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Daily Archives: July 5, 2020

PFUJ condemns minister’s ‘foul’ language against journalists

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the foul language used by federal minster Faisal Vawda on social media against journalists Wusatullah Khan, Zarrar Khuhro, Mubashir Zaidi, Fakher Durani and Umer Cheema and demanded he tender a public apology. In a statement issued on Friday, the PFUJ said it was a shocking […]


KP Govt Announces Health Assistance To Ailing Senior Journalist

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PESHAWAR: Adviser to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Information and Public Relations Ajmal Khan Wazir has announced financial assistance for the treatment of ailing senior journalist Naveed Alam. The provincial government will provide financial support for the treatment of the illness. He expressed these views while meeting senior journalist Naveed Alam in his office. […]


TikToker killed by train

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GUJRAT: A 15-year-old boy was run over and killed by a train when he was making a TikTok video near the rail track in Jhelum early on Saturday. Rescue sources said Ibraheem Butt of Dina (Jhelum district) was making a video on his cell phone close to the rail track when he was run over […]


Journalism and textbooks – Part III

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In the first two parts of this series (June 28 and 29) we started discussing how journalism textbooks in Urdu are overwhelmingly anti-democracy and try to promote authoritarian and sectarian attitudes in society. A book by Ahsan Akhtar Naz, titled ‘Sahafati Zimmedariyan’ (Journalistic responsibilities) published in 1990 by the National Language Authority is a case […]