Russia slams Pakistan’s Frontier Post for ‘Western bias’; newspaper hits back
November 07, 2025: Russia accuses Pakistan’s Frontier Post of anti-Russia bias; the paper defends press freedom and independence. A diplomatic clash over media narratives.
JournalismPakistan.com | Published 10 years ago
Join our WhatsApp channel
ISLAMABAD: Asad Kharal, one of Pakistan’s top investigative journalists has joined ARY News as editor investigation and anchorperson.
He was previously working with The Express Tribune as an investigative reporter. A JournalismPakistan.com source says he will start hosting a prime time show from January 1 (Monday through Thursday) based on his investigative stories including corruption and bad governance. He will also have Sabir Shakir (ARY's Islamabad Bureau Chief) and Arif Hameed Bhatti (Lahore Bureau Chief) on the show.
Kharal comes with an experience of more than 1500 investigative news stories in print media and more than 100 breaking news in electronic media to his credit. He is also author of six books and a regular contributor to The Guardian and Chicago Sun Times.
Kharal has been a regular participant in TV talk shows on Express, ARY, Dunya, Samaa and DawnNews Television channels.
He won the “Investigative Journalist of the Year” award in 2003 besides bagging two other awards in categories of judiciary, law and order.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken numerous suo moto notices on Kharal’s stories published in The Express Tribune including misuse of Intelligence Bureau (IB)’s secret funds, multi-billion-rupee NICL scandal and over 70 percent acquittal of high profile terrorists.
He has also assisted the Supreme Court in numerous other suo moto cases like Rs34 billion EOBI scam, NAB investigator Kamran Faisal’s mysterious death, and the illegal appointment of the then Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s son-in-law as executive director World Bank.
Kharal along with senior journalists Hamid Mir and Absar Alam is also a party in the case pending with the Supreme Court regarding corruption in media and misuse of secret funds of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
He has also worked for The News and Daily Times, Geo, and Dunya Television.
November 07, 2025: Russia accuses Pakistan’s Frontier Post of anti-Russia bias; the paper defends press freedom and independence. A diplomatic clash over media narratives.
November 07, 2025: Veteran journalist Javed Chaudhry bids farewell to Express News after 18 years on Kal Tak, marking the end of an era in Pakistani television journalism.
November 06, 2025: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar’s job offer to Nukta staff draws criticism as hundreds of journalists across Pakistan face layoffs, salary delays, and job insecurity.
November 06, 2025: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announces jobs for 37 laid-off Nukta employees, saying they will be placed at digital platforms within 48 hours amid growing media uncertainty.
November 05, 2025: PTI’s Faisal Chaudhry’s witty reply to Gharidah Farooqi on GTV’s “G for Gharidah” goes viral as a clip from their debate over the 27th Amendment sparks reactions online.
November 05, 2025: Digital platform Nukta lays off 37 employees in Pakistan, including journalists and producers, highlighting the financial struggles facing new media ventures in a shrinking job market.
November 04, 2025: Talat Hussain denies airing the viral clip showing Sher Afzal Marwat’s vulgar remark, saying it was not part of his Samaa TV show.
November 03, 2025: PFUJ recalls November 3, 2007, as Pakistan’s darkest day under Musharraf, urging protection for journalists and the abolition of laws threatening press freedom.
November 07, 2025 Iran has intensified online censorship, blocking independent news sites and social channels, sparking protests from journalist groups over the growing suppression of press freedom.
November 07, 2025 Six Turkish journalists have been summoned over coverage of opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, raising fresh concerns about press freedom and political repression in Turkey.
November 07, 2025 Over 285 journalists have been killed in Gaza since 2023, exposing a severe impunity crisis and raising calls for global action to protect press freedom.
November 07, 2025 Arab states are tightening digital content laws, with new regulations in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt raising fresh concerns about media freedom and online expression.
November 05, 2025 The Pulitzer Center is offering global reporting grants for journalists worldwide, funding high-impact projects on underreported issues with rolling applications in 2025.