• August 7, 2017
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page, General News, Media and Society, Media Development, Opportunities, PPF Activities, Print Media, Scholarships and Fellowships, Training and Capacity Building

Second Call for Applications Closing Date August 20, 2017 Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in collaboration with Netherlands-based Free Press Unlimited, seeks applications for fellowships on investigative journalism. The call for applications is part of the “Supporting Investigative Journalism in Pakistan” project, which aims to promote investigative journalism by providing support to media professionals focusing on […]

• August 6, 2017
• General News

OKARA: A woman died allegedly unattended at a local hospital after giving birth to a baby here on Saturday. Reportedly, Waqas Sipra of Chak 5/4L brought his pregnant wife Sanam Waqas to a private hospital situated on GT Road. The hospital administration demanded Rs 20,000 to attend the woman. In the meanwhile, the condition of […]

• August 6, 2017
• Environmental Journalism

ISLAMABAD: “It is an extremely unusual weather and will escalate unless global carbon emissions are cut sharply and soon,” Ghulam Rasool, the chief of Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), told The Express Tribuneon Saturday. “In August, the humidity percentage is usually not that high, but this year it has gone up by 60% during day time and 80% […]

• August 5, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

Singer-songwriter Atif Aslam, easily the country’s most popular music star, is in the midst of having another landmark year. He has sung a number of Bollywood songs this year for films starring the likes of Salman Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput. He has played live shows not just at home but also abroad in places […]

• August 5, 2017
• Front Page, Media and Governance, Media Ethics

KARACHI: “The foreign policy of both India and Pakistan seems to be media-driven,” said journalist Mazhar Abbas at a seminar titled ‘Indo-Pak relations and role of media’ at the HRCP office on Friday. Journalists and civil society activists had gathered there to try to understand the increasingly confrontational media presence between both countries, and how […]

• August 5, 2017
• General News

HYDERABAD: Activists of nationalist parties, human rights and civil society organisations have condemned ‘enforced disappearance’ of Punhal Sario, a noted human rights activist and convener of the Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh, a day before. Mr Sario was picked up by occupants of a double-cabin vehicle at around 11pm on Thursday night near the […]

• August 5, 2017
• Front Page, Media Ethics

KARACHI: To show their anger against a private TV and its anchor Aamir Liaquat Hussain for using derogatory language against Pashtuns, particularly the Wazir tribe, a large number of Pashtun activists on Friday demanded Pemra to impose a ban on anchor’s program. A large number of Pashtun activists belonging to various literary organizations, political and […]

• August 5, 2017
• General News

There’s a new bill in Congress that would threaten your right to free expression online. If that weren’t enough, it could also put small Internet businesses in danger of catastrophic litigation. Don’t let its name fool you: the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA, S. 1693) wouldn’t help punish sex traffickers. What the bill would […]

• August 4, 2017
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

ISLAMABAD: Outspoken human rights activist Asma Jahangir on Thursday criticised military involvement in politics and the judiciary’s role over the years, wondering why only politicians were held accountable in Pakistan. Addressing a ‘Meet the Press’ event at the National Press Club, the senior lawyer sarcastically observed that the law on freedom of expression allowed individuals to speak […]

• August 4, 2017
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: Deputy Mayor Arshad Vohra has expressed concerns over the water supplied to the city and has termed the water ‘inconsumable’. Vohra was invited to speak at a conference, ‘Disaster on Water Stress: A Case of Karachi’, on Wednesday at the Marriot Hotel, organised by the National Forum for Environment and Health. He was joined […]

• August 4, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

Music producer Zohaib Kazi is back in the spotlight with the fourth release from Fanoos, a song called ‘Un Amlo’ that is a result of his collaboration with Islam Habib, an artist from Hunza, who sounds absolutely incredible. According to Kazi, “when we reached Hunza, I instantly started asking around for musicians and pretty much […]

• August 4, 2017
• General News

SHIKARPUR: A man gunned down his daughter-in-law and maternal nephew over suspicions they had developed illicit relations in Mubarak Shar village near Chak town in the jurisdiction of Daim Malik police station, 60km from here, on Thursday. SHO Nawaz Brohi informed journalists that Mohammad Panah Shar shot dead his daughter-in-law Rukhsana, 20, wife of Peerano […]

• August 4, 2017
• Governance

Rawalpindi: The flood water badly damaged the road linking village Dolyal with Rawalpindi due to which thousands of people are now unable to get to their workplaces and carry out their routine work. Village Dolyal is part of Union Council Sehal and there are approximately one thousand houses in the village and most of the […]

• August 3, 2017
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) expressed on Wednesday displeasure over the provincial government’s failure to make the reverse osmosis (RO) plants near Manchhar Lake functional and complete the Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) project. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed, granted the provincial advocate-general (AG) two days to submit details of the current […]