• July 2, 2022
• Information Technology

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday chaired a meeting on increasing the potential of Information Technology (IT) related exports from the $2.5 billion to $15 billion. The meeting also attended by Junaid Qureshi, President of Silicone Valley, California an organization of Pakistani businessmen, the prime minister expressed satisfaction over the volume of IT exports and […]

• July 2, 2022
• Freedom of Expression, Media and Governance

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Friday that a special committee, comprising representatives from the ministries and media organizations concerned, had been formed to finalize the Journalist and Media Professionals Protection (Amendment) Bill 2022. She informed the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist’s (Dastoor) delegation, which was called on her, about the committee […]

• July 2, 2022
• Social Media

Pakistan has issued a strong demarche to the Indian government for blocking access to content of 80 accounts on Twitter, including those of diplomatic missions in Iran, Turkey, Egypt, UN-New York and national broadcaster Radio Pakistan by activating geo-blocking and censorship laws. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Indian charge d’affaires in Islamabad and […]

• July 2, 2022
• Freedom of Expression, General News

Senior journalist and columnist Ayaz Amir was allegedly attacked by unidentified assailants in Lahore on Friday night. Ayaz, associated with a local TV channel, came under attack when he was returning home from his office in the provincial capital. The attackers manhandled the senior columnist and also took away his belongings including mobile phone. Unidentified […]

• July 2, 2022
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly condemns the violent attack on senior journalist Ayaz Amir. Such brazen acts of violence against journalists are unacceptable and continue to take place with impunity in Pakistan. The assault against Amir is telling of the shrinking space for free expression in the country and the consequences that journalists suffer for […]

• July 2, 2022
• General News

A policeman and his accomplices allegedly murdered a journalist affiliated with a Sindhi newspaper, the daily Chinag and a member of Ranipur Press Club, Ishtiaq Sodhoro, within the limits of Kumbh police station district Khairpur on Friday morning. According to the FIR and Sodhoro’s wife Razia, the culprits attacked her husband outside their home when […]

• July 2, 2022
• Social Media

SWABI: A video about the verbal clash of former speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, with a local leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at the recently held gathering in Zaida went viral on social media. Source: The News

• July 2, 2022
• Social Media

LAHORE: Participants in a discussion said on Friday the state should implement social media laws as it is involved in spreading disinformation campaigns on China. The discussion was arranged by ‘Understanding China Forum (UCF)’ on social media trends at a local hotel on Friday. CPEC former special envoy Zafaruddin Mah-mood, columnist Mansoor Afaq, comedian Khalid […]

• July 2, 2022
• General News

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Punjab Police to submit record of the cases registered against anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan. Earlier, a provincial law officer told the court that reports in this regard had been sought from all district police officers (DPOs) in the province. He said the record of the cases […]