Pemra has reportedly banned media coverage of proscribed organisations, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jamatud Dawa (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF). According to a circular issued by the media watchdog, the “Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior, under [the] National Action Plan (NAP) have banned all kind of coverage of banned JuD, LeT and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), which has taken up a number of misconduct references against superior court judges, took an unusual step on Thursday when it warned the media not to publish or air news items about the council without verification or confirmation from the council’s secretariat. A strongly-worded handout issued after the SJC’s […]
KARACHI: November at the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) will witness the Young Director’s Theatre Festival with six plays exclusively directed by Napa graduates as part of the line-up. “Our young graduates are our primary responsibility and so this year we have decided to provide them with a platform to direct plays with a […]
If only some of the biggest names in Pakistani journalism, and a certain leader of a political party, could take the trouble to read more carefully, think a little deeper, and increase their knowledge about the vocabulary of politics, we’d all be spared many storms in teacups. The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mian Muhammed Nawaz […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan finally submitted its action plan to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat on Thursday, after missing the October 1 deadline. In the Climate Action Plan, Pakistan did not make any specific commitments. It says the country would only be able to make specific commitments once reliable data on peak […]
KARACHI/UMERKOT: US Consul General Brian Heath has said that US Consulate General Karachi has many programmes to support Pakistani journalists and cited US State Department funding and support for the Center for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) at the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi. This he expressed while talking to journalists during his visit to […]
Taliban claim responsibility for gunning down Zaman Mehsud VIENNA, Nov 5, 2015 – The murder of yet another journalist in Pakistan this week because of his journalistic work once again raises the issue of journalists’ safety and the importance of ending the impunity both in that country and worldwide. Senior journalist Zaman Mehsud of Tank […]
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