• September 7, 2021
• Front Page

The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned Pakistan’s media and journalists to refrain from referring to them as a “terrorist outfit” or “they will be treated as enemies”, daily Dawn reported.  Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) urges the authorities to ensure the safety of the media in light of such a warning and to ensure that […]

• September 6, 2021
• General News

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry Sunday announced easy loans of Rs1 million to Rs3 million for journalists under the Successful Pakistan Scheme. He announced this while meeting the elected leadership of Lahore Press Club, Punjab Union of Journalists and Punjab Assembly Press Gallery here. He also announced to build five marla […]

• September 4, 2021
• Radio

KARACHI: The Sindh government has started radio broadcast in three major cities for the awareness of farmers of the province. Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Agriculture Manzoor Hussain Wassan told Dawn on Friday that radio broadcasting had been started in Hyderabad, Larkana and Khairpur. One hour of broadcasting would be regarding awareness on weather […]

• September 4, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) head and chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government wanted to stifle the voice of media through the media authority bill. But he would support journalist community in their struggle for press freedom, said the chief of […]

• September 4, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday again served notice to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on issuance of a notice to a journalist and former PEMRA chairman Absar Alam. Chief Justice Athar Minallah, hearing the case, expressed concern over non submission of comments from the FIA despite court orders. The deputy attorney general adopted the stance […]

• September 3, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday constituted a sub-committee to hold negotiation with journalist bodies for evolving consensus on the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). Presiding over to the panel, Member of National Assembly of PMLN Javed Latif assigned the sub-committee with task to hold regular consultation with the […]

• September 3, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Thursday said that social media regulation is very imperative as social media advertising has swelled to Rs25 billion. While briefing the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) here on Wednesday, the minister said that regulating the […]

• September 3, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

On September 3, 2010, two media staffers — Samaa TV camera operator Ejaz Raisani and Aaj News driver Muhammad Sarwar — were killed in a suicide attack on a procession in Quetta, the capital city of the Balochistan province that claimed the lives of at least 64 people and  over 160 injured in the blast. […]

• September 3, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

ستمبر3 2010، کو صوبہ بلوچستان کے دارالحکومت کوئٹہ میں ایک جلوس پر خودکش حملے میں سما ٹی وی کے کیمرہ آپریٹر اعجاز رئیسانی اور آج نیوز کے ڈرائیور محمد سرور ہلاک ہو گئے تھے، اس دھماکے میں کم از کم 64 افراد ہلاک اور 160 سے زائد زخمی ہوئے تھے۔ اس جلوس کا اہتمام شیعہ […]

• September 2, 2021
• General News

Islamabad: The debates on the TV channels lack subject specialists, the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) said in a research: The Electronic Media Economy in Pakistan: Issues and Challenges. It recommended that the participation in TV discussions should be 80 percent analysts and 20 percent politicians or spokespersons of political parties, which is the […]

• September 2, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Wednesday ordered to take action against the FIA officials allegedly involved in arresting two journalists in Lahore. Additional Attorney General Qasim Wadood adopted the stance before the court that action should be taken against the FIA officials under the law if they had violated the legal process in the case. IHC […]

• September 2, 2021
• General News

Earlier this month, Nadir Shah Adil, 76, was visited by some unknown people at his home in Karachi. The veteran journalist was told he needs to be taken to a hospital in Karachi’s Lyari area for treatment of coronavirus. What happened next was confusing and petrifying for the journalist. “I was kept in a room […]

• September 2, 2021
• General News

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to form a committee of the joint opposition to stop the PTI government from approving the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) and termed it a black law. “The committee would analyze the legality of the bill and propose a future strategy,” announced PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday while […]

• September 2, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD – Secretary Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Shahira Shahid informed the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday that five press clubs of the country are reluctant to provide adjustment/audited accounts statements of grant in aid given during the financial year 2011-12. The five press clubs received a total of Rs125 million as grants in the […]