• June 12, 2020
• Broadcasting, Media Development

ISLAMABAD: Growth of Pakistan’s media industry has multiplied rapidly over the past decade, with a cumulative investment worth approximately $4-5 billion, and the sector providing employment to over 300,000 people. New licenses issued by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) would inject investment of approximately $2-3 billion, according to the Economic Survey 2019-2020 released […]

• June 11, 2020
• Covid-19

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan Tuesday called senior journalist and former President of Peshawar Press Club Muhammad Riaz to inquire after health of his son, Aimal Khan who contracted coronavirus infection. The chief minister expressed his well wishes for ailing son of Muhammad Riaz, said a news release issued here by CM Secretariat. […]

• June 11, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

UNITED NATIONS: The monitors for freedom of expression for the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights Wednesday condemned the use of force against journalists reporting on demonstrations that have rocked cities across the United States over the past two weeks following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, by police […]

• June 11, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

Expressing grave concern over the increased incidents of victimization of journalists in Indian occupied Jammu Kashmir by the Indian occupational forces, the world-fame Kashmiri rights forum – Global Pakistan Kashmir Supreme Council United Kingdom, said the increased victimization of journalists coupled with swelling restrictions imposed to suppress the voice of media in Indian- occupied Jammu […]

• June 11, 2020
• Freedom of Expression, Publications and Reports

President Donald Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 via email Dear President Trump, We are writing to you as journalists, press freedom organizations, and industry groups to express our deep dismay at the recent violence perpetrated against journalists in the United States as they have sought to report on mass […]

• June 11, 2020
• Covid-19

ISLAMABAD: In wake of Covid-19 pandemic Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) has put in place elaborate precautionary measures for its staff all over Pakistan, this was stated by Managing Director PTV Aamer Manzoor. The measures include providing proper guidance to our employees about their protection from infections, making the workplace safe for everyone and making available […]

• June 11, 2020
• Social Media

A screenshot of a fake news story doctored to look like an article on Dawn.com surfaced on social media on Wednesday. The fake screenshot, shared on Twitter, attempts to mislead the public by suggesting that a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 fighter jet has gone ‘missing’ during a ‘panic situation’ in Karachi. The fake screenshot — widely […]

• June 10, 2020
• Broadcasting, Media Ethics

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) on Tuesday ordered constituting an inquiry committee to probe the matter of an incorrect map shown during the program Nukta-e-Imtiaz last week. An office order from the PTV’s controller administration and personnel said an incorrect map of Pakistan was televised, which was an act of negligence by relevant officials and caused […]

• June 10, 2020
• Broadcasting

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Tuesday sought response from the ministry regarding the non-payment of dues by media outlets. The meeting was held here under its Chairman Senator Faisal Javed. It deliberated on further proposed amendments to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Ordinance 2002 to suspend the licences of […]

• June 10, 2020
• advertising

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has banned TV Power Full Energy Drink TV Commercial on the basis of vulgarity and indecent content. Based on the notification issued by PEMRA to all its licensees, The Power Full Energy Drink TV Commercial content that went against Islamic values, social norms and ethics of Pakistan PEMRA […]

• June 10, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

PESHAWAR: The Bannu Police during an encounter killed an alleged terrorist who had links with the kidnapping of Canadian female journalist Khadija Abdul Qahaar, an official said on Tuesday.  Khadija Abdul Qahaar, who claimed she had converted to Islam, along with her translator and guide was on her way to Miramshah in the hope of […]

• June 10, 2020
• Obituaries

SUKKUR: The First Additional Judge of Jacobabad Sessions Court, Zulfiqar Ali Shaikh, on Tuesday rejected the bail application of four suspects nominated in the May 28 murder of a journalist, Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani, and remanded them into jail custody. Police constable Mumtaz Dayo, Imam Ali Shah, Ustad Akbar Dayo and Ghulam Ali Dayo — who […]

• June 9, 2020
• Media and Governance

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ) has expressed serious concern over the growing media crisis which it believes is the result of ill-designed and ill-conceived media policy of the government. “The crises in media industry is rapidly increasing resulting in forced retrenchments, closure of the media outlets, decline in circulation because of the […]

• June 9, 2020
• Social Media

A video of Shahbaz Gill, special assistant to the prime minister on political communication, in which he is seen criticising the colossal Chinese investment arriving in Pakistan amid the much-debated $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has attracted major flak on social media. Chinese investment on CPEC projects, part of Beijing’s ambitious Belt and Road […]