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Daily Archives: October 5, 2021

Journalist bodies call for an end to harassment of Rana Abrar Khalid

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ISLAMABAD—Several journalist bodies, including the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ), have taken notice of the alleged harassment of journalist Rana Abrar Khalid by security agencies. “…The journalist was demanding details of gifts received by Prime Minister Imran Khan from the foreign heads of state and heads […]


Government decides to charge private TV channels for using PTV Parliament feeds

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ISLAMABAD – The government has decided to charge a fee from the private news channels for using PTV Parliament feeds. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Monday told the committee concerned of Senate that a proposal had been finalized to charge private television channels for live telecast of the Parliament proceedings. The […]


Pakistan Media Development Authority to affect every citizen: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists

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PESHAWAR: A convention arranged by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) here on Monday rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) and termed it an effort to suppress the voice of independent media and deprive people of their right to know. The participants of the convention at […]


Will give feedback once Pakistan Media Development Authority draft is shared: Senate body chief

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry Monday informed the relevant committee of the Senate that the draft bill for the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) would be finalized in consultation with all the stakeholders. Chairing a meeting of the Committee on Information and Broadcasting, Senator Faisal Javed of PTI remarked, “We […]


Minister opposes bill to exempt parliament’s proceedings from right to information law

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ISLAMABAD: The information minister has disapproved of an amendment bill introduced by the ruling party’s lawmakers in Senate that seeks to exclude both the houses of the parliament from the ambit of the Right to Information Act. “Since the government wants transparency in governance and the parliament’s proceedings, it does not want to keep any […]


Legislation against fake news to be done in consultation with stakeholders: Fawad

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Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said that the issue of fake news is serious and legislation against it is being done all over the world. Speaking to the journalists outside Parliament House, the minister said that legislation against fake news would be done in Pakistan with the consultation of all stakeholders. […]


PPF condemns online campaign against Gharida Farooqi

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the online smear campaign against senior journalist and NewsOne anchorperson Gharida Farooqi. Attacks against journalists in particular gendered attacks online are a worrying trend in Pakistan and must be condemned to ensure the safety of media personnel. According to the Coalition for Women in Journalism, in the last week on […]


PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam re-elected to GFMD Steering Committee

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali was re-elected to the Global Forum for Media Development’s Steering Committee for the Asia region. The new steering committee was elected at the GFMD General Assembly on September 30 and October 1 in Tirana, Albania. During his first term as a member of the GFMD Steering […]