PESHAWAR: Senior leader of Awami National Party (ANP) and member National Assembly Ghulam Ahmad Bilour said that his party had never extended any support to the steps taken against freedom of press, nor would it do this in future. He said that steps taken against Geo News and Jang Group on the grounds of difference […]
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought, which they seldom use,” wrote Kierkegaard, realising that there are very few men who can afford to think, and a whole lot of humanity wanting to speak. Speech, admittedly, comes more trippingly on the tongue than losing one’s head on a hard […]
LAHORE: Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jehangir has supported an independent and free media and said she is opposed to a ban on any TV channel or newspaper. Addressing a dinner for the members of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and participants of the Women Journalists Convention on Sunday, […]
SUKKUR: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has said that there were days when Imran Khan wooed Geo television and Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry but now he was against both. Talking to media at Sukkur Airport, Khursheed Shah asked the reason of Khan’s opposition to Geo Television.Shah stressed on the freedom of […]
KARACHI: Every day, a war rages on television screens and newspaper pages. This war is not of words; rather it is the constant struggle for higher ratings and more profits between different media houses. A panel comprising journalists, media managers and a start-up guru concluded that the mainstream media has consistently failed to fulfill its […]
LAHORE: The final day of the three-day-long All Pakistan Women Journalists Convention (APWJC) drew to a close on Sunday with a declaration, authored by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), on the rights of female and male journalists in the country. Addressing a gathering of woman journalists and anchors here at the Lahore Press […]
In December 1993, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared May 3 World Press Freedom day, to remind governments of their duty to respect the right to freedom of expression enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The date was not chosen arbitrarily; May 3 is the anniversary of the Windhoek […]
Last year, the United Nations declared Pakistan was “the most dangerous place in the world for journalists;” a record it continues to hold this year. On World Press Freedom day observed on Saturday, the world body proceeded to say that an open and pluralistic media must work without fear of reprisal. Well, of course. The […]
THIS refers to Imran Khan’s recent allegations on the ex-chief justice and a private media group about election rigging. He blamed that the ex-chief justice and a media group fixed the election result in favour of the PML-N. He has government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a result of these elections, yet he considers the elections […]
LAHORE: PFUJ President Rana Azeem said any move meant to silence the voice of the media would be resisted. Speaking at an event organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists at a local hotel here on Sunday, he said as the elected president of the PFUJ, he would set up a four-member committee which […]
The brazen attack on Geo News’ anchorperson Hamid Mir should have highlighted the perils of being a journalist in Pakistan and galvanised media persons, but it has undeniably divided them. The attack should have helped bring all stakeholders, including media houses, political parties, the government and the armed forces on the same page against the […]
ISLAMABAD: To compete with the winners of 3G/4G licence, Warid Telecom has approached the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to allow the launch of 4G LTE (long-term evolution) service, while the authority is engaged in the process of reviewing this request. “PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) is reviewing the request/notification sent by Warid Telecom to start 4G […]
ISLAMABAD: They are the front-line warriors in relentless attacks on Geo TV. Rumour mill is running high to feed them distorted information. They mark the target in daylight and hit them at night. They gang up to crush the dissent. They are posing serious threats to jealously guarded media freedom. Be reminded that I am […]
LAHORE: A large number of traders and members of civil society on Sunday staged a demonstration on the Ferozepur Road to express solidarity with senior anchorperson Hamid Mir and the Jang Group. Carrying placards, banners and pictures of Hamid Mir and Iftikhar Ahmed, the demonstrators gathered at Ashiana Chowk and vowed that they would not […]
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