A media bitterly divided

ISLAMABAD: Amid condemnations and calls for unity following Saturday's attack on television anchor Hamid Mir, the Pakistani media stood bitterly divided.

Initially most of the TV channels remained focused on the attack but some acted as if nothing had happened, telling viewers every small detail about former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s departure to Karachi.

The matters bec

Four French journalists abducted in Syria freed, safe

PARIS: Ten months after their capture in Syria, four French journalists crossed the border into neighboring Turkey and reached freedom Saturday, though dozens more remain held in the country's chaotic civil war.

Edouard Elias, Didier Francois, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres — all said to be in good health — were freed over the weekend in unclear circumstances in what has become the world's most dangerous,

Express Tribune takes on Jang Group for maligning ISI

ISLAMABAD: English daily The Express Tribune was harshly critical of Jang Group Sunday for implicating the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in a gun attack on Geo Television anchor Hamid Mir.

In a front page story headlined 'Geo's attempt to malign ISI slated', the paper said the allegations that ISI was responsible for the attack did not even take into account the fact that investigations had not even b

US condemns attack on Hamid Mir

The United States Saturday condemned the vicious attack on television journalist Hamid Mir in Karachi, the latest in a series of worrisome attacks on journalists in Pakistan.

"Freedom of the press, including ensuring that journalists can safely carry out their vital mission, is of paramount importance to freedom of expression and to the healthy functioning of any democracy," the US Department of State said in a press statem