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صحافت کا عالمی دن اور پاکستان میں صحافت

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اکتوبر 2010 میں وکلا ایوان عدل میں اپنے ساتھی وکلا کی گرفتاری کو بنیاد بنا کر سراپا احتجاج تھے۔ اسی اثنا میں میڈیا ٹیمیں بھی وہاں پہنچیں اور رپورٹنگ کا آغاز کیا۔ دوران رپورٹنگ جیو نیوز کے سینئیر رپورٹر احمد فراز وکلا کی جانب سے زد و کوب ہوئے۔ ان پر الزام عائد کیا گیا […]


World Press Freedom Day observed

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Peshawar: “We could not even see the dead body of our beloved father as it had been charred beyond recognition. Despite having our ancestral cemetery in the border area of the Khyber tribal area, we had to bury our father’s body in Peshawar due to the fear of the desecration of his grave.” These were […]


یوم آزادی صحافت اور بے سہارا صحافی

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صحافت کی آزادی اور عوام تک بروقت درست معلومات کی فراہمی کے لیے قربانیاں دینے والے سیکڑوں صحافیوں، فوٹوگرافرز، کیمرامین اور بلاگرز میں سے ہادی بخش سانگی بھی ایک ہیں، جنہیں پاکستان کے دوسرے بڑے صوبہ سندھ کے شمالی ضلع لاڑکانہ میں 2001 میں پولیس کی جانب سے تشدد کا نشانہ بنایا گیا۔ ہادی بخش […]


صحافي عورتن کي ڪم جي دوران حراسان ڪيو ويندو آهي

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3- مئي تي پاڪستان سميت سڄي دنيا ۾ صحافت جي آزاديءَ جي عالمي ڏوهاري کي “ورلڊ پريس فرينڊ ڊي” جي طور ملهايو ويندو آهي، جنهن جو مقصد پنهنجن فرضن جي ادائگيءَ دوران پرنٽ ۽ اليڪٽرونڪ ميڊيا کي پيش ايندڙ مشڪلتن، خطرن ايتري قدر جو سند زندگيءَ کي درپيش خطرن متعلق دنيا کي آگاهي ڏيڻ، صحافت […]


سوشل میڈیا کی وجہ سے صحافیوں کو درپیش خطرات

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دنیا بھر میں کل آزادی صحافت کا عالمی دن منایا جائے گا، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں کسی بھی ملک کی ترقی میں صحافت کا کردار انتہائی اہم ہوتا ہے یہی وجہ ہے کہ صحافت کو ریاست کا چوتھا ستون قرار دیا گیا ہے لیکن افسوس پاکستان سمیت دنیا بھر کے صحافیوں کے تحفظ کے […]


Media under fire

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As the UN’s World Press Freedom Day is marked today, the state of the media around the world remains under threat. Since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, around 1340 journalists have been killed. In Pakistan the security situation for media professionals has remained perilous with at least 72 killed from 2002 to […]


Why Pakistan and India coming down on World Press Freedom Index?

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No one can kill a story by killing a journalist. Many slain journalists often became story of courage and bravery after their murder .Guillermo Cano is one of them. He was a Columbian Journalist who tried to expose the influence of drug mafia on the politics of his country. He was silenced by bullets in […]


Diminishing freedom

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TODAY is World Press Freedom Day, and in a global environment where authoritarian regimes are in the ascendant, even in ostensibly democratic countries, it is all the more important to celebrate the role of the journalist in holding power to account. Fittingly enough, this year’s theme is ‘Media for democracy: journalism and elections in times […]


Families of fallen journalists await justice

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MURTAZA Khan was flipping through TV channels when he saw the tickers: ‘unidentified men open fire at car’, ‘suspects open fire on private news channel vehicle’ and finally, ‘man killed’. It took him a few seconds to realise that he was watching a live update of his brother Wali’s death. From what Murtaza recalls of […]


LHC forwards ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ to censor board for further deliberation

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The Lahore High Court on Tuesday forwarded the appeal for the release of The Legend of Maula Jatt to the censor board, reported Express News. According to the provincial high court, the board can decide whether character names and dialogues can be used in the film or not. The plea against the characters’ names and dialogues used in the Bilal Lashari […]


Gap between IT firms, corporate sector hinders growth

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KARACHI: The communication gap between tech companies and the corporate sector is undermining the potential of IT ecosystem in Pakistan, despite some IT firms working for US clients. “There are so many IT companies and entrepreneurs that are doing business of product development with companies in the US and Europe, however, people in Pakistan are not […]


Chief Secretary wants to step up tree plantation

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LAHORE   –   Punjab Chief Secretary Yousaf Naseem Khokhar has directed that the Clean and Green Pakistan campaign be continued in the province in a vigorous manner, saying that special attention should be paid to improving cleanliness, besides massive tree plantation in cities. He issued these directions while presiding over a meeting at Commissioner’s Office during […]


PBA opposes issuance of licences for satellite broadcast stations

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KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has criticised a decision by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority to conduct auction proceedings for the issuance of licences for satellite TV broadcast stations without taking up a petition filed by PBA against the proposal. The association appealed to the prime minister to intervene and stop the process. According […]


Press freedom under serious threat from govts worldwide: IPI

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KARACHI: Governments are increasingly clamping down on press freedom as new laws are being enacted to curtail media independence around the world, while 55 journalists were killed since May last year, according to the International Press Institute (IPI). In a press statement issued on Wednesday, Barbara Trionfi, executive director of the Vienna-based IPI — a […]