• August 4, 2020
• Media and Governance

Following months of candidate assessments and interviews, Imran Ghazali has been appointed the general manager of the Digital Media Wing (DMW) under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The ministry intends to make a formal announcement later this week. This March, the federal cabinet approved a supplementary grant of Rs42.791 million ($256,000) for the creation of a […]

• August 4, 2020
• Media and Governance

LAHORE: Six members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s digital media cell have been appointed at top positions in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, a notification issued on Monday by the Establishment Division confirmed. According to the Establishment Division’s notification, one officer would be appointed at the Management Pay-II (MP-II) pay scale and five at the […]

• August 4, 2020
• Social Media

Saad*, 18, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his residence in southwestern Pakistan earlier this month. His brother says the teenager committed suicide after missing a task on a famous online video game. Over the next few days, three other youths reportedly committed suicide across the country for the same reason, triggering a debate on […]

• August 4, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

The Urdu service of Voice of America (VOA) has landed itself in the middle of a struggle between America’s two major parties — Republican and Democratic — to win over Muslim votes. Some Urdu journalists may lose their jobs for airing a video that favours Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. There are only 3.5 million Muslims – […]

• August 4, 2020
• Media and Governance

SUKKUR: Sindh Minister for Information Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has handed over a cheque of Rs 5 million, as financial grant, to the Sukkur Press Club. Talking to media persons, Nasir Hussain Shah claimed Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) believes in freedom of press and would continue its support to the media, saying the Sindh government […]

• August 4, 2020
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Founded in 1950, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) attained the grand age of 70 years on Aug 2 (Sunday) this year. Put differently, the oldest union of its kind in South Asia, possibly all of Asia, will complete on Sunday a full seven decades since the launching of its movement for press […]

• August 4, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

WE are living in disturbing times. “No one is above the law and every citizen, including the state, is subservient to the rule of law and the supremacy of the Constitution,” said the chief justice of the Islamabad High Court in his verdict on the kidnapping of senior journalist Matiullah Jan in broad daylight in the federal […]

• August 4, 2020
• Print Media

KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has expressed concern over unannounced raids on newspaper and printing houses across the country by staff of the Federal Information Ministry and some individuals, terming such activities as unethical and an attempt to harass the print media. Newspaper offices and their printing houses in all provinces are taking […]