• January 25, 2016
• Protest Letters by PPF

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression has in a letter to Juan Carlos Varela, President of Panama expressed concern on imposing fine for damages on Panama America newspaper. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter to President Varela said the ruling was against […]

• January 25, 2016
• Broadcasting, Television

KARACHI: The Cable Operators Association of Pakistan (CAP) has expressed the hope that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s new chairman Absar Alam will help resolve their problems. A large number of CAP members recently met senior Pemra officials, including several directors general at the body’s headquarters in Islamabad. CAP members argued that the purpose of […]

• January 25, 2016
• General News

Following the Bacha Khan University attack and fresh security threats, the district administration of the federal capital has ordered strict security measures around educational institutions and media outlets. Sources in the administration told Business Recorder that the fresh instructions had been issued following threats by terrorists. To review the security situation, a meeting chaired by […]

• January 25, 2016
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) officials believe that terrorists who attacked the Bacha Khan University on Wednesday were either using SIMs issued by Pakistani cellular companies or a satellite phone as there is no possibility of using Afghan SIMs in Charsadda. “It is 100% confirmed and has been re-verified that roaming of Afghan SIMs in […]

• January 25, 2016
• New Media, Social Media

KARACHI: The Pakistani internet community is celebrating the reincarnation of YouTube, but there are those who have taken the ban reversal personally. After all, the ban, imposed on the world’s largest video-sharing website in September 2012, meant there was a vacuum waiting to be filled. These Pakistanis launched local proxies to counter the ban, meaning […]

• January 25, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

ISLAMABAD – The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is planting 50 percent Eucalyptus under its Billion Tree Tsunami programme, which will cause water shortage and threaten the bio-diversity. Though termed it a green growth initiative of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government but the environmentalists consider the Billion Tsunami a green disaster which will cause severe water shortage in […]

• January 25, 2016
• General News

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel will take up on Monday a bill that seeks to provide protection and welfare to unattended orphans. Introduced by PPP Senator Karim Ahmed Khawaja, The Unattended Orphans (Rehabilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2013, remained dormant till the Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani gave a ruling in its favour some time back. Senator […]

• January 25, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

QUETTA: Partially endorsing the stance of a former speaker of the Balochistan Assembly on proposed coal-based power plants in Gadani area, the ministry of climate change has asked the Balochistan High Court (BHC) that effective safeguards should be ensured for protection of environment. In a petition filed before the BHC, former speaker Aslam Bhootani had […]

• January 25, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: A pangolin rescued after being seriously wounded by a security guard near the Zamzama Park in DHA a day earlier is fighting for its life in a veterinary clinic in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, it emerged on Sunday. The poor animal, an endangered species protected under the provincial wildlife law, was reportedly fired upon five times by […]

• January 25, 2016
• Arts and Entertainment, New Media, Print Media

LARKANA: Saeed Memon is a poet of nature and his poetry is one of the strongest and representative voices in modern Sindhi literature because of its scholastic value, depth of ideas, spontaneity and accurate portrayal of human tragedies. These thoughts were expressed by poets and writers at the launching ceremony of Saeed Memon’s anthology Azal […]

• January 25, 2016
• Print Media

AS young boys, my peers and I used to address the elders, especially strangers, as chacha (an Urdu word for uncle) to show respect. Any shopkeeper, hawker or passerby was a chacha. In case of women, we addressed them as khala (Urdu for aunt). Any woman in the neighborhood was our khala. But today the […]

• January 25, 2016
• Broadcasting, Television

Karachi: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement staged a protest outside the Mazar-e-Quaid on MA Jinnah Road on Sunday against the ban imposed on airing party chief Altaf Hussain’s speeches on TV channels and publishing them or his pictures in newspapers. Speaking on the occasion, MQM senior deputy convener Dr Farooq Sattar said the massive rally had […]

• January 25, 2016
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: Officials of the Ministry of National Health Services were on Sunday shocked to find the website of the ministry hacked. But messages left by the hackers on the page further frustrated them. It was not that the messages were against the country or the hackers had exposed any scandal of the ministry. The officials […]

• January 25, 2016
• Scholarships and Fellowships

Journalists and journalism organizations focused on reporting about climate change can apply for a grant. The Earth Journalism Network (EJN), a project of Internews, is accepting proposals for the Climate Grants for Adaptation and Response. The initiative seeks to support the creation, growth and capacity building of journalism organizations focused on reporting about climate change […]