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Daily Archives: October 1, 2022

The whole truth

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THE war on truth has never been more relentless than it is today. Authoritarianism is on the rise and purveyors of ‘alternative facts’ have multiple channels of communication whereby they can obfuscate, deflect and deliberately misinform. World News Day 2022 is an occasion to celebrate fact-based journalism and remind people why this calling is so […]


Ansar Abbasi regrets making a mistake in his column

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ISLAMABAD—Journalist Ansar Abbasi has regretted a line in his column on September 29 in the daily Jang which wrongly attributes a quote to former Prime Minister Imran Khan from his audio leak in which he discusses the cipher. In the leaked audio, the former prime minister can be heard saying that the cipher is a […]


Elimination of fake news, implementation of media laws inevitable: speakers

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LAHORE: The speakers including politicians, renowned media personalities and policymakers on called for effective measures to do away with fake news phenomenon and legislation to handle the unbridled media content as well as social media. At a seminar on “Role of PFUJ in Ensuring Press Freedom, Discouraging Fake News & Implementing Media Laws” it was […]