• December 23, 2016
• Front Page, General News, PPF Activities, Training and Capacity Building

Press clubs’ representatives from across Pakistan agreed that the rush for breaking news combined with the unprofessional attitude of editors, newsroom personnel and media houses leave journalists working in the field vulnerable and at risk. This was the consensus at the ‘National Consultative Dialogue on the Safety of Journalists,’ organized by the Pakistan Press Foundation […]

• December 23, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

FAISALABAD: Agri experts have called for joint efforts to curb climate change effects on agricultural productivity with the help of adaptation and mitigating strategies and development of climate resilient varieties. They stated this while addressing a workshop on “Agricultural Model Inter comparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP)” hand-on trainings phase second arranged at University of Agriculture. […]

• December 23, 2016
• Social Media

LAHORE: Even though the internet is highly regulated, hate speech and threats, especially against women and religious minorities, remain unchecked. Social media and other webpages are often blocked and filtered on the grounds that they are hurting religious sentiments of the majority, stated a report called Desecrating Expression—An Account of Freedom of Expression and Religion in […]

• December 23, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

ISLAMABAD: Dumping of garbage was once considered to be a common issue only in urban areas. But now people living in the rural areas are also complaining about it. A delegation of residents from Fatehjang on Thursday approached the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), saying the environment in their area was being polluted by […]

• December 23, 2016
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Journalism is one of the riskiest professions to choose in this anarchic and increasingly insecure world. Since journalists consider themselves responsible for keeping people alive to political, religious and security-related affairs, they are bound to face the wrath of certain powerful state and non-state quarters. Sometimes, if they unearth the truth behind sensitive political and […]