New policies and practices can seriously undermine freedom of expression and safety of journalists, asserted in Pakistan Press Freedom report issued by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) on World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday The report cites that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) strict notifications to private television channels, banning on speeches and interviews by […]
THE statistics might show a different picture but the fact is that print and electronic media in Pakistan face many restrictions. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has ranked Pakistan 147 on the 2016 World Press Freedom Index — a ranking that is up by 12 places from last year’s score. And yet, there are restrictions on […]
ISLAMABAD – United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Monday relived the Navy SEALs operation to kill Al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden by live tweeting the action five years after it actually happened in Pakistan’s garrison city of Abbottabad. The live tweeting, however, was slammed on social media as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘distasteful.’ More, Twitter users criticised […]
KARACHI: Why is there so much spontaneity to the art of drawing? There could be multiple answers to the question, one of which is, or could be, that it largely draws its strengths from lines that do not fade away or hide behind the lush strokes of colours. Drawing is the art of conveying the […]
LAHORE: The provincial capital which has lost over 2,200 trees due to various infrastructure development projects within a short span of last two years, is set to lose 1,700 more trees due to another mega project to be launched within this year. According to documents, the city lost over 2,100 trees due to three projects […]
Veteran journalist Shahzada Zulfiqar is almost mid-way through his third stint as president at the Quetta Press Club in a province where it is preferable to stay silent to remain alive. In Balochistan, a good story is not one that is well-documented by local reporters. Instead, it is one that mitigates risk. Local journalists think […]
Pakistan is witnessing worrying new policies and practices that can have serious consequences on freedom of expression and safety of media in the country, according to the Pakistan Press Freedom Report issued by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) on World Press Freedom Day commemorated globally on May 3. The report cites aggressive system of editorial advice […]
KARACHI: The government made 471 requests to Facebook for data related to 706 accounts/users in the latter half of last year, marking a two-fold increase in the number of requests made to the social networking site during the first six months of 2015. The details were given in a bi-annual transparency report, “Global Government Requests […]
Karachi The Women of the World (WoW) Festival, which Karachi now has the distinction of being the first Asian city to celebrate, was a precious opportunity to evaluate the place women had carved for themselves in a traditional set-up and also be acquainted with the various shortcomings. These views were expressed by Jim Booth, country […]
Right to information is a swanky topic. It is the perfect candidate for foreign-funded seminars, suitably lubricated with high-teas in five-star hotels. Pakistan has a plethora of right to information laws. Do they actually perform their function, or do they simply serve as a façade of our ‘soft image’? There are at least five major […]
Random thoughts In this column, I will concentrate on those Quranic verses dealing with the protection of women’s rights. “And of His Signs is that He has created mates for you from your own kind that you may find peace in them and He has set between you love and mercy. Surely there are Signs […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali is likely to consider a government request today (Monday) about constituting a commission on the Panama leaks upon his return from Turkey. On April 23, the government wrote a letter to the apex court, requesting it to form a commission to probe the authenticity of the information contained in […]
Senior journalist Shaheen Sehbai has revealed that he was not shown the report in which the newspaper purported that the International Council for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) mistakenly included Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s name in the Panama Papers, before it was filed. Speaking to a panel comprising Express News anchors Imran Khan and Gharida Farooqi, and […]
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