• August 10, 2018
• Media and Society

ISLAMABAD: Local government representatives, civil society, youth and media should work collectively in order to eradicate extremism, terrorism and rising poverty and to establish peach in the country, said speakers on Wednesday. They expressed these views during a “Lessons Learned and Networking Conference”, organized by Individualland Pakistan (IL-Pakistan) at a local hotel. The conference was […]

• August 10, 2018
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Media Safety

KARACHI: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) announces the Media Safety and Security Committee. The Media Safety and Security Committee ‘s purpose and its set responsibilities and format to work and find out unanimous solutions to the security problems being faced by the Editors, media groups and their employees in the present Law and Order […]

• August 10, 2018
• Front Page, Media and Governance

KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has congratulated Imran Khan, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, and his party on their success in emerging as the single largest party in parliament in the general elections 2018. “We hope that a new representative and responsible government formed through a democratic process will overcome the deficit of governance that Pakistan […]

• August 10, 2018
• Media and Governance

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday restrained the rating company — Medialogic — from issuing TV channels’ ratings and issued show cause notice to its Chief Executive Salman Danish, directing him to appear before it in-person on the next date of hearing. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Mian […]

• August 10, 2018
• Media and Society

PESHAWAR: The role of the media was termed key to highlight impacts of malnutrition and create awareness among the people to consume nutrients rich food. The Scaling Up Civil Society Alliance Pakistan (SUNCSA) and Nutrition International in collaboration with the United Rural Development Organisation (URDO), Peshawar had organised the session to highlight the importance of […]

• August 10, 2018
• Media Ethics

ISLAMBAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has directed satellite TV channels to dedicate a minute of their daily morning shows and prime time broadcasts to public service announcements (PSA) to raise funds for the construction of dams in the country. A notification has been issued by the electronic media regulator, directing all channels […]

• August 10, 2018
• Arts and Entertainment

A book about slain social media sensation Qandeel Baloch has been shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize this year, a local publication reported on Thursday. Pakistani journalist Sanam Maher, who is the author of the book The Sensational Life & Death of Qandeel Baloch, posted on Twitter, “Some fantastic news to start the […]

• August 9, 2018
• Freedom of Expression, Protest Letters by PPF

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus expressed over the raid on media outlets and detainment of journalists on Tuesday, August 7, in Minsk. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali urges the Belarusian authorities to immediately release the detained journalists and stop harassment of independent media organizations and journalists. […]

• August 9, 2018
• Front Page, Television

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is determined to streamline the state-run Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) by giving equal coverage to all political parties instead of making it the mouthpiece of the government. A PTI spokesman told Business Recorder that PTV has always been used as a mouthpiece of the government, but this time around, the state-run […]

• August 9, 2018
• Television

PTI MNA-elect is charged with making abusive comments on TV. ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday fined TV personality and PTI’s MNA-elect Aamir Liaquat Hussain Rs 20,000 for not appearing in court in a contempt case. The fine will go towards the Diamer-Bhasha dam fund.During the hearing, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib […]

• August 9, 2018
• Television

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) started initial preparation to launch its own cricket channel. PCB Chairman Najam Sethi, during an interview here with The News on Wednesday, said that an application had been submitted with Pemra for the licence of cricket channel. He said that Pakistan would be the first Test playing country which will […]

• August 9, 2018
• Media Development

KARACHI – A two-day workshop on Humanitarian Reporting for journalists concluded at the Centre for Excellence in Journalism on Tuesday. Twenty-three journalists belonging to media organisations from across the country participated in the training which was held in collaboration with the International Committee for the Red Cross. The trainer for this course was Mahim Maher, […]

• August 9, 2018
• Arts and Entertainment

New York : Madison Square Garden was packed with thousands of Pakistanis wanting to show their love and support for a ‘Naya Pakistan’. Being physically away from Pakistan and that too right after the historical elections, this was their chance to adorn their Pakistani shirts, proudly wave the Pakistani flag next to the American flag […]

• August 9, 2018
• Social Media

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is being questioned by six US senators on reports about the company’s plan to release censored search engine in China. Reports surfaced last week that Google is planning a censored search engine project for China via The Information. Following these reports, six US senators including Florida Republican Marco Rubio have written […]