Swat Press Club on Tuesday expressed grave concern over a series of FIR registered against journalists working in Swat Valley and demanded their withdrawal. According to details, a meeting of Swat Press club, Swat Union of Journalists and Electronic Media Association was held in press club here on Tuesday, where a large number of Journalists […]
Minister for Water and Power Resources Faisal Vawda once again lost his cool with a journalist. The minister lashed out at Matiullah Jan when the latter asked him when he gave up his American citizenship. Vawda was surrounded by journalists after he came out of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after hearing of the […]
SUKKUR: A journalist associated with a private news TV channel was gunned down here on Thursday. A group of armed men opened fire on Ajay Laalwani, a reporter of Royal News TV, when he was sitting at a barber shop. He suffered injuries and was taken to Civil Hospital, Sukkur, where he died during treatment. […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Police have registered cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act against journalists, writers and political workers for protesting against the alleged extrajudicial killing of Irfan Jatoi in the Sukkur’s SITE area Police Station. Irfan Jatoi, a student of the Sindh University, was killed in an alleged encounter by the Sukkur Police some days ago. […]
WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it was launching a corporate human rights policy and a fund aimed at supporting human rights defenders facing online threats. Facebook said the fund, the size of which was not disclosed, will provide offline aid to the defenders facing critical threats, and support new digital security efforts beginning in […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) here on Wednesday launched the book about its history, titled: “From Layoffs to Lashes: PFUJ’s 70-year Fight for Media Freedom” highlighting the seven decade struggle for free voice and democracy. The author of the book Mazhar Abbas highlighted the contents of the book and narrated that the […]
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Wednesday announced the establishment of Media Colony for journalists in the proposed Peshawar Model Town, a one-time special grant of Rs 20 million for Peshawar Press Club (PPC) and 100 per cent increase in the seed money of Journalist Welfare Endowment Fund. He made these announcements while addressing the […]
ISLAMABAD :Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Wednesday said that technological advancement has revolutionized the global media so the Pakistani journalists needs to adapt new technologies. Addressing a seminar on “Freedom of Press and Resolution of Media Crisis”, he said the modern technology has disrupted the existing system and formal television channels […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Shibli Faraz has said the government gives due importance to freedom of expression. Addressing a PFUJ seminar on “Freedom of Press and Resolution of Media Crisis” here on Wednesday, he said the government would do its best to solve problems of the journalist community. He said a bill will […]
When Pakistani road workers discovered human remains on their construction site in North Waziristan in early March, they unearthed more than the bones of an elderly teacher who was abducted and killed 13 years ago. The victim, Muhammad Salam, was also a potential witness to the 2006 killing of Hayatullah Khan — a journalist who […]
With Every Passing Day, State’s Grip Against Freedom Of Expression, Media And Now Social Media Seems To Get Tighter. The new draconian social media law by the federal government is a clear attempt to control, what critics say, what they cannot. Under the name of national security, religious sentiments and ‘respect for institutions’, the government […]
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of mainstream political parties, trade union, civil society and human rights groups will address a national seminar on “Freedom of Press and Resolution of Media Crisis” to be organised by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) today (Wednesday), says a press release. The seminar is part of PFUJ‘s country-wide campaign “Enough is Enough.” […]
KARACHI: Veteran journalist and former chairman of Karachi University’s mass communication department Prof Syed Mateen-ur-Rehman Murtaza was laid to rest in the university’s graveyard on Tuesday. He passed away on Monday night following complications from a surgery. He was in his 80s. His funeral prayers were offered after Zohr at Masjid-i-Ibrahim, which were attended by […]
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has ruled that indecent and objectionable material is being uploaded on the popular video-sharing application TikTok without restriction in violation of Islamic moral values and ethics, so the ban will continue in the country until a mechanism is in place to filter such content. In the detailed order on a […]
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