KASUR: Kasur journalists Saturday condemned statement of the PTI chief Imran Khan who injured feelings of thousands of the people by speaking against Jang and Geo Group. In a meeting of Kasur journalists at EMRA office organised by senior journalist Muhammad Saleemur Rehman, Rana Kashif, Muhummad Imran, Mahmod Ali Qaiser, Malik Abdul Aziz, Riaz Qurashi […]
UNITED NATIONS: “An open and pluralistic media” must work in a safe environment without fear of reprisal, the United Nations said on Saturday in observance of the World Press Freedom Day. The world body said last year 71 journalists were killed, while another 826 were arrested. More than 2,000 journalists were threatened or physically attacked […]
ISLAMABAD: Keeping aside the ridiculous and wild allegations of PTI chief Imran Khan, facts and documents show that though the PTI gave least paid content to Geo News, the channel gave it the highest coverage that was almost double any other channel’s. The wild allegations leveled by Imran Khan against Geo and Jang group that […]
An editorial in a Pakistani daily on April 24, 2014 proved to be a very balanced analysis on the recent media/Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), but perhaps its conclusion needs to be viewed from another angle. To begin with, the editorial reads as if the army (and ISI) is an entity independent of, or rival of the […]
LAHORE: The Centre for Human Rights Education-Pakistan, on the Eve of World Press Freedom Day 2014, has expressed deep concerns over the trends of suppression of media and attacks on journalists in Pakistan. In his message on the occasion, CHRE Director Samson Salamat urged the government to defend media freedom and ensure the safety and […]
A tangled web it is. We have this uneasy feeling of being in a deep crisis that we cannot easily decipher. One would expect the media to untangle it for the benefit of the nation. But the media itself has become the national enigma. At the same time, other major institutions are faltering and seem […]
AT a time when journalistic freedom is under attack in many parts of the world, Pakistan Press Freedom Day, that was observed yesterday, should be taken as a moment for sending out a call to arms. In many ways, the juncture at which this country’s media outlets find themselves today is unprecedented, and it would […]
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a conference on Saturday accused the government of violating right to information law. The international conference was held at a local hotel to mark World Press Freedom Day. “Mediapersons are not allowed to get information especially from the military establishment,” they maintained. Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Heritage Shahid Khaqan Abbasi […]
ISLAMABAD, May 3 A large number of journalists representing organisations across the country gathered here on Monday to take part in a car rally organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to mark the Universal Press Freedom Day. They expressed firm resolve to protect workers’ rights, ensure a conducive atmosphere for journalists in […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has developed a habit of hurling baseless allegations against the Jang Group, apparently at the behest of angels. After losing the May 11 election, he had been crying of rigging. First, he accused the judiciary and now the Jang Group of depriving him of an imminent victory, which the […]
ISLAMABAD: PTI chief Imran Khan’s rigging allegations against Geo have baffled many as to how a TV channel could change the results of elections by airing the speech of a leader which was also telecast by all other major channels. Seasoned journalist Iftikhar Ahmad, who headed Geo’s election transmission, has challenged Imran to have a […]
KARACHI: A Jang Group spokesman has given the following response to the allegations leveled by PTI chief Imran Khan in a press conference on Friday. Allegation 1: GEO rigged the 2013 elections along with Chief Justice, bureaucracy and the PML-N. GEO announced PML-N as the winner at 11:05pm when only 19% of votes had been […]
LONDON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the government, media and army must work together for the country to take Pakistan out of the multifarious and serious crises facing the motherland. Answering a question from ‘The News’ after addressing a conference of investors here, the premier said that all the institutions, including the media […]
Pakistan Press Foundation confers 2014 PPF Press Freedom Award on slain journalist Shan Dahar
KARACHI: To mark the World Press Freedom Day, Pakistan Press Foundation today conferred the 2014 PPF Press Freedom Award on Shan Dahar. Shan Dahar, reporter of “Abb Takk” TV channel was shot on the night of December 31 in Badh, in Larkana district of Sindh province of Pakistan. He was shot in his back and […]
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