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Monthly Archives: December 2013

Pemra office-bearers to start pen-down strike

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ISLAMABAD: An important meeting of office bearers of Pemra Officers Welfare Association (POWA) was held on Tuesday to discuss the deteriorating situation of Pemra and resolved to save the organisation. The strategy decided was to start a pen-down strike in the second week of December which will continue till the restoration of the sanctity and […]


CPNE slams attack on Express offices

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KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) strongly condemned the attack on the Express Media Group building and voiced solidarity with the group. An emergency meeting of the body, presided over by senior vice-president Ilyas Shakir, reassured the group of its support. The meeting decided that a media convention for the protection of editors, […]


A brazen attack on Pakistan’s free media

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The attack on Express Media Group’s Karachi office is a direct assault on ‘freedom of the press’. It is not simply a wake-up call, but perhaps, a final call for the media. Sadly, an attack on one group or journalists has never been considered as an attack on the ‘media Industry’ as in the past. […]


Social media threat

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Sir: The social media is the largest interconnecting network around the world today. It can connect millions of people at a time but it also has plenty of disastrous impacts on youngsters. Social media is now becoming a serious security and moral threat for our teenagers and their parents. Misuse of social media has initiated […]


Rallies against attack on media group

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LAHORE: On the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), the journalists community throughout the country on Tuesday held demonstrations and rallies in order to protest against attack on the offices of Express Media Group in Karachi. Giving the government an ultimatum, PFUJ President Rana Muhammad Azeem and Secretary General Amin Yousuf demanded that […]


Attack on Express offices: Journalists boycott Senate proceedings, stage protest

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ISLAMABAD: Journalists staged a walkout on Tuesday from parliament’s press gallery against the previous day’s gun and bomb attack on the Express Media Group’s offices in Karachi. The protesting journalists demanded that the government ensure the protection of media personnel and bring the culprits to book. The Express Media Group’s offices in Karachi have been […]


An attempt at terrorising media

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The freedom of media in Pakistan is a subject that garners much debate and even controversy; whether it is the contention on media’s stability as an institution or the safety of journalists and the press, one fact is obvious: It certainly is not an easy job. It becomes even more significant as an issue considering […]


Journalists protest attack on private channel

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PESHAWAR: Condemning the terrorist attack by a political party’s workers on a private TV channel office in Karachi, the journalist community on Tuesday held a protest demonstration here outside press club. The protesting community demanded the federal and Sindh governments to immediately arrest the culprits involved in the inhuman terrorist attack and award them exemplary […]


Journalists demand security at Tuesday’s protest

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KARACHI/HYDERABAD/SUKKUR: The attack on the offices of the Express Media Group in Karachi was slammed across Sindh by journalists on Tuesday. Members of various journalist unions, such as the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Hyderabad Press Club, Sukkur Union of Journalists (Indus) […]


Journalists call for developing standardized list of terminology for words threatening their safety

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KARACHI: Journalists at a consultative dialogue said that media organizations such as Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) should develop a standardized list of terminology for sensitive words that threaten the safety of journalists. A national consultative dialogue on “Conflict Sensitive Reporting in Print Media” was held on […]


Bilawal slams attack on office of TV channel

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KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has condemned an attack on the office of a private TV channel in Karachi on Monday. In a statement, Bilawal said targeting media offices was tantamount to suppressing freedom of expression. In the past, he added, several newspapers and TV channels had been attacked by various […]


LHC for more arguments on pleas against censor board

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LAHORE: Justice Muhammad Khalid Mahmood Khan on Monday asked the counsel of both parties for more arguments by December 12 on petitions against the Pakistan Film Censor Board for not stopping the exhibition of illegally imported movies. On Monday, the LHC was informed that the Pakistan Film Censor Board had stopped exhibition of all illegally […]


Media should keep a distance from political parties

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ISLAMABAD: Media houses and journalists should not get close to political parties because it will not only affect their efficiency but also their credibility. The trend of investigative journalism is reducing because the media has been concentrating on daily issues. These views were expressed by Sherry Rehman, former minister of information and ex-ambassador to the […]


Two injured in attack on Express Media Group offices in Karachi

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KARACHI: Two staff members were injured on December 2, 2013 when unidentified armed men on motorcycles opened indiscriminate firing and lobbed explosive material at the offices of Express Media Group in Karachi, the capital city of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. The building have the offices of Daily Express Tribune, Roznama Express, Daily Sindh Express and […]