• October 10, 2021
• General News

MULTAN: A multi-stakeholders convention of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Saturday rejected the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) as a draconian and black law. It demanded the government immediately withdraw its draft, otherwise the civil society and trade unions would back the PFUJ plans to launch a countrywide agitation. The convention endorsed the […]

• October 10, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

A television reporter was killed in an explosion near his car in Balochistan’s Hub area, bordering Karachi, on Sunday night, police said. Shahid Zehri, 35, who was associated with Metro 1 News, was travelling in a car in Hub when he was attacked reportedly with a homemade grenade, Eidgah Station House Officer Nadeem Haider said. […]

• October 9, 2021
• General News

  Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Farrukh Habib has said that loans will be provided to photo journalists under Kamyab Jawan program on priority basis. This was stated by him while speaking as Chief Guest of oath taking ceremony of newly elected office bearers of Photo Journalist Association Rawalpindi, Islamabad held on Friday. […]

• October 8, 2021
• General News

The Punjab government has indicated that it will quash the first information report (FIR) registered against SAMAA TV reporter Daniyal Umer for reporting ‘fake Covid vaccine entry’ in the name of late Kulsoom Nawaz in Lahore, it was learnt on Thursday. The FIR was registered under Section 420 [cheating and dishonesty]. “Whatever happened with Daniyal […]

• October 8, 2021
• Social Media

LAHORE: The Punjab government has barred college teachers from using social media platforms and speaking to the conventional media. The Directorate of Public Instructions (DPI) Colleges, Punjab has issued directions on the use of the social media by government servants to all public sector divisional director colleges and principals. A notification includes directions to ban […]

• October 8, 2021
• Right to Information

ISLAMABAD: Majority of government institutions and departments have declined to respond to hundreds of queries sent under the right to information laws, indicating that access to public information remains a pipe dream in Pakistan. The Geo News sent approximately 400 different queries to 36 key institutions in the past nine months but 90 percent of […]

• October 7, 2021
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

7 اکتوبر، 2012 کو صوبہ سندھ کی حکمران جماعت پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کی طرف سے خیرپور میں نکالی جانے والی ایک ریلی پر دس مسلح افراد  نے فائرنگ کی۔ ڈان کے مطابق اس فائرنگ سے کم از کم چھ افراد ہلاک اور چار دیگر زخمی ہوئے تھے۔  دھرتی ٹی وی کے نامہ نگار مشتاق کھنڈ زخمیوں […]

• October 7, 2021
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

On October 7, 2012, ten gunmen opened fire on a rally in Khairpur held by the ruling party of the Sindh province, Pakistan People’s Party. According to Dawn, at least six individuals were killed and four others were injured in the shooting. Dharti TV correspondent Mushtaq Khand was amongst those injured and later succumbed to […]

• October 7, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Wednesday urged the media to foil the international unjustified campaign against China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) instead of becoming part of it. Addressing a press conference flanked by Special Assistant to Prime Minister on CPEC Khalid Mansoor here, the minister said today was the […]

• October 7, 2021
• General News

FRANKFURT: The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the International Publishers Association (IPA), and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) have called on Pakistani authorities to retract plans to establish the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA), saying that the entity would place “strict state controls over media”. A statement issued by WAN-IFRA stated that the […]

• October 6, 2021
• General News

SUKKUR: The Anti-Terrorism Court Sukkur on Tuesday heard the proceeding of the murder case of a journalist, Ajay Lalwani and had adjourned case till October 20. Reports said the ATC adjourned the case till October 20, while the defence counsel had filed a petition to transfer the case from ATC to District & Session Court […]

• October 6, 2021
• General News

KARACHI: Not just prominent political figures of the country, but some big shots ranging from media moguls to close relatives of retired army officers, businessmen and executives have also come under the spotlight as details of the massive leak of Pandora Papers emerged on Monday. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) had, after a […]

• October 5, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

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 […]

• October 5, 2021
• General News

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 […]