KARACHI(PPI).The New York based international organisation of journalists Committee to Protect journalists urged the government of President Pervez Musharraf to withdraw the severe restrictions it has placed on Pakistan’s news media and allow independent television and radio stations to resume coverage of the country’s political crisis. “President Musharraf’s drastic steps to silence news coverage make […]
ISLAMABAD – journalist fraternity on Monday boycotted all official proceedings to register their protest on the proclamation of emergency and restrictions on media. Owing to boycott, Ministry of Foreign Affairs was forced to shelve its weekly briefings while the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of Baba Fareed Bridge over River Sutlej held at the […]
KARACHI – Restriction on the private news channels has prompted the unprecedented demand as alternative sources of information including newspapers and Internet across the country. Meanwhile overseas Pakistanis are also keeping their relatives here informed about the latest reports of private news channels, as the transmission of private channels is available outside country. The black-out […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to monitor 21 national Urdu and English language newspapers to ensure implementation of the newly promulgated Press, Newspapers, News Agencies, and Books Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007. “Special officers have been asked to scan news, editorials, and readers’ letters containing material against President General Pervez Musharraf and the armed forces,” an […]
KARACHI, Nov 5: Since the imposition of emergency rule in the country on Saturday, the authorities’ censorship of independent television channels has been complete, with Pakistanis not getting to watch any of them on Sunday and Monday. Even international channels such as the BBC and CNN were denied to them. The main reason for the […]
(BytesForAll Pakistan – Emergency News Service) After Private Media Channels were shut down under Emergency Declaration as part of the second military coup in Pakistan, channels have adopted the Internet as their medium for e-Reporting. Many major News Channels of the country have initiated Live Audio streams for news reporting via their websites thus providing […]
Islamabad: The government has decided to monitor 21 national Urdu and English language newspapers to ensure implementation of the newly promulgated Press, Newspapers, News Agencies and Books Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007. Special officers have been appointed for this purpose, it was learnt. Special officers have been asked to scan news, editorials and readers’ letters containing […]
HYDERABAD, Nov 5: Journalists on Monday condemned imposition of emergency in the country, raids on the offices of TV channels and curbs on electronic and print media. The governing body meeting of the Hyderabad press club chaired by the press club president, Khalid Khokhar, stressed that with the imposition of emergency, Pakistani nation had been […]
PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The journalist community held a protest camp for the second day here on Thursday against the imposition of emergency rule, ‘assault on the judiciary’ and ‘chaining of the press’ through new laws. The Khyber Union of Journalists set up a four-hour token protest camp outside the Peshawar Press Club on Shershah Soori […]
PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The journalist community held a protest camp for the second day here on Thursday against the imposition of emergency rule, ‘assault on the judiciary’ and ‘chaining of the press’ through new laws. The Khyber Union of Journalists set up a four-hour token protest camp outside the Peshawar Press Club on Shershah Soori […]
Karachi:Senior journalists and writers fear that the press freedom can be taken away as soon the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) that held the Constitution in abeyance, is implemented. A senior journalist and educationist, Professor Tauseef Ahmed Khan, called up saying that previously the newspaper offices were immediately sent instructions and an information officer was also […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has condemned the government action against the media. In a statement issued here on Monday, the PFUJ condemned beating-up and detention of media personnel and raids on a printing press and some bureau offices. It termed these acts the worst kind of repression since 1978 and […]
TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 5: The closure of private TV news channels after the imposition of emergency in the country, viewers have turned towards foreign radio stations which broadcast Urdu news bulletins. Various political leaders told Dawn they were forced to pick radio sets to hear news bulletins on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Voice […]
ISLAMABAD: The Uks Research Centre, an Islamabad-based non-governmental organisation, is conducting a five-day radio journalism-training programme. The training programme is a part of the centre’s efforts to improve journalistic standards, promote issue based programming and investigative journalism. The training is part of an eight-month project to promote themes of political participation, development, democracy, positive depiction […]
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