PRINCIPLES Oxford Definitions Explanation 1 Fairness Treating people equally without favoritism or discrimination. Ensuring that one viewpoint/personal opinion is not favored over another while collecting or presenting news and opinions. Equal time is given to different stakeholders with opposing views without suppressing available and relevant facts and/or with a distorted emphasis. Impartiality […]
KARACHI: Sindhi writers and intellectuals wrote a letter to the chief justice of Pakistan for taking notice of human rights violations in Sindh. Citing the recent killing of two nationalist workers- Maqsood Qureshi and Suleman Wadho, the Sindh Writers and Thinkers Forum said that like Balochistan, abductions, brutal killings and dumping of mutilated bodies was […]
KARACHI: How many flags can you paint on a sewing needle? How many alphabets can be written on a grain of rice? These questions might sound like the beginning of a bad joke but it is a legitimate query for the masters of micro-art, Waseem Rahim and Mirza Adeel. Rahim, 36, a resident of Karachi, […]
KARACHI: Former BBC broadcaster and journalist, Raza Ali Abidi, was paid the most warm and glowing of tributes by former colleagues, peers and friends for his invaluable services to the cause of journalism and education. Abidi was lavishly praised for having disseminated the most precious information about various fields of life through his writings, radio […]
KARACHI: Sindh government has directed its security officers to take immediate steps to ensure security of journalists in the province, as desired by the Press Council of Pakistan. The Sindh government issued this directive after it was conveyed the resolution of the PCP regarding recent attacks on media persons. The resolution strongly condemned the attacks […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over arrest of a broadcast journalist, Nuradin Hassan Ibrahim in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, on 30 March 2014. Quoting the information from National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in […]
QUETTA: Renowned journalist, columnist and intellectual Ghazi Salahuddin have said that media’s job is not to create differences but to disseminate information to the public. He said this while talking to a dialogue organised by Rozan at the Quetta Press Club on Tuesday. A large number of journalists and students attended the dialogue. He stressed […]
ISLAMABAD: Justice Noorul Haq N. Qureshi, of Islamabad High Court (IHC), on Wednesday, suspended the notification for the appointment of Mansoor Ali Khan as director administration and personnel (DAP) of Pakistan Television (PTV), after an executive manager of the state TV challenged the said appointment. PTV executive manager, Tasneem Kausar, claimed before the court that […]
ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami’s crusade to rid the country of ‘obscenity’ has always been monumental. Jamaat’s members are found a little extra vigorous these days about cleansing our culture of “fahashi.” Hardly a day goes by when Jamaat members do not pressure the government to curtail “the growing obscenity.” On Tuesday they moved a resolution asking for […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage ordered the Punjab police to present an investigation report on the attack on analyst and Express News show “Khabar Se Agay” anchor Raza Rumi within 24 hours, Express News reported on Thursday. Issuing notices to Punjab chief secretary, Punjab secretary and the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has so far imposed a total of Rs35 million fine on different private television channels for airing obscene or excessive foreign content and illegal and misleading advertisements since July, 2010. The Pemra charged Rs1 million fine from over 20 television channels during the last over three years. […]
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