• August 12, 2021
• Broadcasting, General News

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Wednesday that all existing laws related to media regulation were being repealed and new legislation was being enacted in consultation with stakeholders. The establishment of Pakistan Media Development Authority would solve the problems of media workers, he said while briefing the Standing Committees […]

• August 11, 2021
• General News

HAFIZABAD – A correspondent of Urdu Daily was stabbed to death at his house by unidentified assailants, here on Tuesday. According to police, unidentified accused stormed into the house of Kashif Mahmood Ansari in Vanike Tarar and stabbed him to death. The motive of the murder could not be ascertained yet. The police have shifted […]

• August 11, 2021
• Broadcasting

The way we access information and entertainment has changed drastically. None of us are time or location bound anymore and the incredible fluidity of digitization has reformed the experience of all audiences. I recently downloaded the app by Radio Pakistan and wanted to review it from a user’s point of view. It is refreshing to […]

• August 11, 2021
• General News

KARACHI: Pakistan’s most watched entertainment channel Geo TV continues to maintain its top position by beating all competing entertainment channels in July and August. Geo TV’s GPR stood at 4,478 in 24 hours and 2,342 in prime time, which was much higher than other contemporary channels from July 1 to 31. The expertly-produced series by […]

• August 11, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain, on Tuesday, said Pakistan needs to work on the promotion of digital media to present its point of view before the world. Addressing the participants of National Media Workshop organised by the National Defense University in Islamabad, the information minister said that gone were the days […]

• August 10, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is concerned at the arrest of two journalists — Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat — in Lahore on August 7 by the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA). While the investigating body has issued a statement for the reasons for their arrest, it is an overreach of the FIA’s powers to detain the […]

• August 10, 2021
• Media and Governance

The government is working on establishment of Pakistan Media Development Authority to address the media related issues in the country. This was announced by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain during an interview with PTV tonight. The Minister said the Authority is aimed at formulating laws and regulations for print, electronic and social […]

• August 10, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: Speakers in countrywide protest rallies on Monday condemned growing threats and violence against journalists and media workers and demanded respect to Freedom of Press and Free Speech and Expression in the country. Journalists and media workers and members the civil society attended the rallies in all the major cities across the country which were […]

• August 10, 2021
• Obituaries

NAWABSHAH   – A condolence meeting was held at Divisional Directorate of Information Shaheed Benazirabad on Monday. Deputy Director Information Ghulam Abbas Goraho chaired the meeting attended by officials and staff of the Information department. The meeting expressed its sorrow and grief over the sad demise of senior journalist Anwar Ali Abbasi. The meeting offered Fateha […]

• August 10, 2021
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD – President Arif Alvi has expressed the confidence that Pakistan will be catapulted to the new era much faster if it takes full benefit from the information technology. Addressing the Digital Government Summit here yesterday, he envisioned that it is a matter of time that Pakistan will be one of the most important countries […]

• August 10, 2021
• Obituaries

The journalist community paid glowing tribute to senior columnist Ijaz Batalvi and said that his services for journalism will be remembered for long. The Faisalabad Press Club arranged a condolence reference to pay tribute to late Ijaz Batalvi. Group leader Shahid Ali, President GA Tanvir, Secretary Sajid Ali Khan and a large number of participants […]

• August 10, 2021
• General News

LONDON: The anchor and host of the now-off air primetime show Capital Talk on Geo, Hamid Mir, in a wide-ranging interview to the BBC World Service, criticised the shrinking space for press freedom and the growing “climate of fear” for journalists in Pakistan. Hamid Mir spoke from Islamabad with Stephen Sackur, the host of the […]

• August 10, 2021
• Media and Governance

The government is working on establishment of Pakistan Media Development Authority to address the media related issues in the country. This was announced by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain during an interview with PTV tonight. The Minister said the Authority is aimed at formulating laws and regulations for print, electronic and social […]

• August 8, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cybercrime wing on Saturday briefly held two journalists for uploading content on their YouTube channels allegedly “against the army, judiciary and women”. Both journalists, who were picked up from their residences here, were released after a detention of a few hours. “The station house officer of the FIA cybercrime […]