ISLAMABAD— the violent death of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya has shocked the media community, as condolences and condemnations poured in after his wife confirmed the news early Monday. Javeria Siddique, in a tweet, said she has lost a “friend, husband and my favourite journalist [Arshad Sharif] today, as per police he was shot in […]
Application seeks investigation into circumstances surrounding senior journalist’s sudden death in Kenya The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered the secretaries for interior and foreign ministries on Monday to immediately meet senior journalist and anchorperson Arshad Sharif’s family, slain in a gun attack in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi last night. An application seeking a probe […]
A minister urged the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) member states to “optimally utilise” opportunities offered by digital platforms and social media to help improve the image of Islam and Muslims. “The media’s role in this regard, while critical, would only be meaningful if it is given a common sense of direction,” said Marriyum Aurangzeb, […]
ISLAMABAD/NAIROBI: Senior journalist and former ARY News anchor Arshad Sharif embraced martyrdom after an accident in the outskirts of Kenya’s Nairobi city, ARY News reported on Monday. Police in Kenya have confirmed his death and have opened an investigation into the accident which likely involved a gun attack. A seasoned journalist, Arshad Sharif was one […]
LAHORE: Journalists and rights activists called for an urgent need to check organised trolling which was pointed out as an ugly activity on social media, gaining ground in the absence of effective laws to check the practice. There were two sessions on Onslaught on civil society in South Asia on the 2nd day of the […]
KARACHI: Sifting fact from fiction in the digital age, changing algorithms, start-up investments and hiring for growth within the start-up environment were some of the things on the minds of experts during the two-day innovation conference titled ‘+92Disrupt’ organised by Katalyst Labs, which concluded at a local hotel here on Sunday. Using the right words […]
LAHORE: Award-winning journalist and columnist Hamid Mir said on Sunday the media in Pakistan continued to face oppression in one form or another. “The government has changed but the situation (state of media) remains the same,” he emphatically said at a session — Media under Siege in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan — on the […]
To reduce the rate of impunity for crimes against journalists in the province, Punjab should enact a journalist protection act as soon as possible, similar to that in Sindh, journalists from different press clubs of Punjab stressed during two-day workshop on Monitoring and Reporting attacks on Journalists organized by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in […]
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