By: Mushtaq Yusufzai “We left our native village in Mohmand tribal region and shifted to Shabqadar area of Charsadda district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, believing that we will be safe here. But the militants chased us even in this comparatively safer place and shot dead my younger brother,” Haji Yaqoob Khan, elder brother of slain tribal journalist [...]
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Protest against journalist’s killing
Posted by admin on January 21st, 2012
By: Amanullah Kasi QUETTA: The Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) and Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) held demonstrations on Friday in protest against the killing of journalist Mukarram Khan Atif and kidnapping of four people belonging to the Hazara community. In their separate demonstrations near the press club, members of the BUJ and activists of the [...]
Protest against journalist’s killing
Posted by ppf.admin on January 21st, 2012
Amanullah Kasi QUETTA: The Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) and Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) held demonstrations on Friday in protest against the killing of journalist Mukarram Khan Atif and kidnapping of four people belonging to the Hazara community. In their separate demonstrations near the press club, members of the BUJ and activists of the HDP [...]
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Posted by admin on December 25th, 2011
By Arif Waqar “Love your voice” was the first lesson taught to Raza Ali Abidi, when he joined the BBC World Service in 1972. Twenty four years on, at the time of his retirement, Abidi had reached a different conclusion: “Love your audience.” Through his soft, resonant and clear voice, he generously showered his love [...]
Media: The manipulator is manipulated
Posted by admin on December 25th, 2011
Undermining the legitimacy of parliamentary democracy has come naturally to the ‘people’s media’ By Adnan Rehmat Reporting politics is as old a profession as politics. That’s pretty straightforward. However, when it comes to Pakistan, how old really is reporting about the national polity’s dominance of the Establishment? The answer is not as straightforward as one [...]
