by the NCCIA, wh...

Mobile phone signal and data services were suspended in Quetta and several other parts of Balochistan on the afternoon of August 9. As per media reports, citing sources in the Home and Tribal Affairs Department, as of August 11, the services remained ...

On August 4, journalist Nazar Muhammad Kanrani was fatally shot in the Ladies Bazaar area of Dera Allahyar in Balochistan’s Jaffarabad district. According to police, the attack resulted in Kanrani’s immediate death at the scene, whi...

Veteran photojournalist Syed Ikram Mehdi died of a heart attack on August 4 at the age of 79, ending a distinguished career in photojournalism that spanned six decades. Throughout his career, he contributed to several leadi...

Rights activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir on July 31 submitted an application in the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing of her appeal against the Islamabad High Court’s refusal to suspend her