Four policemen were suspended for assaulting a cameraman of a private news channel. According to police, four cops of the Sharea Faisal police station were suspended after they were found involved in misbehaving with and manhandling a cameraman, Rehan Subhan, of a private news channel on Chand Raat. Different journalist bodies, including the associations of […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Sunday said the Journalist Protection Bill would be introduced in the National Assembly on Monday. The minister took to Twitter to announce the finalisation of the draft bill and its enactment schedule. In a tweet, he said, “Thanks to Almighty Allah, it is a great success […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday said PTV News would begin digital transmission next month. In a tweet, he said now PTV was also available on YouTube. Newspaper: Business Recorder Other Sources: The Nation
ISLAMABAD – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to summon PPP senior leader Qamar Zaman Kaira next week to record his statement in the ongoing investigation against former Managing Director (MD) Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) Yousuf Baig Mirza regarding illegal use of expenditures and misappropriation of government funds. NAB Rawalpindi had summoned him last […]
Dawood Yousuf Moorad, founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of Moorad Shipping News, passed away on May 8, 2021, at the age of 84, bringing to an end a life of hard work and dedication. Until his last days, he continued working and was dedicated to Moorad Shipping News, launched as a four-page newspaper in 1956. He […]
On the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Punjab will begin vaccination of journalists against coronavirus on a priority basis, Jang reported on Tuesday. In a statement, CM Buzdar said that the vaccinations will begin after Eid. He has directed the health department to review whether special vaccination centres can be established in press […]
LANDIKOTAL: A Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) belonging to the minority set a precedent by distributing ‘Eidee’ among journalists in Landikotal and Jamrud subdivisions in Khyber tribal district. MPA Wilson Wazir, who is from ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and is a social worker as well, visited Landikotal and Jamrud press clubs and handed over Rs150,000 to the […]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Establishing a media colony for the journalist community of Dera Ismail Khan is one of the top priorities of Ali Amin brothers, which would be materialized soon. This was stated by Muhammad Nawaz Khan, the focal person for Federal Minister Ali Amin Gandapur for development projects in Dera Ismail Khan, during his […]
NAWABSHAH: The Sindh High Court, division bench Hyderabad, has ordered to cancel all the accreditation cards of the government employees, working as journalists, and also revoke their press clubs’ memberships. The SHC Hyderabad bench directed Sindh Information Department to get cancelled the memberships of the press clubs’ of all such government employees, working as journalists, […]
The belated approval of the cabinet of two bills for the protection of journalists and the media persons and making the forced disappearances as a criminal offence is welcomed notwithstanding that lot of waters have already been flown under the bridges as media has been grappling for air to survive under the unbearable conditions since […]
LAHORE: PML-N President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Mian Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday visited the house of late Rauf Tahir, Senior Journalist and Columnist. Shahbaz Sharif offered condolences and Fateha to the sons of late Rauf Tahir. PMLN President paid glowing tributes to the veteran journalist, adding that Rauf Tahir was […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Sunday demanded immediate production of journalist Mudassar Naaru who has been missing since the last three years. His artist and activist wife Saddaf Chughtai expired due to a sudden cardiac arrest on Saturday after a long wait and struggle for her husband, leaving behind their three-year-old child […]
Pakistan cannot revive true democracy in the country without freedom of press, said by newly-elected president of Sheikhupura Union of Journalists Mian Shabbir Hussain on Sunday. He was speaking at a ceremony following the announcement election results held at SKP Press Club. He called for unity of the journalist unions in the country for glory […]
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the Sindh government to pay all the dues of the members of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) by June 7, warning that otherwise it will initiate contempt of court proceeding against the provincial government. A SHC division bench – comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice […]
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