Hatred of journalists whipped up by populist and authoritarian leaders is degenerating into violence across the world, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned Thursday. And the number of countries where journalists can work safely is plummeting, its annual World Press Freedom Index revealed. Political leaders’ hostility towards the media “has incited increasingly frequent acts […]
Tajikistan
CDWP clears Rs 46b project for Pak-Tajikistan energy transmission
Central Development Working Party (CDWP), on Monday, accorded approval to a project worth Rs 552.708 million and recommended three projects worth Rs 209.5 billion to ECNEC for endorsement. CDWP had met in a meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reform, Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar. Planning Secretary, Zafar Hasan, as well as senior officials […]
‘Pakistan lucky to have him’: Tajik diplomat lauds Allama Iqbal on birth anniversary
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Tajikistan Sherali Jononov on Friday said Pakistan was fortunate because the country has leaders like Allama Muhammad Iqbal who had waged an exemplary struggle, both through literature and political means, to get a separate homeland for Muslims. Ambassador of Tajikistan expressed these views while speaking on the occasion of a conference on Allama […]
Tajikistan refutes IS claim of “terror attack” that killed 4 tourists
Authoritarian Tajikistan has called for the first time an incident that left four foreign cyclists dead in the Central Asian country a “terror attack” while appearing to refute the Islamic State group’s claim of responsibility. In a statement published late on Friday the ex-Soviet country’s state prosecutor said the attack initially reported as a hit-and-run […]