• November 19, 2022
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Publications and Reports

Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary General, Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) made an impromptu impassioned plea to governments to match their words in support of press freedom and safety of journalists with effective actions.  He said civil society organizations work under tremendous pressures under very difficult counties and it is time for governments to focus on actions rather than words. […]

• November 19, 2022
• General News

Politicians from the PTI claim on social media that Geo Television has taken down a prime-time program from YouTube, which investigated the whereabouts of state gifts sold by former prime minister Imran Khan. On November 17, politicians, belonging to the opposition political party, the PTI, alleged that Geo Television has removed from its YouTube channel […]

• November 19, 2022
• General News

Several social media accounts linked to the PTI allege that screenshots of private conversations between journalists, media owners and politicians have been leaked. Social media users have posted multiple screenshots of an alleged WhatsApp conversation between reporters, television channel owners and politicians. In some conversations, reporters are being asked to spin the facts about former […]

• November 19, 2022
• General News

The Karachi Union of Journalists (Workers) and the Karachi chapter of the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation have expressed their reservations over the establishment of the Sindh Commission for the Projection of Journalists. In a statement, they said the commission did not have the representation of all journalists. They said the biggest stakeholders were journalists […]

• November 19, 2022
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: The Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba held countrywide protests against film ‘Joyland on Friday. The Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba protested against “highly objectionable material” in Joyland which has recently been cleared by the provincial and federal censor board’s for screening in the cinemas.The protests were held across major cities including Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta. Source: The News

• November 19, 2022
• General News

Slain journalist Arshad Sharif’s widow has penned a letter requesting President Dr Arif Alvi to intervene and help in her husband’s ongoing murder investigation, saying that his family was “extremely disturbed and disappointed”, it emerged on Friday. Sharif’s widow Javeria Siddique posted the letter online which was dated November 17. Sharif was shot dead in […]

• November 19, 2022
• General News

Sindh Information Minister, Sharjeel Inam Memon, on Friday, handed over cheque of annual grant of Rs.50 million to Karachi Press Club (KPC) on behalf of Sindh government. President KPC Fazil Jamili and General Secretary Rizwan Bhatti received the cheque. Secretary Information Abdul Rasheed Solangi, Director Admin Information Muhammad Yusuf Kaburu were also present on this […]

• November 19, 2022
• Views and Opinion

THE advancement of the internet has enabled people to obtain and distribute news messages at a rapid pace. Most of us now use social media websites and other online platforms to obtain news. The rapid distribution of news on the internet has changed the practice of the news industry. Some of the news reports may […]