SWABI: Radio broadcaster, reporter and poet Nawab Ali Khan Yousafzai, who passed away due to protracted illness, was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Doubian village late on Monday night, his family members said. Mr Yousafzai had performed duty as a reporter in India during the 1965 war between India and Pakistan. Later, […]
Pakistani social media circles continue to bear witness to an influx of fake accounts. Among a recent trend is a rise of Twitter handles posing as foreigners, often upholding claims that bear uncanny resemblance to the state’s narrative. Recently a foreign female blogger tweeted: “No one in the world respects women as much as Pakistani […]
KARACHI – Sindh Information Secretary Rafiq Ahmed Buriro said on Tuesday that every step was being taken to improve laws related to welfare of media, particularly journalists, with a view to provide conducive atmosphere for their sustained growth. This he said while holding a meeting of senior journalists to discuss draft of Journalists Protection Bill […]
ISLAMABAD – An unknown gunman shot at and injured former Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and veteran journalist Absar Alam in the federal capital on Tuesday. Police sources said the incident took place at a park in F-11/2 sector Tuesday evening when an unidentified persons opened fire at him, the sources said. The […]
KARACHI – Pakistan People’s Party Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and journalists bodies on Tuesday condemned firing on senior journalist and former Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Absar Alam. In a statement issued here, Bilawal demanded that the person who attacked the senior journalist […]
Transparency and accountability are considered to be the hallmarks of good governance. Accessibility to information is possible if the information is available and seen. Accountability without information remains a mere desire and a myth. Efficiency, effectiveness and rule of law, with an addition of responsiveness, consensus, equity and inclusiveness are some of the other attributes […]
ISLAMABAD: The opposition members in the National Assembly came down hard on the government for imposing a media blackout over the issue of Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protests. Former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, speaking on a point of order, said there had been a media blackout and rumours rife in the entire country, as nobody […]
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Monday assumed charge of his office. Secretary Information and Broadcasting Shahera Shahid presented a briefing to the minister. Meanwhile, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Monday said the new policy of promotions would help inculcate a culture of performance and accountability. In a tweet, […]
KARACHI: ‘From Attire to Desire’, an online conference organized by UK’s Research Centre here on Saturday had several women journalists, writers and academics of the country share their views on the issue of women’s dress code and whether it is the real reason or motive for rape. Senior journalist Nasim Zehra said that blaming the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the government’s decision to bar television channels from covering the events that unfolded in Lahore on Sunday. According to a press release, PFUJ President Shehzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi through a joint statement expressed concern over the situation, saying restrictions on the media […]
ISLAMABAD – The parents of Daniel Pearl, Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) Bureau Chief for South Asia, Friday submitted that the Supreme Court majority judgment suffers from a misreading and non-reading of the evidence on the record and misapplication of the law. Ruth and Judea, parents of Daniel Pearl, stated this in a review petition filed […]
ON Friday, Pakistan blocked all popular social media and internet messaging applications including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and WhatsApp for four hours across the country to “maintain public order” in anticipation of protests by the recently banned TLP. Such blocking undermines fundamental rights, impacts an already fragile economy, defies logic of security, and punishes citizens […]
FOR four hours this week, all social media platforms in the country were shut down, a measure the government said was necessary ahead of the clampdown on violent TLP supporters on Friday. Successive governments have blocked mobile networks and platforms such as TikTok, Facebook and YouTube on separate occasions in the past, but this blanket […]
ISLAMABAD: The social media sites were blocked in extreme circumstances and every effort will be made to prevent a shutdown in future, Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry said. The newly-appointed information minister also regretted the blockage of social media sites across the country from 11am to 3pm on Friday. He also promised that he […]
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