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Daily Archives: November 6, 2022

Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) research reveals most social media fake identities created to ‘seek pleasure’

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ISLAMABAD: A scholar of Allama Iqbal Open University has conducted a PhD research to find out the reasons behind social media users creating fake identities. Talking to APP, Chairman Department of Mass Communication AIOU, Prof Dr Saqib Riaz said that PhD scholar Sohail Taj studied the phenomenon of fake identity creation on social media and […]


MEDIA: THE SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS

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Last month, the horrific death of two broadcast journalists shone a spotlight on the dangerous working conditions faced by news media professionals in Pakistan. Television news anchor Arshad Sharif, unceremoniously fired by his channel in September, was shot dead in Kenya a month later in mysterious circumstances. TV reporter Sadaf Naeem fell from a truck […]


PM revokes Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) ban on telecasting Imran’s speeches

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KARACHI/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The supporters and workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) staged demonstrations in Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and other cities on third day on Saturday to protest against attack on PTI Chairman Imran Khan. Meanwhile, the federal government directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to immediately revoke its ban on broadcasting PTI Chairman […]


Pakistan Information Commission Orders Establishment Division to public bureaucrats’ assets

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Information Commission has ordered the Establishment Division to make the top five bureaucrats in each service group’s asset declarations public. In response to an appeal submitted by a citizen Adeel Akram, the PIC issued an order and directed the Establishment Division to provide copies of the assets’ declarations of the previous three […]