Freedom of Speech is a right guaranteed in Article 19 of the Constitution of Pakistan but is still nevertheless subject to a pretty astounding caveat whereby the law mandates that this freedom is to be curbed when the glory of Islam, the integrity of Pakistan, friendly relations with other states, decency and morality, contempt of […]
That Pakistan’s electronic media couldn’t care less about the country’s economic issues is something many of us in the economic establishment already know of. But thanks to Policy Research Institute of Market Economy (PRIME), we know have a ballpark measure of how much does the media focus on economy. A recently released report by PRIME […]
Troops of Pakistan army patrol in troubled area after a fierce fight between Pakistani forces and militants in Miran Shah in Pakistan’s tribal area of North Waziristan Journalists have been targeted in fighting between troops and militants in the tribal areas Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has pledged to do more to protect Pakistani journalists. Writer […]
LAHORE: Senior analyst Najam Sethi said on Saturday that the Pakistan state had been weakened after the killing of its workers and security persons. Speaking in Geo News programme ‘Aapas Ki Baat,’ Sethi said 10 to 15 journalists were killed in Pakistan every year and the number of the killed police and army men was […]
Raza Rumi, a columnist and an anchor for the news show “Khabar Se Agay” of “Express News” was attacked by unidentified armed men on March 28, 2014 at about 8:30pm. The incident took place in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province of Pakistan. The car driver was killed and a security guard sustained serious injuries […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) on Saturday submitted a resolution in the National Assembly Secretariat regarding a terrorist attack on TV anchor Raza Rumi. Shazia Mari, Dr Nafisa Shah, Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Imran Laghari and Dr Azra Fzal submitted the resolution. According to the resolution, “this House vociferously condemns the terrorist attack on senior Pakistani […]
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court has directed the minister of information and technology to hold a meeting of technical experts to evolve a joint strategy for blocking controversial material from YouTube. The bench nominated technical experts of the private sector and the technical team of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and […]
LAHORE: The South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and the South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) have slammed as outrageous an attack on anchor and columnist Raza Rumi in which his driver was killed and his guard injured. “We note with indignation that this is the fifth attack on the media group. The impunity perpetrators for […]
ISLAMABAD: Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) flayed the attack on the life of a local electronic-media journalist Raza Rumi on Saturday. PCP Chairman Raja Shafqat Abbasi said under Article 19(A) of the Constitution of Pakistan all provincial governments were bound to shield right of freedom of expression by taking appropriate steps to ensure security of […]
ISLAMABAD: Adam Malik, who has come to attend a two-day Social Media Summit from Karachi, says as the mainstream media has been focusing on urban areas the issues of the rural areas can only be projected through the social media. Organised by the Progressive Youth Forum (PYF) in collaboration with the Pakistan-US Alumni Network (PUAN), […]
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Pervaiz Rashid on Saturday paid a visit to Express News anchorperson Raza Rumi, and strongly condemned Friday’s attack on his car in which Rumi’s driver was killed. Talking to Express News, Rashid said Express Media Group was presenting the truth to the people but unfortunately some […]
RATODERO: Chief editor of Sindhi daily newspaper Gajgor, based in Gambat, succumbed to road accident injuries on Saturday morning in Larkana. Maula Bux Soomro, 45, was riding his bike when a speeding truck hit him on Friday evening. Soomro was rushed to Chandka Hospital, Larkana, for treatment. Victim’s brother Ali Bux alleged that the condition […]
HYDERABAD: A large number of people belonging to the Hindu minority gathered outside the damaged ‘Hanuman Temple’ along with members of the civil society and human rights activists to condemn the incident, occurred on Friday, in which some miscreants had damaged the Hanuman Murti and tried to set it on fire. A large number of […]
KARACHI: The Annual general council of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) will meet tomorrow (Monday) at 11:00 am at the APNS House, Karachi, stated a press release on Saturday. Masood Hamid, Secretary General, APNS has announced that the annual general council will discuss the conditions prevailing in the newspaper industry and take decisions to […]
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