ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists said that November 3, 2007 was the blackest day in the history of Pakistan as Gen Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency and banned media with suspension of transmissions of TV channels. In a joint statement PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi said that Nov 3 2007 […]
PESHAWAR: The provincial information department has removed 31 provincial, regional and local newspapers from the media list for not fulfilling the criteria under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Advertisement Policy 2018, according to officials. After removal from the media list, they said, the government advertisements would not be issued to such newspapers. These newspapers so far […]
2020 presents a grim picture for press freedom in Pakistan – Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) 2020 presents a grim picture for press freedom in Pakistan with multiple attempts to silence the voices of the media in the print, broadcast and online spheres. The media in Pakistan continues to work under an environment of fear and significant constraints […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) held its Annual General Meeting on October 31, 2020 at Karachi on Saturday. Majority of members from TV & Radio category were present in the meeting. Three TV members viz. City 42 (Mohsin Raza Naqvi), Mehran TV (Ghulam Nabi Morai) and Neo TV (Ch Abdul Rehman) were unanimously elected […]
KARACHI: Progressive Panel on Saturday swept the 2020-21 elections of Karachi Union of Journalists (Barna Group). Nizamuddin Siddiqui from Dawn was elected as KUJ president, while Faheem Siddiqui from Geo TV was already elected unopposed as general secretary. According to the results announced by Chairman of the Election Committee Ibne Hassan, Aijaz Shaikh […]
ISLAMABAD: One third of the journalists facing legal cases filed mainly by the Pakistani state are at risk of being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law, a research study has found. Print media practitioners are twice as likely to be the target of legal action that television media practitioners, and Sindh is the most dangerous […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) in their separate statements have asked the government and various state institutions to look into the prolonged imprisonment of editor-in-chief of Jang Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and dispel the impression that the objective behind his arrest and prosecution is not accountability but to […]
KARACHI: Syed Fazle Saleem Asmi, better known as Saleem Asmi, veteran journalist and former editor of Dawn, passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning after a long illness. He was 85. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. Family members and friends said that the schedule of Mr […]
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