• March 21, 2023
• General News

National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has proposed to facilitate dialogue and reconciliation among political factions and stakeholders to overcome the current crisis and find a way forward. Speaking to representatives of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), he emphasized the importance of a collaborative political culture where compromise is possible and stressed that […]

• March 19, 2023
• Obituaries

Veteran author, broadcaster and journalist Syed Rashid Ashraf, known for his long association with BBC Urdu, passed away early on Saturday morning at his home in the Bromley area of London. He was 91. Mr Ashraf joined BBC Urdu in the 60s and remained associated with the publication even after retirement, mentoring young journalists. Born […]

• March 19, 2023
• Broadcasting

ISLAMABAD: The electronic media regulator has slapped a ban on Bol News for the live coverage of clashes between law enforcement personnel and the PTI workers in the federal capital. The two sides came face to face on Saturday when PTI Chairman Imran Khan arrived to appear before a judge in the Toshakhana case. As […]

• March 19, 2023
• Broadcasting

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Saturday barred television channels from the live coverage of rallies or public gatherings and said that “today, a ban has been imposed on coverage of any party, person, or organisation.” According to Pemra, the prohibition order includes a ban on any procession or rally being staged today at […]

• March 19, 2023
• Broadcasting

Lawyers, journalists and press bodies have condemned the ban imposed by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) “live/recorded coverage of any kind of coverage of any kind of rally, public gathering, procession by any party, organisation and individual etc. for today i.e. March 18, 2023 including from the Judicial Complex, Islamabad.” The PEMRA order, […]

• March 19, 2023
• General News

Reflecting the overall deterioration of almost all spheres of life in Pakistan, the state of media is no exemption and the Journalist Community is battling the severe financial issues for the last few years. Also regrettably the issues being faced by the Journalist Community are multifaceted as not only their freedom of expression is merely […]

• March 18, 2023
• General News

ISLAMABAD –  Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial Friday regretted that there is no progress in journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder case and hinted at the formation of a judicial commission regarding the matter. A five-member special bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising […]

• March 17, 2023
• Social Media

KARACHI: A court has asked government institutions to take people’s social media posts highlighting alleged irregularities’ in their functioning as ‘healthy criticism’ instead of treating them as suspects who committed online defamation. Judicial Magistrate (East) Mukesh Kumar Talreja made this observation while dismissing an application of an investigating officer of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) […]

• March 16, 2023
• General News

A book on Safety Handbook for Women Journalists was launched at FC College University on Wednesday. Written by International War Correspondent and Media Trainer, Ms Abeer Saady, the book has been translated in Urdu by Ms Sabahat Afsheen. The book launch event was organised by Faculty of Humanities at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) […]

• March 16, 2023
• General News

Geo News reporter Kashif Mushtaq and cameraman Zeeshan Iqbal covering the anti-encroachment operation in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar neighbourhood were injured in an attack by the locals protesting against the move on Wednesday. “As soon as we reached the neighbourhood, my cameraman started filming the road blocked by the protesters,” explained Mushtaq. “Suddenly, around half a dozen […]

• March 16, 2023
• Obituaries

Masudullah Khan, a veteran journalist and one of the most vocal voices for journalists’ rights, breathed his last on Wednesday after a brief illness — malignancy in lungs. He was buried late in the evening at the local graveyard while Qul prayers would be offered today at 10am at his residence. He was 86 and […]

• March 16, 2023
• Views and Opinion

IN ‘Whitney vs California’, 1927, justice Brandeis of the US supreme court said “… in … government, deliberative forces should prevail over the arbitrary; … freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think are means indispensable to the discovery … of political truth”. Recently, Pemra, the electronic media regulator, imposed a […]

• March 15, 2023
• General News

  ISLAMABAD: Pakistani women of reproductive age (WRA) (15-49 years) bear the triple burden of malnutrition, anaemia and complications of early marriages. This was highlighted during a session aimed to sensitise journalists about the challenges of malnutrition in Pakistan. The event was organised by Nutrition International on Tuesday. They were told that almost 42pc women […]

• March 15, 2023
• General News

Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Justice Shahid Karim sought replies from the quarters concerned on a plea seeking a comprehensive report from PEMRA upon “why the PEMRA’s prohibition order on former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif’s speeches was being violated and what action has so far been taken yet”. As proceedings commenced, petitioner Munir Ahmed’s counsel […]