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Monthly Archives: July 2021

Governor pledges revocation of press related amendments to Punjab Assembly’s Privileges Act 2021

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LAHORE   – Punjab Governor Ch Sarwar Friday announced to revoke all the press related amendments introduced in the recently passed Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Act, 2021. The journalists, protesting outside Governor House, also ended their sit-in following the announcement by the governor. According to details, the Punjab governor visited the sit-in staged […]


Safety Training Workshop for Bloggers and human rights defenders.

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) invites applications for a three-day security training workshop in Lahore for bloggers and human rights defenders. The training will include sessions on physical, digital and psycho-social security. A look at the changing landscape of threats to freedom of expression shows that the threats are increasingly becoming more sophisticated. Where once physical […]


Governor felicitates new Pakistan Association of Press Photographers PAPP body

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KARACHI –   Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Thursday congratulated the newly elected office-bearers of Pakistan Association of Press Photographers (PAPP). He said that the press photographers played an important role in the journalism. Those, who have won the elections are PAPP President Mohammed Jamil, General Secretary Syed Abbas Mehdi and besides others Saeed Ahmed Lashari, […]


Second edition of Professor Mateen Murtaza’s book launched at University of Karachi

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KARACHI: The University of Karachi on Thursday launched the second edition of the book titled Main ne Pakistan Bante Dekha, which is based on childhood memories of migration of Professor Syed Mateen-ur-Rehman Murtaza. The late Mateen Murtaza was a well-known veteran journalist and the former chairman of KU’s department of mass communication. In his book, […]


Journalists reject new law passed by Punjab Assembly

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LAHORE: Various journalist organizations have rejected as an attack on the press freedom the recently passed law by the Punjab Assembly wherein the so-called judicial committee of the house may penalize in a summary trial any journalist or bureaucrat for breach of a privilege of the house, any of its committee or a member. The […]


Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists PFUJ expresses concern over minister’s remarks

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed concern over remarks made by Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry that some journalists staged attacks on themselves to strengthen their case for seeking political asylum abroad. The minister had said in a television program recently that “condemnation of attacks on journalists (by journalists or journalists’ […]


Facing suspension, TikTok says it continues to work with Pakistani regulators

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Responding to its suspension in Pakistan, Chinese social media app TikTok said Thursday it continues to work with regulators to serve its millions of users and creators in the South Asian country. “We have grown our local-language moderation capacity for Pakistan, and work diligently to review and take action on content in violation of our […]


Pakistan Press Foundation remembers Javaid Khan, who lost his life covering clashes at Lal Masjid

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) remembers the life of Javed Khan, a camera for the Islamabad-based daily Markaz and the UK-based DM Digital TV television station, who was killed on July 3, 2007 while covering clashes between law enforcement agencies and he student of the Lal Masjid, a mosque in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad The administration and students of Lal Masjid had […]


Islamabad High Court warns FIA against misuse of authority

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday warned the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing to exercise its powers judiciously or else the court would impose heavy cost on the investigation officers for misuse of authority. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah was hearing the petitions filed against the ongoing inquiries by the FIA’s cybercrime […]


Health Services Academy plans training for health journalists

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The vice chancellor of the Health Services Academy (HSA), Islamabad, Dr Shahzad Ali Khan, has said that there is need for promoting “sensible reporting” in the area of health due to miscommunication on social media following the Covid-19 pandemic, and announced the conducting of training workshops and courses on health diplomacy and journalism for journalists […]


Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists takes exception to info minister statement

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has shown serious concern over the comments of Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry claiming that some journalists stage attacks for seeking political asylum abroad. Appearing on a television show the information minister had also said that “condemnation of attack on journalists (by journalists or journalists’ organisations) […]


Why was PM Imran Khan’s conversation with journalists during his Naran visit censored?

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Prime Minister Imran Khan’s media talks are quite frequent and Pakistani media picks it up even more frequently. Strangely enough, however, a conversation with journalists by the premier on his recent visit to Naran was censored and went on air an entire day after the PM’s visit. PM Khan was visiting the town in upper […]


TikTok removed 6 million videos in Pakistan in first quarter of 2021: report

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More than six million videos were removed from TikTok in Pakistan in three months, the app said on Wednesday, as it battles an on-off ban in the country. Wildly popular among Pakistani youth, the Chinese-owned app has been shut down by authorities twice over “indecent” content, most recently in March after which the company pledged […]