PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar here Saturday said that access to information is key to bringing about socio-economic development and transparency in the governance system. They spoke at the launching ceremony of the Radio Live Shows project in the newly merged tribal districts. Addressing the event, Secretary Local Governments and Rural Development Shakeel Ahmad Mian […]
Rawalpindi: Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) in collaboration with Association of Media and Communication Academic Professionals (AMCAP) with Punjab Higher Education Commission organised Doctoral Spring School 2021. International Academia along with national resource persons delivered lectures and individually advised the students on research proposals. In the nine day doctoral Spring School, forty PhD scholars, researchers […]
Rashid Aziz and Moosa Kaleem were elected the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) Dastoor’s president and general secretary respectively for the year 2021-22 after the elections held at the Karachi Press Club. According to the results announced by the election committee, the KUJ’s Democratic Panel bagged all of the seats. Aslam Khan and Wakeelur Rehman […]
ISLAMABAD-The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday granted one month time to Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) for consultation with all stakeholders to review the social media regulations that were introduced last year. A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah conducted hearing of the petition filed by Journalists Defense Committee […]
SUKKUR: The senior reporter of Jang/Geo Sanghar, Akhtar Qureshi, has passed away after cardiac arrest on Friday. Journalists, civil society, and politicians of Sanghar have paid rich tributes to his services and said the deceased would be remembered for long. Newspaper: The News
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Thursday discussed with the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) through a video conference FM radio licences and the National Digital Cable Policy-2021. The meeting was attended by Information Secretary Shahira Shahid, Pemra Chairman Muhammad Saleem Baig, PID PIO Sohail Ali Khan, DG IP Manzoor Ali Memon and […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority PEMRA has issued a notice to the drama serial Dil Na Umeed To Nahi for not being in accordance with its code of conduct. The drama ‘Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahi’ addresses sensitive social issues including human trafficking, prostitution, and child abuse. The regulatory authority in its notice has directed […]
PESHAWAR: The participants of a seminar have demanded of the federal government to legislate for ensuring freedom of press, protection of rights of journalists and financial support to sacked media persons. The seminar titled ‘Freedom of press and resolution of media crisis’ was arranged by Khyber Union of Journalists at Peshawar Press Club on Wednesday. […]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Thursday expressed concern over last week’s attack on the office of Geo and Jang media group in Karachi. “The IFJ expresses its concern over the actions of protesters who attacked the Geo-Jang media group and the lack of police presence as this publicized protest turned violent,” it said. […]
ISLAMABAD—On February 20, 2021, Balochistan Voices turned five highlighting the province’s pressing issues often ignored by mainstream media. In the last five years, Balochistan Voices published almost 2,000 articles on various subjects, including but not limited to socio-economics, politics, development, gender equality, climate change, fact-checking, book reviews, and more. Balochistan Voices in its five-year journey […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists, New York-based non-profit, non-governmental organization that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists, has called upon the Indian government to drop investigations into the work of journalists Mir Junaid, Sajad Gul and Yashraj Sharma and allow them to report without interference. On January 30, Indian police in occupied […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the violent attack on the central office of the Geo and Jang media group in the metropolitan city of Karachi. We are concerned that a group of protestors was able to vandalize property and manhandle staff of Pakistan’s largest media house without any action from the police It also further […]
LARKANA: Sindh High Court Circuit Court, Larkana, rejected bail application of two accused nominated in the murder of a journalist of Dodapur Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani here on Monday. The accused were directed to contact the trial court and also ordered daily hearings. According to a report, drug peddlers last year on 26th May had murdered […]
SUKKUR: The Sindh Journalists Council, Journalists Alliance, Human Rights activists and lawyers took out protest rallies in Sukkur, Khairpur, Sanghar and other cities against the raid by the Shikarpur Police on the house of senior journalist Sahil Jogi. Addressing the rallies, Shafiq Shar and Aftab Nizamani among others alleged that Sukkur and Shikarpur Police were […]
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