Attempts to keep media under the state control will harm democracy. The current state of journalism in Pakistan is not praiseworthy as on the one hand, there is severe censorship and on the other hand, journalists have lost interest in working on investigative stories. Moreover, owing to the free flow of information, it has become […]
ISLAMABAD – Economic wizards of two main political parties PTI and PML-N, Hammad Azhar and Ishaq Dar, yesterday slugged it out on twitter, defending their economic policy. Discussion started when a senior journalist commented on a tweet of former spokesperson to the incumbent government on economy and energy issues, Farrukh Saleem. In his tweet, Saleem showed […]
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Senior Vice-President Shamim Shahid has condemned police torture and maltreatment of a journalist from Khyber tribal district, Shah Nawaz Khan. Shamim Shahid has demanded the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to take action against the police officials involved in torture of the Bara-based journalist. The PFUJ senior vice-president said it […]
The recently concluded second edition of Adab Festival Pakistan took place from January 31 till February 2, 2020, at the Karachi Arts Council. The idea behind the festival is to address issues and challenges faced by artists in Pakistan and provide a platform for free speech and exchange of ideas. Free and open to all, […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal ombudsman for the protection against harassment of women at the workplace on Tuesday suspended the service of a senior Pemra official to prevent influence in an inquiry. Ombudsperson Kashmala Tariq was hearing a complaint filed by a Pemra employee against a human resource and administration official in which the employee accused him […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has restrained filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood, popularly known as Jami, from making any defamatory statement against Dawn Chief Executive Officer Hameed Haroon. The single bench of the SHC headed by Justice Agha Faisal issued a notice to the defendant (Jami) for Feb 12 and ruled that, in the meanwhile, he was restrained from […]
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to PM on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Tuesday held out an assurance to representatives of journalist bodies that the recommendations of the Senate panel would be implemented. This, she said, while presiding over a meeting here at PID, which was attended by PIO Tahir Hassan and representatives of media […]
A Pakistani ad agency was referred to as out on social media after it emerged that its marketing campaign for the upcoming Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) was copied from India’s Indian Premier League (IPL). Ad Mad Dude, a well-liked Pakistani Fb web page, is thought for taking aside ad campaigns. Ad Mad Dude shared a […]
A special desk to handle the none-payment of salaries and continues lay off of journalists from newspapers and television channels has been set up at the National Press Club in Islamabad, according to a press release issues by a Joint Action Committee on Media Crisis here on Tuesday. An extra-ordinary meeting of the Joint Action […]
THE debate in Pakistan about social media platforms and fake news is strikingly different to that in many other countries. People trying to understand what is happening to information and its role in our lives generally start with Tim Berners Lee, the British scientist who invented the World Wide Web in 1989 at the European […]
KARACHI: In a statement released on Monday in the backdrop of growing public concern over novel coronavirus (NCV) which has claimed lives of 361 people in China alone, the Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan has urged media consumers and social media users not to create panic and confusion, respect the privacy of […]
ISLAMABAD: Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights will take up the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) move to regulate web TV and over the top (OTT) content services in its next meeting on Feb 10. According to the agenda issued on Monday, the Pemra chairman will brief the committee on regulating web TV and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday asked the information ministry to launch a fresh advertisement campaign to promote business of print and electronic media. After hearing the stakeholders, committee chairman Faisal Javed said that there has to be a link between the release of salaries of employees and payment of […]
ISLAMABAD – Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday said PM Imran Khan’s visit to Malaysia will strengthen economic ties between the two countries and solidify bilateral strategic partnership. She he said Imran Khan’s second visit to Malaysia after assuming the office of the prime minister reflects growing ties […]
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