• December 31, 2015
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Two media personnel were killed, while six others were injured and many were manhandled during 2015. In addition 11 media personnel were booked in false cases and equipment of many media workers was damaged or destroyed during the year. Television channels remained the primary target of violent attacks during the year. According to research by […]

• December 31, 2015
• Broadcasting, Media Ethics

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Wednesday issued the first ever advice in Urdu to all news channels in compliance of the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan declaring Urdu as official language. This advice was issued to TV channels for violating “Electronic Media Code of Conduct 2015” by revealing particulars and identity of […]

• December 31, 2015
• Access to Information

ISLAMABAD: The year 2015 has passed amid promises of enacting the Right to Information law at the federal level with the PML-N government dilly-dallying on it since 2014 by flirting with different ideas to improve the draft bill. The RTI bill drafted in 2014 for replacing a weak legislation, Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002, has […]

• December 31, 2015
• Radio, Television, Training and Capacity Building

ISLAMABAD: A research study conducted by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to establish a journalist training institute to train media professionals on issues of safety and security and also to contribute towards Journalists Safety Fund. The findings of the study were shared by Dr Zafarullah at […]

• December 31, 2015
• Information Technology

KARACHI: Broadband services of Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) – which serves 80 per cent of the broadband users in Pakistan – are affected as there is a major breakdown in the India-Middle East-Western Europe (IMEWE) submarine cable, which has impacted the whole region of South Asia. The IMEWE is an ultra-high capacity fiber optic cable […]

• December 31, 2015
• Print Media

LARKANA: The progressive literary movement in Pakistan virtually died down after the breakup of the USSR in 1989 and it has now been replaced by the movement of social realism in literature. The resistance, which was a fort of literature under the influence of progressive trends of those days, was usually against the capitalism, but […]

• December 31, 2015
• Access to Information, Social Media

KARACHI: In order to come out of the state of flux with regard to cyber security initiatives in Pakistan, the state needs to look for an ‘imperative policy’ and try not to shoot the messenger by listening to the counter discussion taking place at present, said Barrister Zahid Jamil while speaking at the Pakistan Institute […]

• December 31, 2015
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: A number of animals protected under the provincial wildlife law have been on display for ‘public entertainment’ at a family festival in Gulistan-i-Jauhar for the past two weeks, it emerged on Wednesday. Located near Jauhar Chowrangi, the festival held in an open ground also features joyrides and different fun activities for children. Locked up […]

• December 31, 2015
• Environmental Journalism

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has directed the Punjab chief secretary to take immediate steps for setting up of the Bioremediation Project in the Ravi. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah also ordered the chief secretary to proceed with recommendations of the River Ravi Commission to protect fundamental rights of citizens of Lahore and the aquatic […]

• December 31, 2015
• Scholarships and Fellowships

Applicants must have obtained a PhD (or at least successfully defended their doctoral dissertation), in an area broadly associated with the UNU-IAS thematic focus, prior to the application deadline. Language proficiency in English is essential. Applicants from developing countries and women are particularly encouraged to apply. UNU-IAS Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded for a period of […]

• December 30, 2015
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

A total of 110 journalists were killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, warning that more were being deliberately targeted for their work in supposedly peaceful countries. Sixty-seven journalists were killed in the line of duty this year, and another 43 died in circumstances that were unclear, the watchdog […]

• December 30, 2015
• Information Technology

KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest ICT services provider in the country, has signed an agreement with Service Sales Corporation (SSC), Pakistan’s leading retailer, for provisioning of state-of-the-art Information Communication Technology (ICT) services. The agreement was signed by PTCL Chief Digital Services Officer Kamal Ahmed and SSC Chief Information Officer Jalal Ahmed at […]

• December 30, 2015
• Training and Capacity Building

Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) will provide loan amounting to Rs ten thousand to one hundred thousand to the prisoners who will impart technical training in the jail. This loan will be given to them after release from jails to start their own business so that peace, promotion and prosperity in the province […]

• December 30, 2015
• Information Technology

Karachi: The Sindh government has ordered transfers and postings of directors of the Information and Archives Department, with immediate effect and till further orders. According to a notification issued by the services, general administration and coordination department on Tuesday: Sanaullah Rajar, (BS-19), who was working as the director of press and information, is transferred and […]