SUKKUR: The journalists’ fraternity has demanded the arrest of a criminal, who had allegedly attacked on an injured journalist in Sanghar. Reports said a landlord, Kamaluddin Shar, and his sons had attacked on the injured journalist, identified as Ghulam Qadir Shar in district Sanghar. They said the injured journalist was shifted to Hyderabad and later […]
Islamabad: The media in Pakistan can play the role of a game changer in championing the cause of nutrition by disseminating accurate messages about maternal and child nutrition. Child under nutrition is caused, not just by lack of adequate nutritious food, but by frequent illness, poor feeding and care practices, and lack of access to […]
ISLAMABAD: TikTok is the most downloaded application this year with current user standing in Pakistan of 20 million, federal information Minister Fawad Chaudry said Sunday while discussing the digital media landscape in the context of regional situation, ARY News reported. The federal minister said while the content development will sprawl here and is not to […]
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that the government is devising a plan to present Pakistan’s narrative effectively through digital media, Radio Pakistan reported. Talking to journalists about the Digital Media Wing in Islamabad on Sunday, Fawad said that in the future people will shift to digital media, which will define the […]
The Sindh police department has sought assistance from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) upon the discovery of fake social media pages with the names and logos similar to those of the provincial police being run to reflect bad impression and negative image of the police force. A letter has been written in this regard by […]
The Digital Media Wing (DMW) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s report, titled ‘Anti-State Trends: Deep Analytics Report’, has generated headlines, social media buzz, memes and a fair amount of controversy. Trying to analyze the ‘Analytics Report’ itself is an interesting undertaking since it seems to have been mostly based on assumptions that are […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) held on Friday that the power to suspend broadcast media licenses (BMLs) contained in Section 30 of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Ordinance 2002 could not be delegated to the authority’s chairman or any official without framing rules. The court, therefore, struck down all actions taken by […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Friday said all the media forums were being engaged for setting up Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) in line with democratic norms. The PDMA was crucial to address all the problems of journalists and media houses at one platform, he said while addressing […]
Karachi Press Club President Fazil Jamili on Friday declared Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry’s statement regarding the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Bill “contrary to facts”. Chaudhry had claimed in a statement that all press clubs of the country favour the bill. Jamili, in response to this today, said Chaudhry’s statement could not be further […]
PML-N MPA Hina Pervaiz Butt on Thursday tabled a resolution against the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) in the Punjab Assembly. As per details, the PML-N MPA Hina Pervaiz Butt moved a resolution in the Punjab Assembly, condemning the government’s proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority bill. The resolution said that the house rejected the […]
ISLAMABAD: The member of Senate Standing Committee for Information and Broadcasting and Chairman Senate Standing Committee for Education, Senator Irfan Siddiqui has strongly criticized the proposal of the government to establish Print Media Development Authority. He stated that this proposal is an attempt to subjugate freedom of expression and terrorize the media already under pressure. […]
ISLAMABAD – Radio Pakistan has taken a leap forward in digitalization of its broadcasts by launching its Podcast service. The podcast offers interviews of dignitaries, daily news review, current affairs programs, documentaries, music, sports and a lot more to inform, educate and entertain people through different internet platforms, said a press release issued on Wednesday. […]
BRUSSELS: The European Union is concerned over the continued reported cases of violence, intimidation, abduction, and killing of journalists in Pakistan, EU spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Nabila Massrali said Tuesday. There is a “clear, negative trend” in the freedom of media in recent years, Massrali said in a statement. “The backtracking in […]
KARACHI: All representative organizations and associations of media industry — the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) — have rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) and termed the […]
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