ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said the government will not enact any legislation related to the media without taking the journalist bodies into confidence. “The journalist bodies will be consulted before enacting any law related to the media industry. The government believes in freedom of expression and regulation does not mean censorship,” […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Bruno Tshibala, Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo has welcomed the release of Emmanuel Tusenge Sebazungu, director of Radio Umudiho FM, after being held hostage for six days by unidentified armed men. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter welcomed the release and urged […]
ISLAMABAD – PM Imran Khan said that Information Ministry had key role in safeguarding the cultural values, norms and social fabric of the society from cultural invasion. Khan chaired a briefing on Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the PM Office. Minister for Information Fawad Ahmed, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Iftikhar Durrani, SAPM […]
PESHAWAR: On the directives of Senior Minister Muhammad Atif Khan, the sports, tourism, archaeology, culture, museums and youth affairs department is launching a new mobile App and website to introduce Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a tourism brand to the world to attract more tourists and visitors to the province. This was told at a meeting held […]
Karachi: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will launch its report titled, “Acts of Intimidation: In Pakistan, journalists’ fear and censorship grow even as fatal violence declines,” at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. on September 12, 2018. CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Steven Butler is the author of the report and the report launching event […]
MITHI: Members of civil society as well as activists of non-governmental organisations working for environment and other social issues in Thar have demanded the Sindh government should impose Section 144 to ban felling of trees to stop desertification in the area which is already facing brunt of climate change. Mohammad Siddique Rahimoon, chief of a […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday issued directions to all satellite TV channels, reminding them to review their entertainment and news content in accordance with the provisions of the Electronic Media Code of Conduct 2015. While issuing advice to news and current affairs channels, Pemra asked the channels to avoid dramatization of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Cyber Crime Wing of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered 388 cases and as a result arrested 350 accused persons during two years. The total registered FIRs, 65 convictions and acquittals were made during the period (January 2016 to December 31, 2017). According to Ministry of Interior, a fine amounting to Rs 12.72 […]
KARACHI: The world’s oldest and largest timed film-making competition is coming to Pakistan for the first time, stated a press release. The 48 Hour Film Project (48 HFP) is a competition where people of all ages, skill and experience levels from all across Karachi will gather to create short films to compete for prizes, accolades […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia has expressed concern over the sentencing of Australian documentary maker, James Ricketson to six years imprisonment for espionage. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter, condemned the unjustified conviction of Ricketson and called on Cambodian authorities to immediately release […]
Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met with former Australian Senator Lee Rhiannon, who is on a six-day visit to Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. During the meeting, the foreign minister raised the issue of human rights violations in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IoK), especially in the context of the OHCHR Report on the […]
A recent initiative of the government “Plant for Pakistan” has become a top trend on social media website twitter. Under this initiative, 10 billion trees are planned to be planted throughout the country to protect Pakistan from environmental changes. The response on campaign was phenomenal; initially the target of planting 1.5 million trees was crossed […]
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The daylong ‘Plant for Pakistan’ campaign was observed with full zeal and millions of trees were planted on September 2 (Sunday) across the country. Annually, scores of trees are planted and several tree plantation drives are carried out but still the numbers of trees have been declining instead of increasing due to […]
Islamabad: Adviser to Prime Minister on climate change, Malik Amin Aslam said Monday first ever National Wildlife policy draft would be soon submitted to cabinet for approval. He said this in a meeting of Climate Change Caucus held here at Parliament House. The meeting was chaired by Chairperson of the Committee Senator Sherry Rahman and […]
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