ISLAMABAD: Dumping of garbage was once considered to be a common issue only in urban areas. But now people living in the rural areas are also complaining about it. A delegation of residents from Fatehjang on Thursday approached the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), saying the environment in their area was being polluted by […]
Journalism is one of the riskiest professions to choose in this anarchic and increasingly insecure world. Since journalists consider themselves responsible for keeping people alive to political, religious and security-related affairs, they are bound to face the wrath of certain powerful state and non-state quarters. Sometimes, if they unearth the truth behind sensitive political and […]
There was a time when having a job as a paper-boy was the Gold Standard of juvenile employment. Up before dawn in all weathers, a hasty brekkers then off to the nearby — it was always nearby in those days — paper shop to pick up a bag that weighed about 25lbs at a minimum […]
Thirteen journalists from the electronic and print media have received excellence awards in health reporting for news reports that appeared between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016. The first-ever ‘Excellence in Journalism Awards 2016’ were organised by the Centre for Excellence in Journalism at the Institute of Business Administration (CEJ-IBA), Karachi, and the Centre […]
GILGIT: The illegal felling of trees in the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) region continues unabated, causing irreplaceable and devastating damage to the ecosystem of the area. According to latest reports from Khan Muhammad Qureshi, a local activist in Chilas, some illegal felling has been reported in Diamer valley. About 200 trees in the Babusar top area have been […]
LONDON: A Pakistani television channel could become the first-ever channel in the United Kingdom ordered to broadcast the summary of a legal judgement against it. At a legal hearing in London on Wednesday, Judge Sir David Eady ruled that the summary should be broadcast on Dec 23 (Friday) at 6pm, 10pm and 3am in the […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) monitored 64 news items in both newspapers and TV channels during the week. Majority of the news makers were 50 males, two females; while in 12 news items gender of spokesperson was not mentioned. According to PPF monitoring 15 news items were related to freedom of expression, media safety news items […]
ISLAMABAD: Human rights activists and political leaders demanded of the government to create National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) Fund as stipulated in the NCHR Act of 2012 to ensure the Commission functions as an independent body to credibly protect and promote human rights across the country. The demand came forward at an event titled […]
MIRPURKHAS: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has said that people involved in yellow journalism should review their behaviour. He further added that a conspiracy against the legal system was rampant on the social media. Jamali said that a coup was imposed on the judiciary through the PCO, adding we should try that […]
The Director General Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Naim Ahmed Mughal has claimed that efforts are underway to control the effects of climate change posing great threats to all sectors of life in the country. Pakistan stands at number 6 among the most affected country of the world, he said while addressing the participants of the […]
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman on Tuesday said that in an effort to address problems faced by the media, the government will consult journalists. Addressing a dinner he hosted for CPNE, the minister said that new rules and procedures are being introduced in his department to improve their performance. He said […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan, urged for the release from prison of Muhammad Bekjanov, one of the world’s longest imprisoned journalists. The 62-year old Bekjanov, in prison for the last 17 years, was recently moved to solitary confinement, according to Human Rights Watch. He is already suffering […]
Punjab Agriculture Department has launched ‘Rainwater Management in Cotton Fields’ project to minimise impacts of climate change in seven leading cotton growing districts of the province, including Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan, Vehari, Lodhran, Khanewal and Multan. The key goal of the project is to safeguard the cotton crop from negative impacts of excessive rainfalls […]
Movie theatres began screening Bollywood films again on Monday, ending an 11-week boycott in response to political and military tensions with India, theatre officials said. Some theatre owners said the restoration was because tension was easing, but others said it was because audiences had dropped so sharply since the boycott that began on September 30. […]
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