The global pandemic has hit the media industry hard, especially from a business standpoint. Yet the fallout is not uniform. In Gilgit-Baltistan, for example, journalism is still in its infancy. Residents rely on national television channels as a primary news source. Print media lags behind given logistical issues related to distance and cost. Digital media […]
Dawn columnist and human rights advocate I.A. Rehman passed away in Lahore on Monday at the age of 90. His funeral will be held at Masjid Al Quds A-1 Society Township near LRBT hospital after Isha prayers. Rehman left behind three sons and two daughters. His wife had passed away earlier in 2015 According to […]
LAHORE: Veteran journalist Zia Shahid passed away here on Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 78. Shahid had been undergoing treatment for heart-related ailment at Shaikh Zayed Hospital for the last two weeks. He was Editor-in-Chief of Roznama Khabrain and Channel Five. The seasoned journalist remained associated with various publications during his illustrious career. […]
A local journalist was shot dead by unidentified persons on Saturday evening in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkwa, police confirmed. The incident occurred in the Batani Khel area, within the jurisdiction of Karak Police Station. The victim was identified as Waseem Alam, the joint editor of local newspaper, Sada-e-lawaghir. According to the FIR, registered […]
KARACHI: Hasan Shahriar, a leading journalist, columnist and political analyst of Bangladesh, passed away in Dhaka on Saturday, according to information reaching here. He was 74. Mr Shahriar had also served as a staff reporter in Dawn and Evening Star in the sixties before moving to Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, he worked as the first executive […]
ISLAMABAD: In its 163rd Authority meeting, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Friday renewed licenses of 12 non-commercial FM radio stations. The renewed licenses belonged to educational institutions including Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro, Allama Iqbal University Islamabad, Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi, University of Karachi, National University of Modern Languages […]
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Friday summoned the provincial secretary for information and also directed the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) to submit affidavits about payments of salaries to their workers. The PBA had filed a petition for recovery of the outstanding payment from the Punjab government against the advertisements […]
Rawalpindi: The journalist community could purchase all eatable items including sugar and ghee on subsidised prices from Rawalpindi Press Club (RPC) on Saturday (today). The Utility Stores Corporation (USC) will send all eatable items including sugar and ghee to RPC for the journalist community. The USC will start ‘Special Ramazan Discount Package’ from April 10 […]
ISLAMABAD: The approval of a bill by a National Assembly’s standing committee, which proposed up to two years’ imprisonment and a fine for those who “intentionally ridicule the armed forces”, has drawn ire of politicians from across the divide as well as the legal fraternity. The criticism of the bill came on Thursday not only […]
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right. Though this right is violated in autocratic governments and dictatorships, all functioning democracies have a mechanism to defend this right without which no civilized society commands respect of the global community in the 21st century. The UN recognizes this right as enshrined in its declaration of human rights. […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) are deeply concerned about the proposed amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code 1898, by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior, which has recommended that persons who ‘disrespect’ or ‘intentionally ridicule’ the […]
ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday sought recommendations from the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ), All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) and Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) with respect to removal of employees from print and electronic media and non-payment of […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) rejects any attempts to further gag the fundamental right of freedom of expression in the name of preventing defamation and disrespect of the armed forces. Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) Secretary General Farhatullah Babar in a statement on Wednesday expressed grave concern over a bill moved by a PTI MNA […]
KARACHI: Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, a British-born suspect acquitted recently of kidnapping and murdering US Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl has been shifted to Lahore from Karachi on Thursday. He was shifted to a rest house within the premises of Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail while travelling on a plane. A strict security measures were […]
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