• October 26, 2017
• Front Page, Media and Governance, Media Safety

ISLAMABAD: After facing criticism from the National Assembly body concerned, the state minister for information said on Wednesday that the bill for security, safety and protection of journalists would be presented before the cabinet soon. The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting had expressed concern over the ministry’s performance and Pir Muhammad Aslam […]

• October 26, 2017
• Front Page, Media and Governance, Media Development, Media Ethics

SARGODHA: Pemra Chairman Absar Alam on Wednesday said professional standards were diminishing in electronic media, adding that some TV anchors believed that they could utter anything and were above the law. These people think that apologising for a mistake will damage their honour, Absar said at Sargodha Press Club. He said no one could be […]

• October 25, 2017
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Media and Governance, Media Safety, Print Media

QUETTA: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors has declared the situation regarding press freedom in Balochistan as extremely bad and contrary to democratic standards. According to a press release issued by the CPNE here on Tuesday, the overall situation regarding press freedom in the province was reviewed at a meeting of CPNE’s standing committee in […]

• October 25, 2017
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Media and Governance, Media Safety, Social Media

ISLAMABAD: Amid growing concerns over the alleged disappearanceof a number of social media activists linked to the ruling party, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday announced plans to formulate a framework to monitor social media in order to prevent it from being used as a tool to malign national institutions and spread anarchy or extremism in […]

• October 25, 2017
• Front Page, Social Media

ISLAMABAD  – The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication was informed that the Pakistan Telecom Authority had taken action against 188 websites for uploading blasphemous material. The meeting was held in the Parliament House under the chair of Syed Ali Raza Abidi because Chairman Committee Captain Safdar could not attend the meeting due to some personal engagements. PTI […]

• October 25, 2017
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology that a high-level committee was being formed to monitor and block blasphemous content on the internet. “The committee, being constituted by the Ministry of Interior, will include representatives from PTA, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), and the ministry,” […]

• October 25, 2017
• General News

Pakistan’s next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) — a unique mechanism of the UN aimed at improving a country’s human rights situation on the ground — is all set to take place on November 13, 2017 at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The country’s last such review was held five years ago. The review is […]

• October 25, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: In our neck of the woods, the monsoon season can be both a boon and a bane. If on the one hand it has romantic connotations, on the other hand it can also have a damaging effect simply because we sometimes don’t know how to deal with it. What about the time prior to […]

• October 25, 2017
• Environmental Journalism

The effects of climate change and the need for sustainable projects to adapt or mitigate it were the highlights of a discussion held in the city on Tuesday. Non-profit Shehri – Citizens for a Better Environment and the Earth Water Network organised the event titled ‘Responsible Conversion in Karachi’ where environmentalists and researchers informed participants […]

• October 25, 2017
• Governance

PESHAWAR: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), which had raised global concerns over frequent cases of polio a couple of years ago, has been freed from the virus of the crippling disease during the past one year. “Fata completed one year without any polio case on July 27, 2017 as the last polio case from […]

• October 24, 2017
• General News

MUZAFFARABAD: Hun­dreds of women and children marched on a thoroughfare here on Monday to condemn the fresh wave of brutal acts in India-held Kashmir, particularly the chopping of women’s braids. The protesters, drawn from different camps of post-1990 migrants, gathered outside the press club at about 10.30am, with banners and placards inscribed with anti-India and pro-freedom […]

• October 24, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

The past several days, social media has been swept over by hundreds and thousands of people posting #MeToo. After Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s case gained steam and he was publicly called out by many women for years of sexual harassment, actress Alyssa Milano urged people to post #MeToo in order to show the magnitude of the problem, […]

• October 24, 2017
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI – A delegation of United Nations Association of Pakistan (UNAP) called on Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar in his office on Monday to discuss with him climate change and air pollution in Karachi . Advisor to Mayor Karachi Farhat Khan, senior director municipal services Masood Alam, director technical S M Shukaib and others were also present on this occasion. The president of UNAP Moohi during […]

• October 24, 2017
• Social Media

REGULATING cyberspace is a challenging task for every nation. In Pakistan, the enactment of the Prevention of Electronics Crime Act (Peca), 2016, despite many reservations, was a step in the right direction due to the emerging cyber threats and the need to provide protection to citizens vulnerable to the misuse of technology. It has been […]