• January 18, 2019
• Broadcasting, Front Page, Media and Governance, New Media, Print Media, Social Media, Television

KARACHI: As the federal government plans a new body to regulate the print, electronic and social media, the police authorities in Sindh have developed a technical team under its anti-terror wing that has started monitoring all digital platforms amid their growing use for “promotion of ideology of hatred, anti-state activism and militancy”, a senior official […]

• January 18, 2019
• Arts and Entertainment, Broadcasting, Television

LAHORE – The Intellectual Property Tribunal Lahore has issued contempt notices in a petition filed against the use of a Punjabi film’s title “Maula Jatt” in an upcoming film “The Legend Of Maula Jatt”. The notices were issued to Ammara Hikmat, Bilal Lashari, Nasir Adeeb, Fawad Khan, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Mahira Khan, Humaima Malick, secretaries […]

• January 18, 2019
• Obituaries

HYDERABAD  –  The senior journalist and reporter of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Farhat Shaikh passed away here on Thursday at a local hospital. She was 56. Shaikh, who suffered from chronic lungs ailment, remained admitted in the hospital for almost three weeks. Her health deteriorated by the day during her hospitalization. She remained associated […]

• January 18, 2019
• Freedom of Expression, Media Safety, Protest Letters by PPF

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana has expressed concern over the killing of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein Suale on January 16 in Medina, Accra. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter, has condemned this brutal murder of journalist and called on the Ghanaian government to thoroughly […]

• January 17, 2019
• General News

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mizari on Wednesday met the Facebook team and discussed the closer cooperation and deeper partnership between the Ministry to address Human Rights issues, particularly those related to Child Protection. The Minister appraised the team that the Ministry was going to initiate Child Awareness Programmes in Islamabad. […]

• January 17, 2019
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Wednesday inaugurated the first high-level Inter Agency meeting on “Science Diplomacy.” This initiative was launched in September last year with the designation of a focal point (Science Diplomacy Division) to act as a liaison between national Science and Technology stakeholders and international partners. Welcoming the participants of the […]

• January 17, 2019
• Arts and Entertainment

The Karachi Press Club (KPC) was the venue of a nostalgic trip in a non-linear dimension, time, with the marking of the73rd death anniversary of the legendry Indian playback singer of the pre-partition India, Kundan Lal Saigol (KL Saigol). The programme, Bayad KL Saigol, was conducted by a well-known connoisseur of music, Mujeeb Qureshi, himself […]

• January 16, 2019
• Arts and Entertainment

Pakistani films, still very much at a young stage, compared to other film industries, are now at least being produced at a regular interval, which is a good thing. But, because we seem to be still in early years since the revival, a lot of those big films leave a lot to be desired – […]

• January 16, 2019
• Arts and Entertainment

Pakistani short films seem to be doing well on international front. The latest addition to the list is Dia that will be screened at different international platforms this year. Directed by filmmaker Hamza Bangash, the short had its premiere in London on Tuesday (January 15) at the prestigious platform of BAFTA-qualifying London Short Film Festival […]

• January 16, 2019
• New Media, Social Media

Dubbing the current situation of media houses as disruption, a panel discussion of journalists on Tuesday focused exploring new possibilities in the realm instead of painting a bleak picture. Titled ‘Future of Journalism’, the session was organised at Aman Tower by students of the Mass Communication department at the University of Karachi and moderated by […]

• January 16, 2019
• Media and Governance, Media Safety

SUKKUR: An eviction notice served to the local press club by the district administration on Tuesday sent a wave of anger among media personnel, who took to the streets and vowed to fight their case at an appropriate forum. The press club stands on a portion of the Mohammad Bin Qasim Park at Dolphin Chowk. […]

• January 16, 2019
• Arts and Entertainment, Media and Governance

KARACHI: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry Tuesday said the government would fully support the local film industry and the taxes on their equipment would be reduced. In a meeting with a delegation of Drama and Film Producers’ Association at the Governor’s House, Fawad Chaudhry said it is the government responsibility to project the […]

• January 16, 2019
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Media and Governance, Media Safety

KARACHI: Federal In­­for­ma­tion and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that his ministry is planning to present a bill in the National Assembly for protection of journalists. The new legislation will be similar to the one enacted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This was stated by Mr Chaudhry at the awards ceremony organised by the Centre for […]

• January 15, 2019
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: Describing air pollution as the world’s single biggest environmental health risk, experts at a three-day international conference, which concluded at Karachi University (KU) on Sunday, called for collaborative research efforts to determine the impact of specific sources of air pollution on human health. They were speaking at the fifth international conference on ‘Environmental horizon, […]