Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed at the armed attack on journalist and blogger Asad Ali Toor in his home on May 23, 2021 in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad . PPF urges the authorities to investigate the attack on Toor and to ensure that those behind it are held accountable. The attack on Toor provides yet […]
KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has reiterated its commitment to meet the new challenges facing the media and said that all kinds of political, state, non-state and economic pressures on the media and freedom of the press would not be tolerated. Measures like new PEMRA directives, the forcible removal of newspaper stalls, […]
A day after the Karachi police roughed up some journalists as the Sindh government began imposing stricter restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19, the city police chief directed his department to treat all journalists as well as other citizens with the utmost courtesy. “Implementation of the SOPs [standard operating procedures] issued by the provincial […]
ISLAMABAD: A journalist and YouTuber, Asad Ali Toor, was severely beaten up by unidentified assailants outside his residence in Sector F-10 late on Tuesday night. A police official told Dawn that some people came outside Mr Toor’s residence located in an apartment building. A scuffle took place between him and these people who fled from […]
PESHAWAR: Following in the footsteps of the centre, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has also decided to table a journalist’s protection bill in the provincial assembly. The federal government had on Friday last tabled the much-awaited Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill, 2021, in the National Assembly aimed at protecting journalists and media professionals. In […]
PESHAWAR: TikTok, a popular video-sharing app, has blocked around eight million objectionable videos and around 400,000 accounts for uploading those videos in the country, the Peshawar High Court was told on Tuesday. Counsel for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Jehanzeb Mehsud and its director technical told Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Syed Arshad Ali that […]
LAHORE: PCB has asked players and officials not to post any comment on social media during PSL-6 quarantine period, warning them that violation of this will result in their separation from their teams. Sources said that a message has also been sent to the franchises and others stating that nothing should be posted under the […]
KARACHI – The Station House Officer (SHO) Saudabad police station has been removed from his position and ordered to report at the police headquarter over his involvement in beating a journalist. The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, East, Karachi, took notice of the incident partnering to mishandling of a journalist, Waseem, associated with a […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has welcomed the presentation of the landmark Sindh Protection of Journalists and Other Media Protection Bill 2021 in the provincial assembly of Sindh. PPF also welcomed that a similar bill has earlier been presented in Pakistan’s National Assembly where it has been sent to the Human Rights Committee for consideration. […]
Without the right to tell the whole story, journalism that challenges entrenched power may become a thing of the past. This is why the new bill tabled before the National Assembly to protect journalists in Pakistan – ranked by international media watchdog bodies as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists […]
KARACHI: A senior photojournalist associated with a wire agency and a senior reporter of a private news channel were thrashed by the Karachi Police in districts West and East on Monday, hours after the Sindh government announced its lockdown against Covid-19. In the aftermath of the incidents, journalists who work late hours were wondering how […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Monday said the PTI government under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan is rapidly achieving success in every field including the economic field. Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club along with the press club President Shakeel Anjum and secretary general […]
SAILKOT – Special Assistant to the Punjab Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan inaugurated the corona vaccination of the journalist community in Sialkot by administering vaccine to journalists herself at the office of the Deputy Commissioner. Addressing the media, she said that the Punjab government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Sardar Usman […]
KARACHI: The journalists and other media practitioners shall have protection against disclosure of professional sources of information under The Sindh Protection of Journalists and other Media Practitioners Bill 2021 that also bars government officials and institutions from forcing them to disclose the identity of their professional sources. According to the draft of the new media […]
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