• June 26, 2020
• Broadcasting, Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority ( PEMRA) on Thursday asked all electronic media houses to ensure continuity of dedicated public awareness campaigns to sensitize people on coronavirus pandemic and to support the efforts and sacrifices being made by healthcare workers across the country. While issuing directives and guidelines for electronic media licensees for […]

• June 25, 2020
• Social Media

Refuting a recently published media report titled ‘How PTA’s Corporate VPN ban could cripple small IT businesses and startups’, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has clarified that contrary to the news item, legitimate users can easily register their VPNs, through their service providers, without any charges.  The report published in Profit Magazine of Pakistan Today on […]

• June 25, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

Two journalists based in the border city of Chaman, between Pakistan and Afghanistan, in Balochistan province were arrested on 20th June and brutally beaten by security personnel because of their coverage of poor conditions in the local coronavirus quarantine centre. The two journalists – Saeed Ali Achakzai, of Samaa News TV and Mateen Achakzai of […]

• June 24, 2020
• Social Media

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will reportedly ban the use of social media during the upcoming England series and direct the players to shun approaches by the unknown individuals in order to avoid any unpleasant event during the tour. Pakistan is scheduled to play against England in three Tests and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), with […]

• June 24, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The authorities on Tuesday said they had launched an investigation into torture of two journalists in Chaman. The two journalists said that they were tortured for reporting on a coronavirus quarantine centre near the Afghan border. Television reporters Saeed Ali Achakzai and Abdul Mateen Achakzai said they were abused while spending three days in […]

• June 23, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday adjourned the hearing of Jang-Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s post-arrest bail petition in a 34-year-old property case till July 7. As the hearing commenced, Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi, head of the bench, asked National Accountability Bureau (NAB) whether it had submitted its reply […]

• June 21, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government on Saturday approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan for early hearing of its petition to suspend the Sindh High Court (SHC) verdict in the American journalist Daniel Pearl murder case. In an application moved in the apex court, the provincial government requested the Supreme Court to fix its appeal against the […]

• June 21, 2020
• General News

The Associated Press changed its writing style guide to capitalize the “b” in the term Black when referring to people in a racial, ethnic or cultural context, weighing in on a hotly debated issue. The change conveys “an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among people who identify as Black, including those […]

• June 21, 2020
• Freedom of Expression, Print Media

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed concern over the sacking of four reporters and several newsroom staffers by the management of Jehan Pakistan newspaper in Islamabad. In a joint statement, PFUJ  President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary-General Nasir Zaidi said it was a cruel decision at a time when there is widespread unemployment in […]

• June 20, 2020
• Media Development

ISLAMABAD—Editor of Dawn newspaper, Zaffar Abbas has promised to look into complaints of current and former employees about the unhealthy work environment at Dawn.com, saying any mistake or wrong by the institution would be addressed. He was talking with BBC Urdu after some employees of Dawn.com aired their views online regarding “toxic environment” at Dawn […]

• June 20, 2020
• Broadcasting

Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for an immediate withdrawal of the new Media Policy announced by India for occupied Kashmir. A statement issued by the RSF said the Indian government assumes the right to harass journalists and media judicially and economically through the policy if the local press publishes content it doesn’t like. […]

• June 20, 2020
• Broadcasting

PESHAWAR: It would be ideal if there is a separate channel for highlighting problems of Afghan refugees and citizens and if it is not possible now then at least a full program must be dedicated for Afghans, their problems, training and awareness, says Afghan journalist Qandi Safi. TNN arranged a special program ‘Problems in access […]

• June 20, 2020
• Covid-19

PESHAWAR: Special Correspondent of Geo news Peshawar Bureau Rasool Dawar tested positive of coronavirus. The health of Rasool Dawar was not good for the last few days and had quarantined himself at his home. He received positive test result from Islamabad Diagnostic Center on Friday. The journalist had contracted the virus while performing his duties […]

• June 20, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD—Urdu newspaper Jehan Pakistan has fired four reporters and about seven newsroom staffers in Islamabad. An insider tells JournalismPakistan.com that an administration official phoned up the employees on Friday to inform them their termination letters were ready for collection. Eight years after the paper rolled off the press, the management now reportedly plans to have only an online […]