The Federal Information Secretary Ms. Shahera Shahid has assured that the genuine problems of the newspapers and periodicals shall be addressed on priority basis adding the government was fully alive to the hardship faced by the newspaper industry. She expressed these views while talking to the delegation of the Federal Committee of the APNS that […]
BAHAWALPUR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 17th Feb, 2023 ) :Bahawalpur Union of Journalists (BhUJ) has demanded of the media outlets to ensure payment of salaries to journalists and media workers at the earliest. A meeting of Bahawalpur Union of Journalists (BhUJ) was held with its President, A. Majeed Gill in the chair at […]
ISLAMABAD – Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (PEMRA) to refrain private TV channels from airing development advertisements ahead of impending National Assembly elections, especially in Sindh. According to a notification, the by-elections of 64 National Assembly seats including in Sindh province were going to be […]
SWAT: A large number of civil society members, political activists, journalists and youth paid glowing tribute to slain journalist Musa Khankhel for his professional and fearless reporting during militancy in Swat. They were speaking at a ceremony held here to observe the 14th death anniversary of the journalist, who was killed in Matta tehsil on […]
MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on Saturday said his government would send delegations of Kashmiri journalists to Western, Middle Eastern and Central Asian states to draw attention of opinion makers there towards the flagrant human rights violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and its impact on the Kashmiris on both side of the […]
KARACHI: Saturday, day two, at the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) had one serious discussion worth pondering over about ‘Invasive Media: Right to Privacy’ and one non-serious discussion, which you hope to put behind you soon, about humour, satire and mimicry ‘Hum Sangeen Mazaq ke Lapait Mein Hain [We Are in the Grips of Extreme Fun]’ […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has said the Special Joint Investigation Team (SJIT) should probe the basic questions, what motivated Arshad Sharif to leave Pakistan and why Dubai government ordered the renowned journalist to leave the country. Senior journalist Arshad Sharif was killed on 23rd October 2022, in Kajlado County, about three hours outside Nairobi, Kenya. […]
Caretaker Provincial Minister for Information and Culture Amir Mir has said that process of accessing information to the public should be made easier and the public has a right to information about tax-funded government projects. He expressed these views during with Punjab Information Commissioner Syed Mehboob Qadir on Friday. Syed Mehboob Qadir presented a report […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday directed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to share a copy of proposed amendments in Pemra law with the respondents, which is meant to provide a legal forum to address the issues faced by electronic media journalists. During proceedings, the court was informed that due to financial […]
KARACHI: The Commission for the Protection of Journalists and Other Media Practitioners (CJMP) will strive for tackling impunity for crimes against journalists and the media in Sindh, Rasheed Rizvi, a retired judge, said on Thursday. In his concluding remarks at a meeting of the Pakistan Journalists Safety Coalition’s (PJSC) Sindh chapter in Karachi, retired Justice […]
Sahiwal: The Punjab government has reversed its earlier decision to remove members of the Punjab Information Commission, according to a new notification issued on Thursday. This came after the Information and Culture Department of Punjab issued a controversial notification on February 13, which removed the Chief Information Commissioner, Mahboob Qadir Shah, and Information Commissioner, Dr. […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the online trolling campaign against woman journalist Javeria Siddique. Siddique is the wife of the late journalist Arshad Sharif, who was killed in Kenya on October 24, 2022. Such a campaign reflects the gendered nature of attacks that women journalists in Pakistan are subjected to online, often based on personal […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) commemorates the life of journalist Aziz Memon who was found dead on February 16, 2020. Memon’s murder was ruled a “well-planned murder” and represented the danger journalists face for their work. Despite the passage of three years and multiple arrests, Memon’s case is still ongoing in court. On February 16, 2020, […]
ISLAMABAD: The Government of Punjab has removed all three members of the Punjab Information Commission (PIC) on February 13, 2023, The Reporters learnt. The Chief Information Commissioner, Mahboob Qadir Shah, and Information Commissioners Shaukat Ali and Dr. Arif Mushtaq were de-notified with immediate effect by the Information and Culture Department of Punjab, on the directions […]
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