• March 30, 2021
• Front Page

On March 18, Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) met with President Dr Arif Alvi to discuss the Draft Protection of Journalists and Media Professional Bill, 2020 during which the president expressed satisfaction over the draft Bill.  President Alvi commented that the draft Bill was good which should be finalized at the earliest while incorporating minor changes […]

• March 30, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

’PESHAWAR: Martyred journalist Hayatullah Khan Dawar was born in Harmuz village in Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan tribal district on December 13, 1976. Hayatullah Dawar passed matriculation in his native village and then got admission in CT College Hyderabad where he completed F.Sc after which he returned to North Waziristan and completed B.Sc from […]

• March 30, 2021
• Social Media

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Qasim Khan decided on Monday to form a larger bench regarding the campaign on social media against the Supreme Court judges. LHC CJ Qasim Khan heard a petition filed by local lawyer Nadeem Sarwar against anti-judicial propaganda on social media. The petitioner took the position that a campaign […]

• March 30, 2021
• General News

SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday ordered the IGP Sindh to constitute a joint investigation team to probe the murder of journalist Ajay Lalwani. On the other hand, the confessional video of the alleged killers of Lalwani became viral in the social media in which the arrested accused, Syed Raza Shah, […]

• March 30, 2021
• Right to Information

LAHORE: Additional Chief Secretary Punjab Irum Bukhari has said that access to public information is a basic right of the every citizen and decisions taken for this purpose should be implemented on the emergency basis. She said this while chairing a meeting of the Provincial Implementation Committee under the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information […]

• March 30, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by the overreach of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and its latest order regarding the coverage of Pakistan’s accountability watchdog, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). In an advice dated March 24, the media regulatory body said that satellite television licensees “indulged in airing highly unsubstantiated, judgmental and […]

• March 30, 2021
• Obituaries

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah ordered the provincial inspector general of police to form a joint investigation team to investigate the murder of Ajay Lalwani, reporter for Royal News TV who was murdered in the Sukkur city of the Sindh province on March 18. A group of armed men opened fire on the journalist […]