Current News
Media persons also wounded
At least seven journalists were among those who were wounded in the blast that occurred at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre emergency ward on Friday.
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Ajmal Khattak passes away
eteran politician and famous Pashto poet Mohammad Ajmal Khattak died in Nowshera on Sunday night after protracted illness. He was 85.
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Illegal takeover of press club slammed
The journalists of Ghotki observed a hunger strike on Saturday against the forced occupation of the National Press Club, Obaro, by a provincial minister.
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PPF
Activities
Journalism Training Workshop On Article Writing Mass Communications Department Federal Urdu University
Participants of a three day article writing workshop held at Federal Urdu University chose subjects of vital interest to their community as topics for their articles. They also went through practical exercises in selection of subjects, writing theme sentences, discussing detailed points of their topics through brain storming technique and in writing dramatic intros for their articles.
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Workshop for Journalists on Media and Democratic Governance (Analysing performance of local government system)
Participants at a three day PPF NED workshop on Media and Democratic Governance held at Rahim Yar Khan from 10th to 12th November 2009 were of the opinion that despite the fact that the Local Government system had not come up to the expectations of the common man in matters of efficient governance, still there was no reason for the system to be dismantled.
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Workshop for Photojournalists On Coverage of Community
The participants of a three-day interactive workshop for photojournalists held at Karachi agreed that the role of photojournalists is getting more and more importance with every passing day. They stressed that news photography is a powerful medium as it highlights social, political, cultural, and human rights in a better way; therefore, their professional training and capacity building is a vital requirement, especially in the developing countries like Pakistan.
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Workshop for Photojournalists On Coverage of Community
Participants of a three day photojournalists workshop felt that while photojournalism is the fastest growing media sector in Pakistan, and while electronic media is fast expanding there is a wide in the professional output of photojournalists due to lack of proper institutionalized training. They demanded that Pakistani media organizations and mass communications departments should have to focus on specialised training for photojournalists.
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Workshop for Photojournalists On Coverage of Community
Participants of a three day PPF photojournalism workshop in Abbotabad observed that photojournalism has now become an integral part of print media and the fast changing techniques in this field have made it mandatory that photojournalists should update their professional knowledge and skills, regularly, through training process.
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