• September 13, 2021
• Media and Governance

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for its “draconian and autocratic measures to defy Pakistani journalists their constitutional right to peaceful protest” “Draconian measures of fascist Imran Khan to block democratic & peaceful protest by journalists from across the country against the BLACK Pakistan Media […]

• September 13, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Protesting against the government’s plan to bulldoze the Pakis­tan Media Development Autho­rity (PMDA) legislation through a joint sitting of parliament, the journalist fraternity began a sit-in outside the Parliament House here on Sunday evening. The protesting journalists marched from the National Press Club and reached outside the Parliament House where they planned to stay […]

• September 13, 2021
• General News

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami announced rejecting the controversial Pakistan Media Development Authority Bill (PMDA), terming it undemocratic and contrary to the requirements of Constitution guaranteeing freedom of expression, and advised the PTI government to shun its ambitions to take control of media. Government’s obstinacy to proceed with the controversial legislation when journalists unions, human rights organization’s and […]

• September 13, 2021
• General News

The government and its ministers, notably Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, have been on a mission to promote the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). They are doing this despite the fact that every credible media organization, union, rights network, progressive association in the country – ranging from the PFUJ to the APNS to the CPNE to […]

• September 12, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ) is going to stage a historic dharna (Sit-in) outside the Parliament House against the government plans to establish a new headquarters of censorship in the name of Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). The PFUJ has appealed to the entire journalist community, civil society, human rights groups, trade […]

• September 12, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The PTI government is hopeful that two bills – Elections (Amendment) Bill 2021 and Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Bill 2021 – will sail through the joint session of Parliament following the announcement of the 9-party Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to boycott the joint sitting. In the 342-seat National Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led ruling […]

• September 12, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Saturday said that the PTI government firmly believed in fundamental and constitutional right of freedom of expression, wanting all stakeholders on board to evolve consensus on the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). He observed this during a meeting with British High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr […]

• September 12, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Reporters Association (PRA) on Satur­day announced boycotting the presidential address at the joint sitting of parliament on Sept 13 (Monday) in protest against the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). The decision was taken by the PRA’s executive body after reviewing the recommendations of the association’s walkout committee. It was unanimously decided […]

• September 11, 2021
• General News

IN the face of the inflexible attitude of the government on the proposed media regulatory body issue, journalists’ associations have decided to hold protests outside parliament next week. Media organizations and journalists have been forced to take this step because Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has dug in his heels on the proposed body without realizing […]

• September 11, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday said the government believed in freedom of expression and journalists’ reservations about Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) would be addressed. Talking to a delegation of Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists he said it was the only Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI’s) government which had taken […]

• September 11, 2021
• General News

KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) on Friday lamented the efforts being made by the federal government to curtail the independence of the media, the latest being the proposed PMDA which, it believes, is intended to strangulate and control the entire media of the country. The Executive Committee of APNS at a meeting held […]

• September 11, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday asked the media to refrain from airing any unofficial result of cantonment board elections for at least one hour after the voting process was over at polling stations. In its code of conduct for coverage at the polling station and announcement of results, the election supervisory body […]

• September 10, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Demanding the government to share Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PMDA) draft bill with the Parliament and other stakeholders, PPP leader Sherry Rehman said all media associations of the country have rejected this dictatorial law as this is just another attempt to silence its critics. “Even the EU has taken notice of the fact that […]

• September 10, 2021
• Obituaries

Veteran journalist and analyst Rahimullah Yusufzai passed away on Thursday after a protracted battle with cancer, his son Arshad Yusufzai confirmed. The Peshawar-based journalist was considered an expert on the country’s tribal districts, Afghanistan and the Taliban. He covered the situation in Afghanistan since the Soviet invasion in 1979 and interviewed Al Qaeda leader Osama […]