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Daily Archives: December 15, 2016

Unequipped on the frontlines

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Photojournalists seek better safety equipment, gear Dateline: Karachi, December 9 Photojournalists from across Pakistan emphasized the need for media houses to provide safety equipment and better gear to enable them to better cover major incidents like explosions, attacks and protests without exposing themselves to mortal danger. This was the consensus at the ‘National Consultative Dialogue […]


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Chakwal coverage

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IN this age of 24/7, wall-to-wall coverage, journalists are confronted with difficult ethical and professional questions when it comes to reporting incidents of a sensitive, communal nature. While censorship is out of the question, some degree of restraint must be exercised to ensure that violent images and footage from one location do not end up […]


News leak: LHC asks govt to file report by 19th

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the federal government on Sunday to submit the inquiry report on news leaks to the committee formed under Justice (retired) Amir Raza by December 19. LHC Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah issued the order on a petition filed by a member of the PPP’s lawyers’ wing Advocate Ilyas […]


Religious parties to launch movement against minorities bill

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KARACHI – Terming the passage of Sindh Criminal Law (Protection of Minorities) Bill-2015 a controversial legislation, religious parties on Wednesday announced to start protests across Sindh from December 16. Milli Yakjehti Council (MYC) Pakistan and Jamaat-ud-Da’wa (JuD) have separately announced to gear up the drive against the bill, passed on November 24 in Sindh Assembly. The bill bans embracing of […]