July 2015

July 01: AJK government lifts ban Geo News channel in the region. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-326712-Ban-on-Geo-in-AJK-lifted

July 07: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa increases annual grant for Peshawar Press Club to Rs.10 million from Rs.5 million

July 08: Islamabad High Court writes to Dawn newspaper to remove court report accusing him of being “biased.”

July 15: Nauman Ali, Bol TV channel’s human resource director, shot dead in Haidri area of North Nazimabad of Karachi while on his way home from office.

July 25: Geo News channel Bureau Chief Fahim Siddiqui was kidnapped in Karachi and hours later dumped after ‘slightly torturing’ and abusing him.

July 27: Punjab government exempts Internet Service Providers and tax mobile Internet users. http://www.dawn.com/news/1196657/195pc-internet-tax-punjab-govt-has-no-qualms-about-backtracking

Late Nauman Ali