• July 12, 2018
• Social Media

KARACHI: Ahead of Pakistan’s elections, Facebook has ramped up its efforts to ensure they doing everything they can to prevent abuse, working in collaboration with the Election Commission of Pakistan to better understand and address the specific challenges faced here. Facebook is increasing the number of people working on safety and security issues around the […]

• July 12, 2018
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The Facebook administration has contacted the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and offered making a trend for the July 25 general election in Pakistan. According to media reports, the Facebook administration has also offered to help do away with fake pages of political parties. The ECP will reply to the offer after formal approval […]

• July 12, 2018
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Print Media

ISLAMABAD: A large number of journalists, politicians, lawyers and civil society activists showed up at protest camps set up by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), headed by Afzal Butt, across the country on Wednesday to express solidarity with Dawn newspaper and DawnNews TV channel. The PFUJ has also given a call for boycott […]

• July 12, 2018
• Front Page, Media and Governance

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has asked the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to ensure non-discriminatory coverage to election campaigns and press conferences of all political parties. In a letter to the Pemra chairman, PPP secretary general and former Senate chairman Nayyar Hussain Bukhari said that a press conference was held at Bilawal […]

• July 12, 2018
• Front Page, Training and Capacity Building

Islamabad: The participants of a training workshop on Wednesday declared impartial and objective reporting by both print and electronic media mandatory for ensuring fairness and transparency of the upcoming general elections in the country. They said the media should inform people about the conduct of elections, the political parties and candidates and their manifesto and […]

• July 12, 2018
• Arts and Entertainment

With general elections season upon us, political support from the artist community is emerging for candidates. While Imran Khan was the unanimous choice in the 2013 general elections, this time around the artist community is rallying behind independent candidate, lawyer and activist Jibran Nasir. While extensive campaigns for PML-N, PPP and PTI are running on […]