• March 26, 2014
• Protest Letters by PPF

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over detention and violations against six Palestinian journalists in the West Bank by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). According to information received from Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali […]

• March 26, 2014
• Information Technology

By: Abrar Hamza KARACHI: The cellular operators and the government are all set to extract the immense colossal investments on the 3G/4G from the pockets of consumers. As per revised Information Memorandum (IM) for the Next Generation Mobile Services Award (NGMSA) it allows licensees to sell new connections to existing consumer for 3G services. IM […]

• March 26, 2014
• General News

ISLAMABAD: There is a dire need to acknowledge the problems being faced by Hindus so they can be resolved, said Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, patron in-chief, of the Pakistan Hindu Council. Vankwani, said that among minorities, the Hindu community is the worst-affected in the country and it is important to resolve their problems. He highlighted […]

• March 26, 2014
• Information Technology

RAWALPINDI: The joint teams of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) zonal office and FIA have seized illegal Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) consisting upon 40 SIMs capacity three international gateway exchange and arrested two persons in Sadiqabad, Rawalpindi, on Tuesday. This illegal gateway exchange inflicted heavy loss to national kitty. The illegal gateway exchange was set […]

• March 26, 2014
• General News

Karachi: The Sindh government has a plan to provide residential units to all journalists who do not have the sufficient resources to meet their housing needs, according to the provincial information secretary Dr Zulfiqar Ali Shalwani. He said that the government was also keen on addressing all small or big problems of working journalists including […]

• March 26, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Social Media

As the Lahore High Court continues to debate whether the ban on YouTube should be lifted, a survey has revealed that a mere 22% of Pakistanis want an internet that is free of official censorship. This was the lowest percentage scored out of the 24 developing countries, where the use of internet is either prohibited […]

• March 26, 2014
• General News

KARACHI: The media should report sensitively on minorities so that its reporting does not incite hatred or conflict, said the chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Zohra Yusuf on Tuesday. Speaking at a training workshop for journalists, ‘Peace Building, Social Harmony and Conflict Prevention Project’ organised by Caritas Pakistan Karachi, she stressed […]

• March 26, 2014
• Media Ethics, Television

ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday felt sorry that there was hardly anything being aired presently on electronic media for children. They regretted that young children had no option other than watching dramas meant for families.“In the play ‘Mera Sultan’, a baby is born daily and the ruling elite is […]

• March 26, 2014
• Environmental Journalism

LONDON: Air pollution kills about seven million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation published on Tuesday. The agency said air pollution is the cause of about one in eight deaths and has now become […]

• March 26, 2014
• Arts and Entertainment

QUETTA: The Balochistan government has spent Rs 7million for the welfare of renowned artistes in acknowledgment of their services during the past month. Addressing an Artistes Day programme held in connection with the Balochistan Sports Festival here on Tuesday, Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch said the provincial government would utilise all available resources to […]

• March 26, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

No story is worth your life. Still, as Kati Marton of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) who visited Pakistan last week said in her latest blog “CPJ finds hope for press freedom in Pakistan” “… at least 46 journalists have been killed, 24 of them murdered for the ‘crime’ of covering intelligence services, the […]

• March 26, 2014
• Print Media

KARACHI: While most advertisements are given to newspapers having large circulation, the circulation of newspapers and magazines is still determined by a federal government agency even after the devolution of power under the 18th Amendment, the provincial assembly was informed on Tuesday. Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon expressed these views while responding to questions by […]

• March 26, 2014
• Arts and Entertainment

Karachi: ArtNow has presented the inaugural ArtNow Lifetime Achievement Award to Rasheed Araeen at Art Dubai 2014 in recognition of the unique artistic and cultural achievements of one of the greatest contemporary artists Pakistan has produced. The award was presented by Fawzia Naqvi, Editor-in-Chief of ArtNow Pakistan, an online publication for contemporary art, during the […]

• March 26, 2014
• Media Ethics

KARACHI: Denying the allegations of slackness and incompetence on the part of government in dealing with the situation in Tharparkar, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah accused the media of creating hype on the issue. He claimed that government has taken prompt action in dealing with the drought. “I personally visited village to village and […]