KARACHI: The provincial government has set up a media coordination cell, which would act as the monitoring team comprising elected representatives of the masses and fraternity of the journalists to check the flood relief efforts of the government. “It is our endeavour to reach out to the masses in a transparent manner through the media [...]
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Institutions including media overstepped: Safma
Posted by Aly on November 8th, 2010
ISLAMABAD: The South Asian Free Media Association (Safma) has resolved to safeguard the democratic and constitutional setup, including freedom of expression and an independent judiciary. This was decided at a two-day conference of Safma here on Sunday at local hotel. Media persons from across the country at Safma conference resolved respecting the will of the [...]
Sri Lankan journalist
Posted by admin on January 26th, 2010
THE letter ‘Tribute to Srilankan journalist’ (Jan 11) brought back the memories of the painful death of a brave journalist who was killed in cold blood last year in January. I remember that Lasantha’s killing was condemned and condolences were pouring in from all corners of the world. His death inspires perhaps thousands of journalists [...]
Harassing a journalist
Posted by admin on January 23rd, 2010
It was horrifying to read that the house of an investigative reporter was attacked allegedly by the sleuths of a spy agency. This reminded me of the era of former dictator Ziaul Haq when journalists were flogged and incarcerated for speaking against violations of human rights. According to the press release of the news organisation [...]
Harassing a journalist
Posted by admin on January 21st, 2010
On behalf of the class of 2009, MSc Mass Communications, NUML (Islamabad), I would like to pay regards to our investigative journalism course instructor, Azaz Syed, who, along with his family, was harassed by the members of an intelligence agency on January 19. Mr Syed is, without any doubt, one of the best teachers we [...]
