• December 15, 2019
• Information Technology

Dr Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, said on Saturday that Pakistan needs 21st century tools such as digital marketing techniques on social media to reach wide audiences in its fight against malnutrition. She was addressing the launch event of Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety Division’s first-of-its-kind […]

• December 15, 2019
• Obituaries

KARACHI: Noted poet Arif Shafique passed away on Saturday after a protracted illness. He was 63. His funeral prayers were offered at Al-Falah Masjid in F C. Area and he was buried at a local graveyard. He is survived by a widow, two daughters and two sons. A large number of people, including Muttahida Qaumi […]

• December 14, 2019
• Arts and Culture

KARACHI – A carnival, dedicated to children from marginalized sections of the society, is being organized on Saturday at the premises of Karachi Arts Council. Hundreds of these kids currently enrolled in over 150 different schools, scattered across Sindh, mainly in its remote areas, under the management of The Green Crescent Trust (GCT), are expected […]

• December 14, 2019
• Freedom of Expression, General News, Media Safety

ISLAMABAD: The once cordial relations between lawyers and the media have seemingly reached a low point after Wednesday’s attack by the legal fraternity on the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) in Lahore. Scores of lawyers stormed the PIC vandalizing the facility and thrashing everyone in sight apparently to “settle the score” with doctors who, they […]

• December 14, 2019
• Arts and Culture

HYDERABAD: A first-ever ‘hunarmand melo’ (craftsmen fair) under the aegis of Sindh Indigenous Traditional Crafts Company (Sitco) began at Sindh Museum here on Friday to bring famous handicrafts — identity of Sindh — of different artisans under one umbrella to promote the province’s traditional handmade products and clothing. “If it picks up momentum, we will […]

• December 14, 2019
• Broadcasting

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Friday said a committee was being constituted to overcome challenges that media workers, houses and the industry as a whole was facing. “T20 match is always thrilling and our effort is that the T20 match between the journalist community and the government […]

• December 13, 2019
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The information ministry has abolished its social media cell, making 24 people jobless. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Firdous Ashiq Awan confirmed the development at a press conference on Thursday. She, however, said that the cell was raised by her on a temporary basis. “Now, we are going to establish a […]

• December 13, 2019
• Social Media

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq has expressed concern over the blockage of official Facebook pages of the JI days ahead of its Kashmir Solidarity March in Islamabad. Presiding over a meeting of party’s media and social media team here on Thursday, he said the JI was being victimized for raising voice in support of the […]

• December 13, 2019
• Arts and Culture

Islamabad: The 5th edition of the ‘Human Rights Reel — Film Festival’ concluded with the marking the Human Rights Day (HRD) in Islamabad. The closing ceremony of the festival and commemoration of the HRD was co-organised by the Embassy of Switzerland and United Nations in Pakistan. The theme of this year’s HRD was ‘Youth Standing […]

• December 13, 2019
• Freedom of Expression, Media Safety

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: After an attack at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) Lahore, a joint meeting of lawyers representing various bodies of the legal fraternity severely criticised the media and charged it with partial reporting. A joint meeting of the Pakistan Bar Council, Supreme Court Bar Association, Punjab Bar Council, Lahore High Court Bar Association, Lahore […]

• December 13, 2019
• Broadcasting, Freedom of Expression

KARACHI- The Sindh government has im­posed a ban on officers espe­cially from police department to appear in media talks and tele­vision shows, sources said on Thursday. The provincial authorities have issued a notification which was sent to 11 government departments including police forces. According to the notification, Sindh govt officers and civil ser­vants have been restricted to […]

• December 12, 2019
• General News

KARACHI: “When talking human rights we speak of the value of independence. But the Constitution talks of only one independence — the independence of judiciary,” said Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday. He was speaking at a seminar held to mark the 71st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights organised […]

• December 12, 2019
• Freedom of Expression

KARACHI: For the fourth consecutive year, at least 250 journalists have been imprisoned around the world in 2019 so far as authoritarian governments show no signs of letting up on critical media, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In its annual global survey, the CPJ found at least 250 journalists in jail in relation […]

• December 12, 2019
• Freedom of Expression

In a time when there is already talk of the media facing several restrictions, the decision at the federal cabinet on Tuesday that there should be no interviews conducted of convicted persons or any such appearance by them on TV talk shows adds a new dimension to the matter. While the law has still to […]