• November 18, 2016
• General News

Establishment of Sindh Minorities’ Rights Commission Bill-2015 calls for steps to safeguard religious minorities’ rights and end discrimination against them The Sindh Assembly unanimously passed a private bill on Thursday for establishing a commission to take measures for the protection of the rights of religious minorities and to review proposed laws to end discrimination against […]

• November 18, 2016
• Broadcasting, Media Ethics

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday in a letter to Sabzbaat television issued a show cause notice for airing Indian content in its transmission. In its notice Pemra General Manager Operations wrote that daily transmission report of that television from November 4 to November 12, 2016 confirmed that channel had been airing […]

• November 18, 2016
• Broadcasting

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) is expecting direct and indirect investment of $400 million through bidding of Direct to Home (DTH) licenses during the next three years. Senior PEMRA officials while talking to a group of journalists here on Thursday said that PEMRA will open bidding process to award 3 DTH licenses […]

• November 18, 2016
• Obituaries

LAHORE: Award winning photojournalist Azhar Hussain Jafri passed away here on Thursday due to a cardiac arrest. He was 63. He had been hospitalised for over two months because of the complications he developed as a result of his open-heart surgery. On Thursday his condition deteriorated at home and he breathed his last on way […]

• November 18, 2016
• Media Ethics

“Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics” — Jane Addams The recent brawl between a lady reporter of a TV channel and a constable of the paramilitary force was further amplified by mass media. The good part of the heartrending event is that unlike in the past, the media did not portray […]

• November 18, 2016
• Social Media

KARACHI: The government’s attempts to tighten its grip on the internet — the information superhighway — through a series of controversial laws and policies has placed Pakistan among the 10 worst countries for internet freedom for a second straight year. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, also seems to have done little to improve […]

• November 18, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

Islamabad – Speakers at a seminar have said that climate change renders devastating effects on rural population of Pakistan especially small farmers. The livelihood of millions of people has been jeopardized because of climatic impacts including floods and draughts. Hence, the real challenge lies in ensuring that the agreement is able to avert catastrophic climate […]

• November 18, 2016
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

KARACHI: Members of the journalist community got together at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday to discuss the role of the Pakistan Press Council in the freedom of the media. Hosting the event Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan said in the last 15 days some important issues had come to the fore regarding freedom of the […]