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Daily Archives: October 8, 2019

Imran warns world of hostile Indian actions’ implications

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday again called upon the international community to take note of the aggravating human rights situation in occupied Kashmir and the implications of hostile Indian actions for regional peace and security. He was talking to US senators Christopher Van Hollen and Margaret Hassan, who are visiting Pakistan to study […]


Fight for media freedoms

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Leaders of the media industry have come together to resist a blatant government attempt at media control. All print and electronic media organisations, owner of media groups, and all factions of journalists’ unions met in Islamabad the other day where they unanimously rejected the government move to set up special media tribunals aimed at giving […]


Friends, admirers remember journalist Shaikh Aziz on first death anniversary

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KARACHI: Friends and colleagues came together to pay tributes to veteran journalist Shaikh Aziz on his first death anniversary at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday. Former bureaucrat and politician Mehtab Akbar Rashdi said that Shaikh sahib’s professionalism set him apart. “I hear he was obsessed with work. Although I never got to work […]


NA committee asks Pemra to streamline working of private channels

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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday discussed various issues, including bans and censorship on the electronic media by the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and the proposed ‘media tribunals’. The committee expressed concern that Pemra was unable to maintain effective control on private channels, due to the absence of […]


Social media outrage as official buys burqas for students in KP village

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PESHAWAR: Social media was fuming on Monday after pictures showing girls in burqas bought for them by local authorities went viral, igniting anger across the country where women have fought for their rights for decades. A district councillor in the small village of Cheena in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province used Rs90,000 of local government funds to […]


PPF Investigative Reporting Fellowships For Pakistani Journalists

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Call for Applications Closing Date: Oct 17, 2019 Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) invites applications for the 6th batch of PPF Investigative Reporting Fellowships. The fellowships are part of “Supporting Investigative Journalism in Pakistan” project, which aims to facilitate Pakistani journalists to produce investigative report that meet the professional, ethical and legal standards. PPF will provide […]


پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن (پی پی ایف) کی جانب سے پاکستانی صحافیوں کے لیے فیلوشپ برائے تحقیقاتی رپورٹنگ کے لئے درخواستیں موصول کی جارہی ہیں

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آخری تاریخ 17 اکتوبر، 2019 پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن (پی پی ایف) کی جانب سے فیلوشپ برائے تحقیقاتی رپورٹنگ  کے چھٹے بیچ کے لئے درخواستیں موصول کی جارہی ہیں۔ فیلوشپس  کے لئے درخواستوں کی موصولی “پاکستان میں تحقیقاتی صحافت میں معاونت”  کے پراجیکٹ کا حصہ ہیں جس کا مقصد پاکستانی صحافیوں کو تحقیقاتی رپورٹس جو پیشہ […]