DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two senior journalists died here on Sunday. Latifur Rehman, former president and chief patron of Dera Ismail Khan Press Club, and Mohammad Farid Leghari, were suffering from kidney disease, but they had also tested positive for coronavirus. Mr Leghari’s funeral prayers were offered at the Kutcheri Funeral Home on Saturday night. He […]
HYDERABAD: The Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) ordinance is a black law aimed at imposing a sort of “martial law” on the media, speakers at a seminar, organised by the Hyderabad Union of Journalists at the Press Club, concluded on Saturday. They said the new law amounted to robbing journalists of fundamental rights guaranteed in […]
On October 18, 2007, twin suicide bomb blasts rocked a crowded procession to welcome former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto upon her return to Karachi, Pakistan after eight years of self imposed exile. The explosions killed at least 200 people and injured over 500 others. ARY One World television channel cameraman Muhammad Arif was amongst those […]
اکتوبر 18، 2007 کو ، کراچی میں دو خودکش بم دھماکوں نے سابق وزیر اعظم بے نظیر بھٹو کی آٹھ سالہ خود ساختہ جلاوطنی کے بعد کراچی ، پاکستان واپسی پر ان کے استقبال کے لیے آنے والے ایک پُرہجوم جلوس کو دہلادیا۔ دھماکوں میں کم از کم 200 افراد ہلاک اور 500 سے زائد […]
SUKKUR: The stakeholders in Sukkur rejected the government-proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) as “draconian and unacceptable”. The PFUJ organised a ‘Multi-stakeholders convention’ at the Sukkur Press Club against PMDA on Saturday, which was attended by PFUJ Central President Prince Zulfiqar, Secretary General Nasir Zaidi, Central Leader Afzal Butt, Vice President Lala Asad Pathan, Sukkur […]
KARACHI: Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani, Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society has announced that the member publications of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society will observe Tuesday, October 19, 2021 as closed holiday on account of Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH). Consequently, there will be no morning newspapers on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 whereas the eveningers not […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Friday lashed out at YouTubers for operating with “impunity”. The federal minister, addressing at an event, said several YouTubers think they should be allowed to do whatever they want and no action should be taken against them. The minister urged the media to provide solutions […]
SUKKUR: A big convention of journalists on Thursday warned federal government that they would not stop protests, demonstrations and criticism unless the government accepted their 19 points, which included demand for payment of dues and emoluments to underpaid journalists under 8th Wage Board Award. They would not stop writing against injustices of the federal government […]
HYDERABAD: The Secretary Information of Sindh Abdul Rasheed Solangi paid a visit to various sections of divisional directorate of Information Department and presided over a meeting with all deputy directors and information officers of Hyderabad Division at divisional directorate of Information Department. He directed to review the funds and budget allocation for all district offices […]
ISLAMABAD: With 9.85 million videos removed, Pakistan ranks second in the world for the largest number of videos taken down from the TikTok platform over violation of Community Guidelines during April-June 2021. The world’s leading short-form video platform on Thursday released its global Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, highlighting that 81.51 million videos were removed globally […]
ISLAMABAD – Press Information Department (PID) on Thursday issued new guidelines to implement Advertisement Policy 2021. The guidelines and procedures were approved by Oversight and Implementation Committee (OIC) chaired by Secretary Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. These guidelines and criteria cover instructions for print, electronic, digital, cinema and outdoor advertising by the government. The instructions […]
ISLAMABAD – Federal Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication on Thursday issued a gazette notification of the revised Social Media Rules 2021, after which it has become mandatory for all social media institutions to abide by it. In this regard, Federal Minister for IT Syed Aminul Haq said that state of Pakistan had a responsibility […]
LAHORE: Lahore Press Club and journalist organisations have condemned the attack and torture on senior journalist Tajammul Gurmani by a group of lawyers. The meeting chaired by acting president of LPC Javaid Farooqi called for immediate arrest and legal action against the lawyers involved in the crime. The journalists also condemned the act in which […]
Peshawar – The journalists community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa strongly condemned police attack on Peshawar Press Club (PPC), and asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Inspector General of Police to take notice of the hooliganism and illegal act of DSP Cantt police. The Khyber Union of Journalist (KhUJ) and Peshawar Press Club members […]
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