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Daily Archives: August 27, 2021

Media urged to play role in strengthening HIV response

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HYDERABAD   –  The Additional Director General of Communicable Disease Control (CDC), Directorate General of Health Sindh, Dr Irshad Kazmi stressed the need to sensitize general public regarding HIV/AIDS so that stigma about this disease could be reduced. HIV/AIDS is not a pandemic like COVID-19 but due to misperception created by our society, the majority of […]


The Nation, Nawa-i-Waqt start publishing Gwadar editions

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Lahore   – The Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt have started publishing their Gwadar editions. Nawa-i-Waqt has the honor that the work which was started by this organization 63 years ago to highlight importance of Gwadar has become vital for economic development of the country. This is also historic moment for the Nawa-i-Waqt Group that the team led […]


Taliban detain Pakistani journalist in Kandahar

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ISLAMABAD – Taliban insurgents detained Khyber News journalist Matin Khan in Kandahar for reporting without permission, a local news channel reported. Geo News quoting sources claimed that Khan has been detained along with his cameraman and is currently locked up in the container. The family of journalists said that the duo has contacted once on […]


The Supreme Court Bar Association backs Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists sit-in plan outside parliament

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has announced complete support to Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) plan of staging a 48-hour sit-in outside the Parliament House during President Arif Alvi’s address to the joint sitting of the Parliament. A delegation of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ), led by Press Freedom Action Committee Chairman […]


National media transformed with digital interventions

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Revolutionary steps coupled with introduction of cutting-edge technology paved the way for transforming the national media networks in the country, said a three-year performance report of the Ministry of Information of Broadcasting launched here Thursday. The journey of national media transformation kicked off in 2018 when Prime Minister Imran Khan came into the power and […]


‘Enforcement of Pakistan Media Development Authority will be the death of media’

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KARACHI: A seminar titled ‘Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA): concerns and implications’ was organized by the social sciences department of Szabist on Wednesday evening on the premises of the institute. Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan, giving the background to the situation, said the fight for media freedom is a continuation of a long struggle. It is […]


Independent, responsible digital news platforms are the future of journalism

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Independent and responsible digital news platforms are the future of journalism in Pakistan, senior journalists said Thursday during an online event. The ceremony was organized by the Global Neighborhood for Media innovations (GNMI) under its Pakistan Entrepreneurial Journalism Program on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Several senior journalists, including Mazhar Abbas, Gharida Farooqui, Kamal Siddiqui, Ayesha […]