KARACHI, June 11: “Realities are often created,” stated Dr Tariq Rahman, quoting Noam Chomsky. “And the media often creates these realities.” These words were enough to capture the attention of the audience gathered at the Zamir Niazi Memorial Lecture Series on Monday. Entitled “Press and Our Freedoms”, the lecture was held at the auditorium of […]
Women’s Action Forum (WAF) supports various journalist organisations protesting against the government’s move to curb media freedom. According to a press release issued on Monday, WAF expresses concern over intimidation of journalists and condemns the attempts to muzzle media in the shape of a ban on live coverage of outdoor events, especially protests related to […]
LAHORE, June 11: The Church of PakistanÂ’s Women Desk has expressed its serious concern over increase in abuse of blasphemy laws manifested in the raise in registration of cases during the last two months. Desk secretary Ayra Inderyas said in a statement that the laws had become a tool of repression for victimising the minorities […]
ISLAMABAD PPI: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the government welcomes criticism by the Media if the national interests are upheld and the code of conduct is folÂlowed in true spirit. Talking to a representative delegation of Sindh media in Islamabad Monday he said the government considers the views, news and analysis by the media […]
HYDERABAD: The public representatives of Taluka Qasimabad held the District Government Hyderabad responsible for not carrying out development work in rural Talukas of the district. Addressing a news conference here at Hyderabad Press Taluka Naib Nazim Qasimabad Haider Shahani and Nazims of the Unions Councils Ali Hassan jatoi, Yamin Soomro, Imam Ali Ansari and others […]
Karachi, June 11 PPI: The International Labour Organization (ILO) on June 12 The World Day Against Child Labor joins forces with five key international agricultural organizations to launch a new landmark global partnership to tackle child labour in agriculture. Members of the new partnership signed into existence during the ILO’s annual International Labour Conference are: […]
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