• January 26, 2017
• Scholarships and Fellowships

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Wednesday, under the chairmanship of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, approved PhD Scholarship Programme under US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor (Phase-1) at a rationalised cost of Rs18.81 billion including foreign exchange component of Rs17.714 billion. Dar chaired meeting of the ECNEC here on Wednesday. The Committee considered and […]

• January 26, 2017
• Freedom of Expression, Media and Governance

SUKKUR: A day after being sealed by the district administration to avert a clash between two groups of journalists, Larkana Press Club was opened on Wednesday and forcibly occupied. The group occupying the club has deployed armed men inside the building. Two groups of journalists have been at war since the past few years over ownership […]

• January 26, 2017
• General News

ISLAMABAD:In an effort to discourage the government from using the pretext of national security to place unjustified restrictions on the right to information, a Senate body has resolved that any ‘corrupt practice’ or ‘human rights violations’ that involve public institutions – including those run by the security establishment – will be liable to be shared […]

• January 26, 2017
• Media Ethics

From the prominence being given to fake news, mostly courtesy of the US Presidential election and its aftermath, it might be thought that fake news — false stories planted and having varying degrees of credibility — was a recent phenomenon. It isn’t. And it’s complicated. For one thing fake news is being conflated with outright […]

• January 26, 2017
• Front Page, Protest Letters by PPF

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to the Juan Orlando Hernández, President of Honduras expressed concern over the killing of Honduras TV journalist Igor Padilla’s on January 17, 2017 in the northwestern city of San Pedro Sula. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali, in his letter urged the government of Honduras to investigate the […]

• January 25, 2017
• Front Page, Publications and Reports

Forced disappearance of bloggers turned into news of registration of blasphemy cases and allegations on missing activists on both TV channels and newspapers during the week. However right activists in Karachi faced brush of extremist group and Police while protesting against forced disappearance of social media activists. Electronic media watchdog Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority […]

• January 25, 2017
• General News

Islamabad-Nobody knows what would be the fate of Tayabba, the victim of domestic child labour and violence. But for sure the media’s limelight may not shower upon her for so long, as media is temporal and tedious in nature. If we recall our short memories, we will remember many other cases which caught media’s attention […]

• January 25, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, one of the most beautiful Sufi voices of our times, has often said that he loves performing in India and that he receives the best welcome here compared to anywhere else in the world. However, after tension between India and Pakistan escalated post the Uri attacks in Kashmir, a […]

• January 25, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

The eighth edition of the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) is to take place from February 10 till February 12 and the venue will be the same, the Beach Luxury Hotel. This was announced by Ameena Saiyid, OBE, Managing Director, Oxford University Press (Pakistan), while addressing a press conference in this regard at the Arts Council […]

• January 25, 2017
• Freedom of Expression, Media Ethics

LARKANA: An armed group belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) attacked the Larkana Press Club, destroyed its property and warned the journalists not to give coverage to any other candidate contesting against Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the by-elections, otherwise the repercussions would be severe. On the other hand, Sindh Home Minister Suhail Anwar Siyal […]

• January 25, 2017
• Media and Society

LONDON: The number of people complaining about Urdu language TV output in the UK is rising. In the cases concluded by Ofcom in the period 2013-2016, there were 165 complaints against Urdu language TV stations, 50 of which were upheld. Pakistani programmes available in the UK via satellite are subject to UK rules and regulations. […]

• January 25, 2017
• Front Page, Media Ethics

KARACHI: Following a protest against enforced disappearances led by civil society on Thursday which saw a clash between activists and religious hardliners, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) called a meeting to discuss the plan of action. It was decided that the issue of missing persons would be taken forward in a collective manner […]

• January 25, 2017
• Environmental Journalism

HYDERABAD: The Sindh Environmen­tal Protection Agency (Sepa) closed down seven factories in Hyderabad Site on Tuesday due to their serious violation of the Sindh Environmental Protection Act, 2014 and Sindh Environ­mental Quality Standard (SEQS). “We have sent several notices to seven industrial units of Hyderabad Site for three years, but they failed to comply with […]

• January 24, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: Their faces covered with chadors and feet moving rhythmically to the beat of drums, the women and men of Manghopir celebrated the Sheedi Mela after a gap of seven years on Monday. In a ceremony that lasted five hours, residents danced and sang their way to the crocodile pond and the shrine of the […]