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Daily Archives: February 9, 2022

Sindh to form commission soon to ensure safety of journalists’

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Sindh Information and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani has said the provincial government will soon establish a commission and adopt its terms of reference, as envisaged in the Sindh Protection of Journalists and Other Media Practitioners Act 2021, to ensure the safety of media persons in the province. He made this announcement in his address to […]


Sessions court transfers murder of Karachi journalist to Anti-Terrorism court

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KARACHI: A district and sessions court in Malir District on Tuesday ordered the transfer to an anti-terrorism court (ATC) of a case of murder of a young man which triggered a campaign for justice on social media platforms. The body of Nazim Jokhio was found inside a Malir farmhouse in November. The victim had died […]


Government working to ensure conducive environment for journalists: Khawar

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Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) Punjab on Information and Spokesperson for the Punjab Government Hasaan Khawar Tuesday said that free media was a guarantor of reforms at government as well as institutional level in a democratic state. He said that the government was working towards creating a conducive environment for the media fraternity and […]


Call to expedite development work on media colony

NOWSHERA: Tehsil Chairman Ishaq Khattak on Monday called upon the journalist community to play their vital role in strengthening the democracy and supremacy of the democratic institutions. Speaking at a function held at the Nowshera Press Club for the newly-elected members, he said that constructive journalism would always be welcomed to help resolve the core […]


Attock press club building issue to be resolved soon

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Attock Imran Hamid Sheikh has said that public welfare and resolving the problems being faced by journalist community is his top priority. The issue of press club building will be resolved soon. He said this during a meeting with journalists at his office. Deputy Director Public Relations Shahzad Niaz Khokhar was also […]


TikTok partners with Zindagi Trust to create digital safety awareness

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ISLAMABAD: TikTok, the leading short-form video platform, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zindagi Trust for an awareness campaign around safe usage of the internet. This partnership was announced on Safer Internet Day which is celebrated globally on February 8 every year. Through this partnership, a series of workshops will be conducted for […]


TikTok tests age-rated content restrictions

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TikTok is working on ways to rate and restrict content by age in order to prevent adult content from reaching teenage users, the company said at a news briefing. TikTok, which has exploded in popularity among teens in recent years, said it was running a small test for how adult-rated content could be restricted from […]


No one authorized to declare any citizen as traitor: Islamabad High Court

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ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Athar Minallah on Monday observed that no one was authorized to declare any citizen as traitor until the state prove it with solid evidences. He gave these remarks during hearing a petition of ‘Labaik Company’ against the fine imposed by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority […]


PPF remembers Chishti Mujahid — Slain in 2008, no progress on investigation yet

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) remembers the work of a photojournalist and columnist for the Urdu-language weekly Akbar-e-Jehan Dr Abdus Samad Chishti Mujahid, was fatally shot by a gunman in Quetta, the capital of the Balochistan province on February 9, 2008. Mujahid’s murder was the result of a headline — a headline he had not himself […]