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NDTV India ban: Modi government's shown us how we're turning into Pakistan
Sandipan Sharma •Diverting the blame gives its cheerleaders an opportunity to applaud punitive action against a TV channel and anchors they want tamed.
Pakistan: 'Triple-checked' facts of civilian-military divide story, says Cyril Almeida
•A prominent Pakistani journalist, who was briefly barred from travelling abroad over reporting a rift between the civilian and military leaderships, today stuck to his story, saying he had "triple-checked" the facts.
Dawn reporter Cyril Almeida's name removed from Exit Control List, confirms Pak govt
Fp Staff •Just a day after Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Khan said that the travel restrictions on journalist Cyril Almeida will be lifted once the probe into the placement of his name on the Exit Control List (ECT) is completed, the Dawn reported that the government has ordered for a removal of his name from the list.
Pakistan’s action against Cyril Almeida shows how good the press is there, not how bad it is
Srinivasaprasad •The fact that the Pakistan government has punished Dawn journalist Cyril Almeida for exposing the civil-military rift itself doesn’t surprise too many people in that country
Cyril Almeida case: Dawn reporter is a star product of Pakistan's sociology of journalism
Jawednaqvi •The Prime Minister of Pakistan is livid with Cyril Almeida even though Dawn’s star journalist has been more severe on the army in his writings than on the civilian government
As Nawaz Sharif fails to use Uri fallout against his army, Cyril Almeida ends up as scapegoat
Seema Guha •Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s decision to bar Dawn’s Cyril Almeida from travelling out of Pakistan is a clear indication that he had backed off from his brief tussle with the army and is back to square one.
'The press stands with you': Pakistani media lends support to Cyril Almeida, questions govt
Fp Staff •On Monday, Pakistan's prominent journalist Cyril Almeida was barred from leaving the country after he reported on a suspected rift between the civilian and military leaderships during a crucial meeting in which the ISI was told its support for terrorist groups was leaving the country globally isolated.
Cyril Almeida will be allowed to travel freely after probe is finished: Pakistan
Fp Staff •Pakistan said that the travel restrictions on journalist Cyril Almeida will be lifted once the probe into the placement of his name on the ECT is completed.
JeM chief Masood Azhar asks Pakistan to 'open the path' for terrorism against India
Fp Staff •Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief and Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azhar has asked the Pakistani government "to open the path" for terrorism.
Dawn defends report by Cyril Almeida on Pakistan's military-civilian leadership divide
Ians •A leading Pakistani newspaper Dawn on Wednesday said it stood by its story that exposed a divide between the country's civilian and military leadership over terrorists.