• May 5, 2018
• Front Page, Media Ethics

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has fined 17 satellite TV channels for incorrectly reporting that the Lahore High Court had imposed an interim ban on the airing of anti-judiciary speeches made by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and other Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders. The regulator imposed a fine […]

• May 5, 2018
• Access to Information

As has been since 1983, Unesco’s World Press Freedom Day was observed globally on May 3. The theme this year was: ‘Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and the Rule of Law’. Press freedom remains a problem in nations around the globe, with 81 journalists killed in 2017 according to the International Federation of Journalists. […]

• May 5, 2018
• Environmental Journalism

UNITED NATIONS: Record temperatures in Pakistan and deadly storms in India are an indication that more extreme weather events are happening globally owing to climate change, United Nations weather experts say. Amid flash-floods in the East and Horn of Africa and sand and dust storms in the Arabian Gulf Clare Nullis from the World Meteorological […]

• May 5, 2018
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting Ms Marriyum Aurangzeb said democracy in the country would not gain strength in an oxygen tent and the government could not be run when it was made dysfunctional and paralysed. She was speaking in the Senate in regards to clash between the police and journalists on Thursday. Marriyum […]

• May 4, 2018
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Chief Justice (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the alleged manhandling of journalists by Islamabad police a day earlier. On World Press Freedom Day, which is observed on May 3, a group of journalists had marched towards Islamabad’s D-Chowk to protest restrictions placed on the media. They were, however, stopped […]

• May 4, 2018
• Front Page, Media and Governance

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb in a message on the eve of World Press Freedom Day, on Thursday, has said that media faced multiple challenges and threats and tackling them required joint efforts by democratic forces, civil society and media organisations. She said some of those challenges were structural, institutional, personal […]

• May 4, 2018
• Broadcasting, Television

The electronic media in Pakistan should be managed by an independent body comprising, journalists, academics and intellectuals rather than police officers or bureaucrats to make the realm of the media more tolerant and democratic. These views were expressed by Dr Tauseef Ahmed of the Mass Communications Department, University of Karachi, at a seminar, “Electronic media […]

• May 4, 2018
• Freedom of Expression

MIRPUR (AJK) – The World Press Freedom Day was commemorated across Azad Jammu Kashmir on Thursday with the unanimous demand for the grant of complete freedom to the press around the globe. Special ceremonies were held in various parts of Azad Jammu Kashmir under the auspices of various journalists organisations and press clubs to observe […]

• May 4, 2018
• New Media

Islamabad: Mobile users appreciated the step of Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, who took notice of high levy being charged on mobile phone cards in the country. As news flash on websites, mobile users started commenting on social networking websites including facebook and Twitter and appreciated the notice of Chief Justice. Social media […]

• May 3, 2018
• Media Ethics, Television

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday disposed of the suo motu taken over non-payment of salaries to employees of Geo and Jang group after assurances that the employees and the management had reached an understanding. Senior anchor Hamid Mir appeared in court and assured the bench that the employees will be paid on time after […]

• May 3, 2018
• Media Ethics

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan lelvelled allegations against the Geo and Jang Group about taking money from Nawaz Sharif, having additional ads, following US and Indian agenda for money and charged the group’s Editor-in Chief for being ‘blackmailer’, ‘Firon’ and ‘media godfather’, and each charge was repeated many times, but ran away when […]

• May 3, 2018
• Media Development

QUETTA : Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo on Wednesday inaugurated Individualland, the province’s first counseling centre for journalists working in war zones as well as victims of terrorism. Addressing the inauguration ceremony, the chief minister said the counseling centre would be beneficial for the journalist community in the province. “Media in Balochistan has […]

• May 3, 2018
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Islamabad : Today is World Press Freedom Day which will be observed by around the world. There are many countries where freedom of the press is curtailed for various reasons, especially political ones and while the general public thinks there is enough freedom already, the press/media finds itself under pressure from different sources to stick […]

• May 3, 2018
• Media and Governance, Print Media

Newspaper and magazine editors from all over Pakistan attending the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) meeting termed the standing committee’s annual progress report satisfactory. The CPNE standing committee meeting chaired by CPNE President Zia Shahid took place at a private hotel where a detailed discussion examining the council’s annual progress report was held. The […]