• April 18, 2014
• Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF),one of the leading organizations in Pakistan, working on developing the standards of Pakistani media invites proposals from organizations with at least three years’ experience in content monitoring and analysis for conducting an ethical media content’ audit of three renowned television networks. PPF is a founding member of the Global Ethical Journalism […]

• April 18, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

In Pakistan, reporting on the military intelligence services or insurgent groups or machinations within political parties is the normal grist for the media mill. A lot of the coverage relies on reporters with inside sources. The sources use the media as a battleground for their infighting, relying on sympathetic reporters to put forward their positions. […]

• April 18, 2014
• Arts and Entertainment

ISLAMABAD: Sehat Khatoon sat with her legs crossed on the floor in her dimly-lit stall nestled in a corner of the Balochistan Pavilion at the Lok Mela in Shakarparian. Frantically crisscrossing her fingers, she was making glass-bead accessories without being able to see the final result. Sehat, 45, who has been visually impaired since birth, […]

• April 18, 2014
• Information Technology

Since Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s declared intention to raise Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves, expected revenue from a 3G and 4G telecom licence auction was part of the government’s calculations. Initially the government expected as much as $ 1.5 billion from the auction. However, recently that amount inflated to $ 2 billion and numbers as high […]

• April 18, 2014
• Information Technology

By: Waris Husain The government in Pakistan has introduced a whirlwind of policies to control, regulate, protect, and oftentimes, limit internet freedoms. But usually, the government attempts to run roughshod over cyber rights due to their novel nature. As such, if one were to imagine the internet users of each country as citizens of a […]

• April 18, 2014
• Media Ethics

QUETTA: The Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) staged a protest outside the Quetta Press Club on Thursday against mainstream media for not providing adequate coverage to serious issues in Balochistan. Dozens of students belonging to the student body chanted slogans against what they called discriminatory attitude of the mainstream media. “It seems like a complete blackout […]

• April 18, 2014
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Thursday recommended to the government to bar defaulter telecom operators as well as subsidiaries of the government from participating in the auction of 3G/4G technology. It also asked the government to hold the auction of 3G and 4G separately instead of one go as planned by the government to accomplish […]

• April 18, 2014
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office sharply reacted on Thursday to Britain’s ‘Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report’ that marked Pakistan as a country of concern and rejected the criticism as unacceptable. “Protecting the rights of Pakistanis is our responsibility and no-one can be more concerned about the rights of Pakistani citizens than Pakistani state itself. We, […]

• April 18, 2014
• Media Development

Islamabad: The United States Embassy here on Thursday hosted a training session for working journalists, including reporters and sub-editors, to provide current information on free, US-based information resources and databases available for enriching their professional expertise. On the occasion, US Embassy Spokesperson Meghan Gregonis underscored the value of the wealth of online resources available that […]

• April 18, 2014
• Arts and Entertainment

Karachi: We humans, all of us, have an ingrained divine element, an element an overwhelming number of us may not be aware of, but it is there. In the present-day materialistic and physical world, where all that matters is what comes to us through the five gates of perception, where empirical evidence is all that […]

• April 18, 2014
• Broadcasting, Front Page

ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday removed Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman Chaudhry Abdul Rashid after a four-month confrontation with him. According to an order, President Mamnoon Hussain dismissed Chaudhry Rashid and the government claimed that it had followed the modus operandi ‘prescribed’ by the court to remove him. However, Chaudhry Rashid has decided […]

• April 18, 2014
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: Sindh — Reverberating Sounds Echo through the Desert, the exhibition that’s beginning at the Koel art gallery on April 18 (today), is a tribute to the rich tradition of art in Sindh and its artists, said artist Noorjehan Bilgirami and co-curator of the show Mohammad Zeeshan at a press conference on Thursday evening. Ms […]