The federal cabinet on Tuesday decided to continue the ban on the popular video-sharing app TikTok. According to Express, the decision was taken during the weekly meeting of the federal cabinet, presided by Prime Minister Imran Khan, during which a 21-point agenda was discussed. In July, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had blocked access to […]
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Reporters Association (PRA) on Monday launched a strong protest during the National Assembly’s session against the closure of press gallery on eve of joint sitting of the Parliament on September 13. The parliamentary reporters lodged their protest by wearing black armbands and used face masks bearing cross mark. Soon after the national […]
KARACHI: A nationwide campaign has been launched to eradicate polio across the country. Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman Foundation (MKR), Jang, The News and all channels and newspapers of Geo TV Network (Jang Group) have also launched a public awareness campaign. The campaign is aimed at informing the public that polio vaccines are essential for the health of […]
SUKKUR: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur Bench, on Monday rejected a bail application of an accused in a murder of a local journalist. Reports said the counsel of accused Farhan Ali Sahito, who was arrested in a murder case of a Naoushahro Feroze’s journalist Aziz Memon, had filed a bail application in the SHC Sukkur […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday disposed of the petition filed by former chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Absar Alam against a notice issued by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) after the agency withdrew inquiry against Alam. Earlier this year, FIA initiated an inquiry against Absar Alam over his tweets […]
On September 21, 2012, a driver for ARY News, Muhammad Aamir Liaquat, was killed in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when police opened fire on demonstrators staging a violence protest outside a cinema against the ‘Innocence of Muslims’ video. Pakistan Press Foundation pays tribute to the work of Liaquat as a frontline media worker. Liaquat received a […]
21 ستمبر 21، 2012 کو اے آر وائی نیوز کے ڈرائیور، محمد عامر لیاقت، خیبر پختونخوا کے شہر پشاور میں اس وقت جاں بحق ہوگئے تھے جب پولیس نے ‘Innocence of Muslims’ نامی ویڈیو کے خلاف ایک سینما کے باہر پر تشدّد احتجاج کرنے والے مظاہرین پر فائرنگ کی۔ پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن ایک فرنٹ لائن […]
As the short-form video app TikTok faces its fourth ban in Pakistan, Senator Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh has said that the bans on social media apps were putting a dent in the country’s image and discouraging foreign investment in the digital landscape. The latest ban on the video-sharing social networking service was imposed on July […]
PESHAWAR: A kind-hearted person, industrious journalist, meticulous editor, and thoroughly professional. Several adjectives are insufficient to describe the personality of Rahimullah Yusufzai, a senior journalist who passed away on September 9, and was laid to rest in his native area in Mardan district on September 10, the day he had been born in the year […]
MARDAN: Federal Minister of State and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan said on Saturday that the issue of Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) would be resolved soon. “Journalists don’t belong to any government because they work for people and country,” he said while addressing a function, organised to hand over Rs5 million cheque to the […]
LAHORE: Governor Chaudhry Sarwar says Pakistan’s GSP plus status is under threat as 665 out of 671 European parliamentarian have voted for reconsidering it (the country’s GSP plus status), advising the government to ease confrontation on all fronts to strengthen its case internationally. Speaking at a dinner hosted for the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists […]
LAHORE: The press clubs of Pakistan have unanimously endorsed the call for a long march given by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) against the proposed Pakistan Media Development Regulatory (PMDA) bill during their FEC meeting that concluded here on Thursday. There was representation of a large number of press clubs from across the […]
RAWALPINDI: Senior Journalist C.R. Shamsi died of cardiac arrest here on Friday. He was 62. He is survived by widow, four sons and a daughter. According to his friends, his funeral will be offered on Saturday. C.R. Shamsi worked for many national dailies in different positions — from reporter to editor. Hailing from Chakwal, he […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday vehemently condemned the federal government’s proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA), adopting through majority vote a resolution against the move to establish the media body and the recent closure of the National Assembly’s press gallery in Islamabad. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, the major opposition party in the provincial assembly, however, […]
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