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Monthly Archives: April 2023

Controversy Surrounds National Bank of Pakistan’s Selection Process for Advertising Agencies

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  The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) is facing a backlash as serious concerns have been raised . An integrated marketing communication company, headquartered out of Karachi, has raised alarm bells after not being selected for the advertising contract, despite fulfilling all requirements and submitting a proposal. A letter was submitted to the NBP titled, […]


‘I am dying every day:’ Wife of killed Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif calls for justice

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Justice remains elusive six months after the killing of prominent Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya on October 23, 2022. Kenyan authorities claimed Sharif was shot dead by Kenyan police in an incident that shocked Pakistan’s media community and raised questions about whether his death was connected to his work. “This was a targeted killing,” […]


Controversy Surrounds National Bank of Pakistan’s Selection Process for Advertising Agencies

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The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) is facing a backlash as serious concerns have been raised . An integrated marketing communication company, headquartered out of Karachi, has raised alarm bells after not being selected for the advertising contract, despite fulfilling all requirements and submitting a proposal. A letter was submitted to the NBP titled, ‘Concerns […]


Another ‘missing’ activist of PTI has returned home, Sindh High Court told

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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court was on Wednesday informed that another missing social media activist of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf also returned safely. Earlier, three other missing members of the party’s social media team had also reached their homes after their relatives petitioned the SHC seeking their whereabouts. When a two-judge bench headed by Justice […]


APNS nominates committees’ heads

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KARACHI: The President, Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani and the Secretary General, Sarmad Ali of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society have nominated Faisal Zahid Malik to head the Small, Medium – Sized Metropolitan ‘B’ Publications Committee of the APNS as Chairman. The Economic Affairs Division data shows that the country has not received foreign assistance from China […]


Challenging misrepresentation of Pakistan in global media narratives

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The idea of Pakistan, in the global narrative contest, is the picture of chaos, intellectual vacancy, and political immaturity with neither end nor prospect in sight. In this reductive discourse, Pakistani citizens neither know their rights nor have the acumen to separate fact from fiction. Pakistan is a hard country. Where have you heard this […]


Marketing companies asked to stop advertising illegal housing schemes

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RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on Tuesday asked the owners of three marketing companies– Advice Associates, Lead Marketing and Zameen.com – to stop advertising illegal housing schemes. RDA Director General Saif Anwar Jappa said that advertising illegal housing schemes is unlawful under 46 (1) of Punjab Development Authorities Private Housing Scheme Rules-2021 which is […]


Kenya refuses to help Pakistan in Arshad Sharif murder case

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LONDON/NAIROBI: The Kenyan government authorities have told Pakistan point-blank they will not cooperate anymore with the Pakistan investigators in the Arshad Sharif murder investigation. Pakistani authorities have written to Kenya’s Foreign Office requesting it they be allowed to do a fresh investigation in Kenya, but the Kenyan government has made it clear on more than […]


Geo News anchor becomes fist Pakistani journalist to run Boston Marathon

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Geo News anchorperson Muhammad Junaid became the first Pakistani journalist to run the Boston Marathon on Monday. The 127th Boston Marathon featured nearly 30,000 athletes from more than 100 countries “Time has come. I may be the one running the Boston Marathon today but it’s not for me only I am running for all of […]


Heal the press

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WHEN I was employed at this newspaper and working on these pages in the mid-2000s, a colleague and I would call each other following a violent incident in the city to alert each other about routes to take to keep us safe. Later, we would discuss the incident in terms of where we thought the […]


Journalist Imran Mansab Khan, Naveed Satti deprived of cars in Islamabad

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Two senior journalists, Imran Mansab Khan and Naveed Satti were deprived of their cars early Sunday morning as car thieves cracked down in various parts of the garrison city during the early hours and took away their cars. Imran Mansab Khan is working for the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) and according to the details, the […]


APNS requests Shami to head Government Press Relations Committee

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KARACHI: The President, Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani and the Secretary General, Sarmad Ali of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society have requested Mujib-ur-Rahman Shami to head the Government Press Relations Committee of the APNS as Chairman. They have also requested Muhammad Aslam Kazi to be Chairman of the Arbitration/ Dispute Resolution Committee. The members nominated on the […]


Sami Ibrahim Urges CJP Bandial To Take Immediate Notice Of Akash Ram’s Abduction

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BOl news marketing head Akash has been abducted on April 11 Protest camp to be set outside Supreme Court on Tuesday Supreme Court will be requested to hear the application at the earliest BOL News senior anchor Sami Ibrahim urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to take immediate notice of BOL Marketing Head Akash […]


Can AI Completely Replace Journalists and News Anchors?

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The future of journalism can potentially go massive changes if the progression of artificial intelligence (AI) goes as predicted and takes center stage. Journalists and News Anchors have a lot to worry about as their careers can come to a sad and technological ending but to what extent is this claim real and how fast […]