Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is concerned at the decision by Geo News to take popular anchor and journalist Hamid Mir off air as it is perceived to have been taken because of external pressures. According to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Geo News has banned Mir from hosting his talk show Capital Talk. […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) calls on the relevant authorities to investigate the physical assault of three journalists in the Mirpur Mathelo city in Ghotki district of the Sindh province. We call upon the officials to register a first information report (FIR) and initiate legal proceedings into the incident. On May 28, Mirpur Mathelo Police tortured Awaz […]
The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by and concerned about the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority Ordinance (2021) proposed by the Government of Pakistan, that seeks to centralize all media regulatory structures in Pakistan and create a ‘converged’ regulatory authority. This proposed ordinance will have a devastating effect on free speech and press freedom […]
Several laws impacting the media sector are in the works. Some, like the Sindh Protection of Journalists and other Media Practitioners Bill, 2021, have been seen as a step in the right direction since official safeguards for the media fraternity are highly necessary, as seen by the recent attacks on journalists. Other bills, however, have […]
ISLAMABAD – The appointment of Secretary Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ms Shahera Shahid as chairperson Board of Directors (BoD) Pakistan Television (PTV) would prove good omen for the progress and stability of the institution. According to a press release, the PTV employees felicitated Ms Shahera on her appointment, saying, it was encouraging to note […]
A government programme will be launched in Sindh to provide financial support to the journalists of the province and resolve their problems. The information to this effect was given by Sindh Information and Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Sunday as he addressed a meeting of officers of the information department at his […]
SUKKUR: The Mirpur Mathello Police have tortured journalists, who were allegedly reporting about the police’s private torture cells. Later, the journalists staged a sit-in in front of the SSP office, Ghotki. Reports said the police allegedly tortured the journalists, identified as Latif Veesar, Barkat Mirani and Khalid Veesar from Mirpur Mathello, when they were trying […]
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