• November 22, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned chasing of journalists and Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) staffers by unknown persons in different vehicles. PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi, while condemning the incident, said journalists working with different media houses do visit organisations for the purpose of […]

• November 22, 2021
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) on Sunday formally agreed to enhance cooperation and collaboration in the field of information technology and telecommunication. Both sides announced to provide one million Pakistani students to learn digital skills by 2022. Pakistan’s Ministry of IT & Telecommunication and Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) formally agreed to enhance cooperation […]

• November 22, 2021
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has finalised the “Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021” and sent it to the Law Ministry for vetting, proposing up to Rs25 million fine for those who processes or cause to be processed, disseminates or discloses personal data in violation of any of the provisions of the proposed […]

• November 22, 2021
• General News

The organisers of the Asma Jahangir Conference condemned the alleged “muzzling” of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s speech on Sunday, after internet services at the venue were reportedly suspended soon after his address began. Nawaz began his speech — relayed from London via video link during the closing ceremony of the keenly watched conference held in […]

• November 22, 2021
• General News

The National Journalist Convention organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and held on November 17, 2021, in Islamabad was a resounding success, but it did not get adequate coverage in the mainstream media in Pakistan. Political leaders such as Maryam Nawaz and Farhatullah Babar spoke unequivocally in favour of journalists’ demands. But […]

• November 22, 2021
• Obituaries

KARACHI—Former bureau chief of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Karachi, Masood Sattar, died in a road accident Friday. According to his family, he succumbed to the injuries after being hit by a rickshaw at Drigh Road. He was rushed to Jinnah Hospital for treatment, where he breathed his last. Sattar, 68, served as APP correspondent […]