If we were to claim that there was one single man whose presence could jolt Pakistan’s news media industry out of its slump and get it back up on its feet, you might laugh. But this is exactly the kind of reverence that some sections of the industry hold for Inam Akbar. “If he were […]
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has recently published a collection of articles by senior journalists who have contributed to the struggle of free press in Pakistan. ‘From Layoffs to Lashes: PFUJ’s 70-year fight for media freedom’ is a book that all activists and backers of media freedom must read. The moving force behind […]
Working Journalists of Abbottabad including number of former office bearers of Abbottabad Press Club (PC) have demanded from Secretary information Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for issuance of Final list of Journalists in the light of the recommendations of provincial scrutiny committee for the membership of Abbottabad Press Club without any further delay so that election schedule may […]
ISLAMABAD – A global media watchdog is demanding authorities in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province urgently conduct a “credible” investigation and arrest those responsible for this week’s killing of a journalist. Police and witnesses said Ajay Kumar Lalwani, 31, was sitting in a barbershop in the province’s Sukkur city on Wednesday evening when unknown assailants riding […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started the registration of social media companies under ‘Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards) Rules, 2020.’ The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has formulated the rules under Section 37 of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016. According to the ministry’s notification in […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed serious concern over registration of cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act against journalists, protesting against the alleged extrajudicial killing of a varsity student, Irfan Jatoi, and condemned the murder of private new channel’s journalist, Ajay Laalwani, both of which happened in Sukkur. The PFUJ termed the […]
ANOTHER journalist has been murdered in cold blood, this time in Sindh’s Sukkur district, indicating that reporting the truth in Pakistan remains a perilous pursuit. Ajay Laalwani, a reporter for a private TV channel, was reportedly gunned down on Thursday while he was sitting in a barbershop in Salehpat town. Despite the passage of several […]
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and former chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Absar Alam has challenged a summon issued to him by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over his recent tweets and social media posts. Mr Alam in some of his recent tweets criticised the establishment for interfering in politics. The FIA summoned him on […]
What an event it was in Islamabad on March 17, for the journalist community! It was the book launch of ‘From layoffs to lashes: PFUJ’s 70-year fight for media freedom’ – compiled by Mazhar Abbas and edited by Nizamuddin Siddiqui and Waris Raza. There was also a seminar to discuss freedom of the press and […]
SUKKUR: The journalist fraternity has protested against the killing of their colleague, Ajay Lalvani, by some unidentified assailants in Sukkur. After the funeral ceremony of the slain journalist at Saleh Pat near Rohri, Sukkur, and the protesters marched from the Taluka hospital to the funeral place, claiming that the incident was a target killing. The […]
KARACHI: The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemned on Friday the murder of journalist Ajay Laalwani and called upon the government to “bring the killers to justice”. The IPI is a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists working for press freedom. “The IPI strongly condemns […]
Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Biltistan Ali Amin Khan Gandapur on Friday administered oath to newly elected officer bearers of the District Press Club Tank. He announced a special grant of three million rupees for Tank Press Club. The ceremony was attended by District President Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Irfan Khan Kundi, […]
ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court bemoaned on Thursday that the judges who got blackmailed should better prefer committing suicide since they were not administering justice but following dictates. “Today in Pakistan we cannot speak a simple truth and resort to euphemism,” Justice Isa regretted, adding that notion like “establishment”, a word […]
The draft of the new media policy of the Sindh government has been published on the official website of the provincial information department, read a statement issued on Thursday. The official website of the Sindh Information Department which can be found at information.sindh.gov.pk is being made functional in accordance with the orders of Information Secretary […]
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