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Monthly Archives: December 2020

Chakdara Press Club Gets New Office-bearers

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DIR LOWER, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 20th Dec, 2020 ) :Senior journalist Shah Faisal Afghani and Javed Rehman have been elected unopposed as President and General Secretary of the Chakdara Press Club respectively in an election meeting held here on Sunday. According to details, Shah Faisal Afghani and Javed Rehman have […]


Governmentt fully believes in press freedom: Faraz

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Sunday said that the government fully believed in press freedom, thus rejecting the reports that the media was being pressurized in the country. He made these remarks on popular microblogging site Twitter while lambasting a senior journalist’s claim about barring a media house from airing […]


NON-FICTION: THE JOURNALISM WE LOST

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For those interested in Pakistani politics and journalism, Pakistan Mein Sahafat Ki Mutabadil Tareekh [An Alternative History of Pakistani Journalism] is not an ordinary book. It has been produced by the Society for Alternative Media and Research (SAMAR) led by Mazhar Arif, a renowned advocate for public interest media; and authored by Dr Tauseef Ahmed […]


Media barred from covering Karachi Bar polls

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KARACHI: Police stopped journalists from entering Karachi High Court to cover the Karachi Bar annual election on Saturday. The police ordered all the media persons to stay out of court. A large number of litigants were also present outside the court for case hearings but now facing severe difficulties as Karachi Bar Association elections were […]


‘Attack’ on journalist’s house flayed

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PARACHINAR: The members of the Parachinar Press Club on Friday flayed rocket attack on the house of a Kohat-based journalist Fazal Karim. A meeting of the journalists belonging to Kurram tribal district at Press Club Parachinar condemned the rocket attack on the house of Kohat-based journalist. Newspaper: The News


IHC admits petition against social media rules

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Athar Minallah on Friday admitted the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) petition for regular hearing against the recently enforced social media rules. While the counsel for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Ahmar Bilal Soofi received the court notice after the very first hearing inside the […]


Protest staged against non-arrest of journalist’s killers

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The relatives and members of the Christian and journalists communities and civil society on Thursday staged a protest rally against the police and district administration for their failure to arrest the killers of journalist Qais Javed Masih. The protesters, including the sisters and a son of slain Qais Javed Masih, members of […]


PBA Condemns Malicious Media Campaign against PEMRA

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ISLAMABAD :Pakistan Broadcaster Association (PBA) Thursday condemned a certain media house for running a malicious campaign against the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) that took action on violations of the contemporary laws. “The PBA condemns the acts of a certain media house, that is not its member and has a history of running malicious, […]


Covid-19 claims journalist’s life

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ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Tariq Mehmood Malik lost his life to Covid-19 on Thursday. He was 50. While the country’s politicians and journalists have expressed grief and sorrow over his demise, the Foreign Office has postponed its weekly briefing as Malik had been covering foreign affairs for over a decade. Irfan Ghauri, a relative of the […]


IHC to hear petition against social media rules

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has challenged social media rules enacted by the government, before Islamabad High Court (IHC). IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah will hear the petition today. The petitioner, Nasir Zaidi, secretary general of the union, cited Ministry of Information Technology secretary and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman as respondents. According […]


‘State is criminalizing human rights voices in Pakistan’

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KARACHI: Minority rights and a look at the history and future of human rights in Pakistan were the main topic of the discussion during an online interactive dialogue titled ‘Human Rights Vision 2020 & Beyond’ on Wednesday. The event was organized by Ziauddin University (ZU) in connection with the International Human Rights Day. Highlighting the […]


PEMRA head appointment: Reply sought from Centre, information ministry

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought replies from the federal government, ministry of information and broadcasting and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on a petition challenging the appointment of Mr Saleem Baig as chairman of the authority. Lahore Press Club Secretary Babar Dogar, also bureau chief of a private TV channel, […]


Police and social media in Pakistan

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It is true, whether mainstream media or social media (SM) plays an important role in engaging the public. SM management for police is a demanding job. Around the world, different countries' police departments are using SM platforms for updating and keeping the public informed about police related matters. The police are responding along with taking […]


PTI government official says new social media rules ‘have virtually no impact on e-commerce’

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ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Pakistan faces an unprecedented onslaught of hybrid warfare due to various regional and extra-regional realignments, which is why it was necessary for the PTI-led regime to “defend itself” through the new social media rules, a senior government official said Tuesday. The government official told APP that the new social media rules — known officially […]