• June 15, 2021
• General News

KARACHI: Muhammad Saleem Khan, Senior Director of Information Department, has been posted as Director Press Information, Information Department Sindh. In this regard, a notification has been issued by Services, General Administration and Coordination Department on Monday. Muhammad Saleem Khan possesses more than 31 years’ experience in the field of media management and public relations. He […]

• June 15, 2021
• Obituaries

Senior journalist and former deputy chief reporter of Daily Jang Raja Tariq passed away on Sunday night in a hospital as a result of cardiac failure. Tariq suffered a major cardiac arrest after he reached near his residence in FC Area from the Karachi Press Club (KPC). “He was fit and fine,” said fellow journalist […]

• June 14, 2021
• Front Page, Obituaries

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) mourns the death of Moniza Inam, a PPF Investigative Reporting Fellow and in-charge of the Gallery section of the Daily Dawn’s Sunday magazine. Inam passed away on June 12 at the age 58. She is survived by her husband and three sons. Inam was a PPF Investigative Reporting Fellow in 2017, […]

• June 14, 2021
• General News

Religious and ethnic minorities have been overlooked in the country’s mainstream media and it is because reporting priorities in the media industry are dictated by commercial interests rather than human rights or public good. Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists President Shahzada Zulfiqar said this while addressing a session on marginalised communities and the media’s role […]

• June 14, 2021
• Social Media

KARACHI: The use of social media has been increasing in Pakistan not only for the purposes of business and infotainment but for noble cause of saving lives of others which depicted the overwhelming trend in the country as more than seven million people in Pakistan have registered with a special feature of Facebook to donate […]

• June 14, 2021
• Media Ethics

KARACHI: How to report trauma, not just in adults but the trauma that children go through in an incident was the main topic of discussion during a Zoom meeting organised by the Uks Research Centre on Saturday. Taking the motorway gang-rape reporting as a case study, Uks director said that the issue of ‘trauma’ was […]

• June 13, 2021
• Social Media

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged strict action online hate as he believes it to be the root cause of growing Islamophobia across the world. Websites and content spreading hate divide humanity. Social media is growing by the day and the world is just coming to terms with it, he said in an interview […]

• June 13, 2021
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said that Pakistani films suffered a decline after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Pakistan was turned into a conservative society through a thought-out conspiracy. He said this while delivering his keynote address on Saturday on the second day of the 3rd Pakistan International Film Festival […]

• June 13, 2021
• General News

PESHAWAR — A court in Peshawar has directed a local journalist to submit a reply in a case in which the United States Embassy claimed diplomatic immunity. According to The News, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Nasrullah Khan was hearing the case filed by senior journalist Mehmood Jan Babar. The journalist is […]

• June 12, 2021
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: The 3rd Pakistan International Film Festival (PIFF) an initiative of the Karachi Film Society (KFS) began at Frere Hall on Friday evening. This year’s event is called Women’s Edition 2021 and will last for three days. Senator Faisal Javed delivered the keynote address on the occasion focusing on the topic of the day which […]

• June 11, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD   – Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi Thursday directed the Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to take cognizance of the ‘selective action’ by Facebook management against Pakistani and Kashmiri Social Media activists and take appropriate action in this regard. The directions were passed during the 18th meeting of the […]

• June 11, 2021
• General News

PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, KP, has started verification of charges against the contractor and officials of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) and Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) for the delay in the electrification and alleged use of the stolen material in the Peshawar Media Colony. A statement issued here said the NAB had taken cognizance […]

• June 11, 2021
• Broadcasting

Special Assistant to the Punjab Chief Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan made headlines again on Thursday after footage of her getting into a physical altercation with PPP MNA Qadir Khan Mandokhail went viral on social media. The incident occurred when the two appeared on Express News talk show, Kal Tak, hosted by senior journalist Javed […]

• June 11, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

On this day, a decade ago on June 11, 2011, twin blasts in Peshawar killed 39 people and injured over 100 others. A journalist was killed on the spot in the explosion while eight others were injured, one of whom succumbed to injuries and passed away just days later on June 17. Pakistan Press Foundation […]