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Monthly Archives: January 2022

پی پی ایف سچ بولنے والی نوجوان آواز ولی خان بابر کو یاد کررہا ہے

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جیو نیوز کے رپورٹر، 29 سالہ صحافی ولی خان بابر کو 13 جنوری 2011 کو کراچی کے علاقے لیاقت آباد میں گولی مار کر ہلاک کر دیا گیا تھا۔ بابر اپنی پیشہ ورانہ ذمہ داریاں ادا کرکے جیو نیوز کے دفتر سے گھر واپس آ رہے تھے کہ رات 9 بجکر 21 منٹ پر موٹر […]


PPF remembers Wali Khan Babar, young voice killed for speaking truth

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Journalist Wali Khan Babar, 29, reporter of Geo News was shot dead on January 13, 2011 in Liaquatabad area of Karachi. Babar was returning home from the Geo News office after performing his professional responsibilities, when two assailants on a motorcycle intercepted his car at 9:21pm and shot him five times through the driver’s window […]


Pakistan has yet to realise its $6b investment opportunity for fixed broadband

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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s fixed broadband network is grossly inadequate in servicing the rising internet demands of the country. If Pakistan does not upgrade its fixed broadband infrastructure to a high speed fibre optic network, Pakistan’s digital potential will continue to be under-realised. These are findings of the policy think tank Tabadlab’s latest working paper titled […]


Bill to end moon-sighting controversies tabled in National Assembly

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ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday introduced five bills in the National Assembly, including the one seeking to regulate the system of moon-sighting and empowering the ruet hilal committee in an effort to end the seasonal controversies over sighting of the crescent. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan introduced the Pakistan Ruet […]


Information Technology sector contributes $3.5b to national economy: Amin Ul Haque

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Pakistan’s Information Technology exports have witnessed a robust growth by contributing 3.5 billion dollars to the national economy. This was stated by Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque while addressing the launching ceremony of 7th National Incubation Center in Hyderabad. He said the Ministry of IT and Telecom has already established […]


‘Film industry needs support’

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HYDERABAD: Veteran film star Mustafa Qureshi on Monday stressed the need for government support to revive the film industry of the country. “Film is a very potent medium to propagate a message,” he said during a panel interview in Hyderabad. Qureshi, the iconic actor from Sindh famous for his Punjabi films, said that his film […]


PPF remembers journalists killed in Quetta blast on their eighth death anniversary

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On January 10, 2013 three media professionals cameraman Imran Shaikh, reporter Saif ur Rehaman from Samaa TV and Mohammad Iqbal, a photographer from NNI news agency, were killed. Rehman who was injured initially died later at a hospital from his injuries, while the other two died on site. The journalists were reporting on an explosion […]


Amendment to be made in Protection of Journalists Bill to include Photo and Video Journalists: Fawad

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Fauzia Kulsoom Rana, the Head of Pakistan Women Journalists Association and former Joint Secretary of NPC, in a meeting with Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry along with a five-member delegation of video journalists. On the occasion, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry was assured that photo and video journalists and producers of electronic media […]


Islamabad High Court seeks briefing on social media rules

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ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday sought briefing from all amicus curiae regarding notified social media rules. Chief Justice Athar Minallah clubbed all cases against social medial rules and heard them together. At the outset of hearing, Usman Warraich Advocate adopted the stance that this court had also appointed digital experts as amicus curiae […]


Islamabad High Court defers indictments in affidavit case

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday deferred indictment of former chief judge of Gilgit-Baltistan Rana Mohammad Shamim, senior journalists Ansar Abbasi and Aamir Ghauri and Editor-in-Chief of Jang Group Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman till Jan 20 in the contempt of court case. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah resumed hearing of the case based on an […]


Blasphemy, treason charges similar to death warrant: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice asks why channel’s licence may not be revoked

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ISLAMABAD: The private BOL TV Network suffered an upset when it appealed against the PEMRA orders of fine for airing accusations against the Editor-in-Chief Jang Group. The IHC summoned BOL TV Network’s Chief Executive Shoaib Shaikh in his personal capacity on January 28 in Islamabad, for levelling allegations of blasphemy against Editor-in-Chief Jang Group Mir […]


Government to highlight its initiatives on social media platforms

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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved a new advertisement policy to allow the engaging of social media influencers for the effective propagation of its initiatives at village and neighbourhood council levels. The provincial cabinet approved the KP Print, Electronic and Social/Digital Advertisement Policy, 2021, in a meeting on Wednesday. The policy framed under the […]


Fawad greets newly-elected cabinet of Islamabad High Court Journalists Association

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Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting Fawad Hussain Chaudhry hascongratulated the newly-elected cabinet of the Islamabad High Court Journalists Association led by Saqib Bashir of Express TV (President) and Zeshan Syed of Neo TV (General Secretary) and assured them of his government’s complete support. We are committed to resolving the problems of the journalists community, […]


Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors condemns Maryam’s audio leak

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KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has strongly condemned the “highly immoral and indecent remarks” made by PML-N leaders Maryam Nawaz and Pervez Rashid against journalists in the alleged audio leak, asking them to apologise to the media across the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the CPNE took great exception to […]