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Journalists Have Stood At The Forefront In Fight Against COVID-19

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Punjab information minister Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan said that journalists have stood at the forefront and played their vital part in the fight against novel Coronavirus. Punjab information minister Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan said that journalists have stood at the forefront and played their vital part in the fight against novel Coronavirus. According to details, […]


PIA crash coverage: The melodramatic news trade

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Here is what is etched in my memory in the aftermath of the crash: A grieving father being pushed for comment on television. As if the unfathomable loss alone was not enough, victim’s families at the behest of reporters who are badgering them for an ‘interview’. The mourners, who can barely contain themselves, struggle to […]


Veteran Dawn ex-staffer dies

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KARACHI: Sami Ahmad, who was among the last few surviving journalists who served under Altaf Husain, chosen by the Quaid-i-Azam to be the editor of Dawn, Delhi, died here a day before Eid. He was 93. Ahmad, who joined Dawn at Karachi in the 1950s, remained associated with the paper for a total of 27 […]


Shikarpur journalist shot at, wounded

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SHIKARPUR: A senior journalist associated with a Sindhi daily was shot and wounded by some masked assailants near the Gul Wah (irrigation channel) area here on Tuesday. Jameel Ahmed Mahar, also the senior vice president of Shikarpur Union of Journalists (SUJ), was chased and attacked in the area falling within the limits of Chak police […]