PESHAWAR: Doing journalism in Pakistan has become challenging due to the delicate security situation, said US Consul General in Peshawar Robert G Reed on Thursday. During a visit to the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at University of Peshawar, Mr Reed said the field of journalism had gained more importance in the past decade […]
PESHAWAR: Around a dozen unlicensed FM radio stations were taken off the air in Swabi district over the last couple of days for spreading religious hatred. Also, the administration seized equipment used by these radio stations and booked their owners for illegal activity. The provincial had taken notice of the illegal operations of illegal FM […]
By: Nouman Younas Karachi: CNBC team narrowly survived from Militants attack in Manghopir area of Karachi. According to details, unidentified terrorists opened fire at CNBC team. In response Police also respond heavily. Famous female host Nadia Mirza was also there in CNBC overage Team. This incident was happened near 7:30 PM, AwamiWeb correspondent reported. It […]
By: Fareeha Khalid Karachi: A senior Pakistani current affairs anchor Jasmeen Manzoor has resigned from Samaa television saying her show has been stopped by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and Builders mafia. Later in another tweet she said that her show was stopped from airing on Wednesday after receiving a stay order from a […]
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police is using all available resources to trace those who tried to target Hamid Mir last week after installing explosive material under the belley of his vehicle parked at `Rana Market’ in sector F-7/2. According to the official source at IGP Office Islamabad, visual footage of a CCTV camera installed in the vicinity […]
LANDI KOTAL: A protest demonstration of local press reporters was held against their missing colleague, Musa Khan Afridi in front of Landi kotal press club here on Wednesday. Scores of local journalists were holding placards inscribed with slogans like, provide security to the tribal journalists and were chanting full throat slogans in favor of their […]
By: S M Hali In this age of terrorism, war and conflict, media persons, comprising both print and electronic, are exposed to unprecedented dangers because they take calculated risks. Some pay with their lives while others receive serious injuries and at times are maimed forever. Some are targeted deliberately while others simply are in the […]
ISLAMABAD: The thrill and excitement over the lifting of the blanket ban on YouTube in Pakistan was short-lived on Monday as the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) hastily announced that the ban on the video- sharing website was still effectively in place. “YouTube remains blocked. No instructions from government to open it,” said PTA Chairmain Farooq […]
By: Peer Muhammad ISLAMABAD: Journalists in Pakistan are frequently subject to violence, and hence should be afforded maximum security via suitable legislation, said Senator Farhatullah Babar at a session of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday. The committee observed that not a single report regarding the security of journalists was made […]
By: Tabish Gul Since the educational standards in Pakistani institutes are not at all equal, the students saw YouTube as no less than a blessing. The website served as a platform where the students from colleges and universities all over the country could find lectures on their respective field of study by some of the […]
By: Adnan Rehmat Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. Over 90 journalists in Pakistan have found this out to their mortal peril over the past 12 years. Dozens of others face this serious risk on a daily basis as they go about their professional work. The case of Hamid Mir is more serious than […]
KARACHI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is the most dangerous place for journalists in Pakistan, where 14 journalists were killed in the line of duty during last 11 years. Balochistan with the murders of 14 journalists during the same period ranked second, followed by Sindh with 9 killings, FATA with 8, Punjab with 3 and federal capital […]
KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Thursday unanimously elected the following office-bearers for year 2012-13: Jamil Athar Qazi (President); Shaheen Qureshi (Senior Vice-President); Aamer Mahmood (Secretary General); Ghulam Ali Chandio (Joint Secretary) and Mushtaq Ahmed Qureshi (Finance Secretary); Rehmat Ali Razi (Vice-President-Punjab); Dr. Waqar Yousaf Azeemi (Vice-President-Sindh); Ijaz-ul-Haq (Vice-President-Islamabad); Tahir Farooq (Vice-President, […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the majority party would form the government after next elections in the country, adding that the political parties should accept results with open heart in order to ensure smooth democratic transition. Talking to a private TV channel, the minister said the president […]
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