• September 10, 2021
• General News

Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Planning and Central leader of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Kanwal Shauzab has urged the media house owners to create positive and conducive working environment for the women journalists in their organizations. She was addressing a function organized by the Women Journalists Association of Pakistan at the National Press Club in […]

• September 10, 2021
• General News

PESHAWAR: Journalists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA), terming it against freedom of expression and basic human rights as guaranteed by the Constitution. The journalists affiliated with different news organizations and also members of the Peshawar Press Club and Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) adopted a unanimous resolution […]

• September 9, 2021
• Front Page, Opportunities

Call for Applications Last date for receiving applications: Sunday Sep 26, 2021 Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) invites applications for the PPF Investigative Reporting Fellowships. The fellowships are part of “Supporting Investigative Journalism in Pakistan” project, which aims to facilitate Pakistani journalists to produce investigative report that meet the professional, ethical and legal standards. PPF will […]

• September 9, 2021
• Front Page, Opportunities

آخری تاریخ 26 ستمبر، 2021 پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن (پی پی ایف) کی جانب سے فیلوشپ برائے تحقیقاتی رپورٹنگ کے لئے درخواستیں موصول کی جارہی ہیں۔ فیلوشپس  کے لئے درخواستوں کی موصولی “پاکستان میں تحقیقاتی صحافت میں معاونت”  کے پراجیکٹ کا حصہ ہیں جس کا مقصد پاکستانی صحافیوں کو تحقیقاتی رپورٹس جو پیشہ ور، اخلاقی اور […]

• September 9, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The European Union’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Androulla Kaminara, said that the compliance report for gauging Islamabad’s progress on 27 United Nations conventions was currently under preparation while the existing arrangement of GSP Plus (GSP +) for Pakistan and other countries was going to expire by end of 2023. “All recipient countries, including Pakistan, will […]

• September 9, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Announcing a joint struggle for the freedom of judiciary and media in Pakistan, lawyers, journalists and civil society activists have made it clear that the government’s efforts to enslave the judiciary and media in the name of the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) will be fought vigorously. It was announced that a delegation of […]

• September 8, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed deep concern over the threat hurled by the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and asked the government and the media owners to take immediate steps to increase security of journalists. TTP Spokesman Muhammad Khurrasani in a statement issued on social media has warned the media not to […]

• September 8, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Information Senator Faisal Javed and the panel’s other members announced on Tuesday that they would reject the Pakistan Media Develop­ment Authority (PMDA) bill if they were not convinced by the government about the need for bringing such a bill. Senator Javed, who is also a leader of […]

• September 8, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Journalists, politicians, academicians and authors on Tuesday paid tribute to the founding editor of The Nation and Pakistan Today, Arif Nizami. The memorial webinar was organized in the memory of renowned journalist and thinker, Nizami, under the auspices of Dr Nadeemul Haq, the vice chancellor of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad. Former minister […]

• September 8, 2021
• General News

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervez Elahi was on Tuesday called on by all journalists representative organizations including Pakistan Broadcasting Association (PBA), APNS, CPNE, PFUJ and PUJ. Speaking to the delegation, Pervez Elahi said the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) is a controversial bill and should be reviewed. “I do not think Prime Minister Imran […]

• September 8, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

Whether it was due to influence of the accused or police indifference, media persons outside the judicial magistrate Shoaib Akhtar’s court were harassed, intimidated and threatened by the Jaffer family on Monday. It was the date of hearing and all the prominent members of the House of Jaffer, Zahir Jaffer, his father Zakir Jaffer, mother […]

• September 8, 2021
• General News

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said the government is introducing the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) to deal with the issues of fake news. In a tweet on Tuesday, Fawad said: “Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, while addressing the Defence and Martyrs’ Day ceremony, also declared fake news and […]

• September 7, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

PESHAWAR: The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has issued a stark warning to national me­dia and journalists, asking them to refrain from calling them a “terrorist outfit” or they will be treated as enemies. In a statement apparently released by the TTP on social media on Monday, its spokesman Mohammad Khurasani reportedly said they were monitoring […]

• September 7, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday issued code of conduct for all media representatives covering the Cantonment Boards Elections to follow in letter and spirit. In its 12-point code of conduct, the ECP has maintained that radio, television channels or print media will not be allowed to broadcast or publish anything that could […]