• March 17, 2012
• PPF Activities

Speakers at a seminar regarding “Journalists’ Safety and Security” called for proactive measures for protection and security of working journalists, especially hailing for war-infested tribal agencies. They said that journalists are facing severe life threats and challenges while performing their professional obligations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. The participants acknowledged that journalists rendered sacrifices for establishment […]

• March 17, 2012
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: Various organisations of journalists condemned the firing incident outside the Jang Group offices and disrupting of cable network transmission, and demanded action against the perpetrators of incidents. Talking to Geo TV, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Secretary Amin Yousuf condemned the incident and termed it an attack on the freedom of journalism and […]

• March 17, 2012
• Print Media

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Friday sought report from the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees (ITNE) about the compliance of the apex courtís decision on 7th Wage Board Award. A two-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Tariq Parvez, heard a Civil Miscellaneous Application (CMA), filed by the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation […]

• March 17, 2012
• Freedom of Expression

KARACHI: Expressing concerns over the killing of journalists in the country, media practitioners on Friday called for better security measures for their colleagues. Speaking at the launch of Media Commission Pakistan`s report entitled “Attacks on Journalists and Media Freedom” at the Karachi Press Club, they said that journalists were working in an environment of rising […]

• March 17, 2012
• Print Media

THIS refers to a large photograph on Dawn’s front page (March 7). The picture shows the people in Lucknow, India, celebrating their party’s success in Uttar Pradesh elections. I accept that this was ‘news’, but, in my opinion, it was not a news item of such ‘national significance’ that your esteemed newspaper printed a large […]

• March 17, 2012
• General News

ISLAMABAD – Chairman Press Council of Pakistan, Raja M. Shafqat Khan Abbasi has said that media has played vital role in raising difficulties and miseries of the victims of the disaster. He was speaking at a seminar titled “Media Ethics in Disaster Reporting” organized by the Department of Media and Communication Studies, International Islamic University, […]

• March 17, 2012
• General News

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Hundreds of tribesmen rallied in Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan Agency, to protest US drone attacks in tribal regions. Local administration officials told The Express Tribune that hundreds of the Ahmadzai Wazir tribesmen, including clerics and tribal elders, participated in the rally, carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the […]

• March 17, 2012
• PPF Activities

KARACHI: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Farooqi said that journalists should understand the importance of their role and make sure that their news items do not cause harm to any community. She was speaking at the concluding ceremony of three-day training workshop organised by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) here Friday, attended by journalists belonging […]

• March 17, 2012
• General News

Karachi: A woman whose body was found in three pieces over the course of three days from Soldier Bazaar police limits was identified on Friday afternoon. Nasreen, mother of five children, went missing on March 10th. Pieces of her body were recovered over the next three days, and on Friday the body was identified by […]

• March 17, 2012
• General News

Karachi: The decomposed body of 30-year-old Zulaikha, a mother of two, was found in a gunny bag in a nullah near Kashmir Colony on Friday. According to the police, Zulaikha’s aunt Sakeena had come from Mehrabpur to inform the police that her niece had been murdered by her second husband Waris and her brother Imran. […]

• March 17, 2012
• Media and Governance

ISLAMABAD: The stage was set for President Asif Zardari to become the first head of state to deliver a record fifth address to a joint sitting of the National Assembly and Senate on Saturday after the Presidency successfully persuaded the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to step back from its threat to disrupt the session. The People’s […]

• March 17, 2012
• General News

ALTHOUGH patriarchal society has assigned unpaid and reproductive work to women and kept productive or income-generating work in the hands of male members, women’s contribution goes unnoticed. In our society women are still discouraged from joining productive work. An analysis of developed nations shows that engaging women in the economic sector is a path towards […]