KARACHI: A total of 45 journalists were killed in connection with their work in the year 2021, research done by the International Press Institute (IPI) revealed on Thursday. Seven of the killings took place in Mexico, six each in Afghanistan and India and three in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The sombre tally reflects […]
ISLAMABAD: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has strongly reacted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC)’s decision to frame charges against journalists for their coverage of former chief judge of Gilgit-Baltistan Rana Shamim’s affidavit. In a Tweet on Thursday, the international media watchdog’s Asia Program Coordinator Steven Butler said: “No journalist should face contempt charges […]
PESHAWAR: A meeting of Divisional Steering Committee of Right to Information Commission (RTI) chaired by Divisional Commissioner Malakand, Syed Zaheer-ul-Islam in Saidu Sharif Thursday discussed performance of the commission in Malakand during 2021. The meeting among others was attended by deputy commissioners and District Monitoring Officers. The meeting was informed that performance of RTI in […]
KARACHI: Expressing his disappointment over the Islamabad High Court’s decision to frame charges against journalists for their coverage of a case pertaining to ex-chief judge of Gilgit-Baltistan, Rana Shamim, Karachi Press Club President Fazil Jamili on Thursday said that “discharging journalistic duties is not a crime”. The case pertains to the publication of an affidavit […]
SWAT – Saeed-ur-Rehman (Khyber News) was elected Chairman while Niaz Ahmed Khan (Mashriq TV) general secretary of Swat Press Club. Chairman of the election committee Hazrat Bilal has announced the office-bearers of Swat Press Club for the year 2022 who were all elected unopposed. Others elected office-bearers include Hazrat Ali Bacha (Daily Express), vice president, […]
Islamabad: Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque inaugurated Amazon Software Technology Park here on Wednesday aimed at providing state-of-the-art facilities required by the industry under one roof. Managing Director Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) Osman Nasir, Chairman Amazon Software Technology Park Shafiq Akbar, officers of Ministry of IT & Telecom and […]
Journalist Asad Ali Toor’s Twitter account has on Wednesday been suspended. Toor says he received no intimation email from Twitter before his account was taken down. Asad Toor only came to know about the suspension when he realized that his Twitter account was showing zero (0) followers and followed accounts on Wednesday evening. “I asked […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has just opened a judicial inquiry for contempt proceedings against two journalists from the daily The News International as well as its owner for having published the affidavit of a former judge highlighting a suspected influence peddling case. Reporters without Borders (RSF) has called for the annulment of this arbitrary […]
Pakistan earned US $829.977 million by providing different information technology (IT) services in various countries during the first four months of financial year 2021-22. This shows growth of 39.24 percent when compared to US $596.090 million earned through provision of services during the corresponding period of fiscal year 2020-21, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. […]
SWAT – Secretary Information Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arshad Khan on Tuesday said that steps are being taken on priority basis to solve problems of press clubs and journalists of Malakand division. Talking to a delegation of journalists from Malakand division, he said the provincial government will allocate a huge amount in the next budget which will […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday decided to indict former Gilgi-Baltistan chief judge Rana Shamim, and the co-accused — Jang/Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, The News Editor Aamir Ghauri and The News Editor Investigations Ansar Abbasi — on January 7, 2022 in a contempt of court case, pertaining to the publication of an affidavit […]
پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن (PPF) سندھ اور بلوچستان کے صحافیوں کے لیے کراچی اور کوئٹہ میں دو روزہ اہم مہارت سازی کی تربیتی ورکشاپ کے لیے درخواستیں طلب کرتی ہے۔ صلاحیت سازی کی ورکشاپس ایکشن فارکاؤنٹرنگ ڈس انفارمیشن اینڈ انفارمیشن ویلیو سسٹم ایمپاورمنٹ (ACDIVE) پروجیکٹ کا حصہ ہیں جس کا مقصد روایتی اور ڈیجیٹل میڈیا دونوں […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) invites applications for a two-day critical skill-building training workshop in Karachi and Quetta for journalists from Sindh and Balochistan. The capacity building workshops are part of the Actions for Countering Disinformation and Information Value System Empowerment (ACDIVE) project that aims to increase participants’ critical skills to counter disinformation in both traditional and digital […]
ISLAMABAD: Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has termed the PTV-ARY consortium — to procure the PSL-7 and 8 editions broadcasting rights — a typical case of abuse of power and requested the Pakistan Cricket Board to examine the allegations and cancel the bid if the accusations were correct. The TIP wrote a letter to Pakistan Cricket […]
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