• June 23, 2021
• Front Page

Call for Applications. Last date to apply: Thursday, July 01, 2021   Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) invites applications for the PPF Mentorship and Reporting Fellowship for Pakistani journalists on countering misinformation and disinformation. The mentorship and reporting fellowship are part of Actions for Countering Disinformation and Information Value System Empowerment (ACDIVE) project, which aims to […]

• June 23, 2021
• General News

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan Tuesday handed over a cheque worth Rs 20 million to cabinet members of Peshawar Press Club (PPC) during a meeting held here at CM Secretariat. The amount is paid by the provincial government to PPC as a special grant announced by the chief minister during oath taking ceremony of […]

• June 23, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistani authorities should cease harassing journalist Muhammad Bilal Ghauri and allow all members of the press to freely report on state institutions, including the military, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Today, M. Waseem Sikandar, a sub-inspector at the Federal Investigation Agency’s Cyber Crime Reporting Centre in Islamabad, issued a summons for Ghauri to […]

• June 23, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for action in the Indian occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir and said the council must ensure realization of Kashmiri people’s fundamental rights, and hold India accountable for its widely documented human rights crimes. The demand was made by Ambassador Khalil Hashmi, […]

• June 23, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

KARACHI   –  The media bill, which was turned down by Sindh governor, has now been revived in the Sindh Assembly, and the cabinet meeting will approve it. We will practically safeguard the interests of the journalist fraternity and provide them as many facilities as possible. This was stated by Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Spokesperson for Sindh […]

• June 23, 2021
• Broadcasting

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a contempt notice to a local leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party for his disrespectful outburst against Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and ordered the inspector general of Sindh to ensure the offender’s appearance before the court at the next hearing. A four-judge SC bench, headed by […]

• June 23, 2021
• Covid-19

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Facebook have partnered to fight Covid-19 as the world’s prominent social media platform has provided Marketing Partner Support and Ad Credits for campaigns against the deadly virus and helped the government increase its engagement rates with the public on these posts. As part of these campaigns, Facebook and some ministries focused on […]

• June 23, 2021
• Print Media

KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has strongly lamented the perpetual efforts of the federal government to curtail the independence of the media, it stated in its press release. The Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society held its meeting on June 21, 2021 in Lahore, chaired by Sarmad Ali, President, APNS. The […]

• June 23, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday demanded an explanation for censoring an interview of Prime Minister Imran Khan to an American TV channel. Sources privy to the government said that the American TV channel censored the interview of Prime Minister Imran Khan, a private news channel reported. In the interview, the prime minister’s views on Indian Hindutva […]

• June 23, 2021
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: The 2021 edition of the All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC) having the theme Abb Ke Sawan (This rainy season) ended on Sunday night on the conference’s YouTube channel with a masterful performance of raga Megh by Ustad Fateh Ali Khan. As can be gauged from the theme of the event, the raga picked by […]

• June 23, 2021
• Social Media

PESHAWAR: TikTok, a popular video-sharing app, has blocked around 9.8 million objectionable videos and around 720,000 accounts for uploading them in the country, the Peshawar High Court was told on Tuesday. A bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid and Justice Syed M Attique Shah directed a counsel for the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and […]