• January 14, 2023
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Secretariat has banned the entry of unauthorized social media influencers, Youtubers, and Tiktokers in the precincts of Parliament House. According to the National Assembly Secretariat, it is pertinent to mention that this decision was taken in the context of an incident of misbehavior with Parliamentarians by some unauthorized Youtuber/social media influencers at […]

• January 13, 2023
• Right to Information

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister Mian Shehbaz Sharif has appointed the Chief Information Commissioner and an Information Commissioner for the Pakistan Information Commission in accordance with Section 18 of the Right to Access to Information Act, 2017. According to notifications issued by the Establishment Division on Tuesday, Mr. Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui has been appointed as Chief […]

• January 13, 2023
• General News

LAHORE:The Faculty of Humanities and Kauser Abdullah Malik School of Life Science, FCCU in collaboration with Pakistan Academy of Science organised a two-day workshop on Science Journalism. The concluding session of the workshop was held at FCCU on Thursday. Dean of Humanities, Dr Altaf Ullah Khan and Director ORIC and Dean Postgraduate Studies Dr Kauser […]

• January 13, 2023
• General News

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party MPA Jam Owais and his four servants were acquitted in a case pertaining to the murder of activist Nazim Jokhio after Malir’s District and Sessions’ Court on Thursday accepted the out-of-court settlement between the accused and the victim’s legal heirs. Jam Owais and his four servants — Muhammad Mairaj, Ahmed Khan […]

• January 13, 2023
• Social Media

President Dr Arif Alvi has said that social media was one of the reasons for differences between former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa. In an interview with BBC Urdu, the president said that misunderstandings were created by giving “undue importance to social media” and said that the country’s […]

• January 13, 2023
• Social Media

The number of Pakistani accounts on social media platforms has crossed 217 million. According to a report by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Pakistanis have 217.1 million profiles on different social media platforms, translating to 70.1 million active social media users. YouTube is at the top with 71.7 million users in Pakistan whereas Facebook stands second […]

• January 13, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

The election of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in April 2022 brought initial hopes for an improved climate for press freedom in Pakistan, however the country’s journalists continue to face physical attacks, harassment, and arrests, according to data collected by IPI on press freedom violations in Pakistan between April and September of 2022. IPI documented at […]

• January 12, 2023
• General News

News organizations that have yet to embrace digital fully will be severely disadvantaged, according to a report titled ‘Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2023.’ Authored by Nic Newman for Reuters Institute, the report says that the next few years will not be defined by how fast we adopt digital but by how we […]

• January 12, 2023
• General News

The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed-off the case regarding alleged harassment of journalists after assurance of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) that no inquiry against any journalist was pending at this time. A three member bench headed by Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan heard the case. The Deputy Attorney General said that the top court had […]

• January 12, 2023
• General News

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (PEMRA) Regional Office in Karachi has raided offices of the cable operators airing illegal Indian channels and contents in violation of the apex court’s directions as well as of the authority. According to a news release, the raids were conducted under an enforcement drive which was launched in line with […]

• January 12, 2023
• General News

PARACHINAR: Unidentified men lobbed a grenade into the house of a journalist situated on the outskirts of Parachinar city here late Tuesday night, police said. According to the police, the house of a journalist Mohammad Ali Turi was attacked with a grenade, which damaged the two-storey building. However, no loss of life was reported in […]

• January 12, 2023
• General News, Media Development

KARACHI – Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Wednesday handed over cheques for the endowment fund to the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE), and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), besides giving away a cheque for the grant to Matli Press Club. According to a statement issued here, Secretary General CPNE Aamir Mehmood, […]

• January 12, 2023
• Information Technology

In the annual report published by the PTA, it has been reported that the telecom sector achieved a record high revenue of Rs 694 billion in the financial year 2021-22 as the use of telecom services grew substantially. While there is little positive news on the economic front currently, it is encouraging to see how […]

• January 11, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

Data compiled by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) shows that a total of 21 journalists have been killed in Balochistan since 2002. Balochistan is considered the most dangerous province in the country for journalists. It is generally believed that during coverage of violent incidents, journalists are under great pressure from the management of news channels […]