ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the dictatorial thinking always looks for an opportunity to derail the democracy in Pakistan and the same approach is always ready to gag the freedom of the press. “The restrictions on freedom of media weaken democracy and also cause disharmony […]
Journalism is a difficult job in Pakistan. If an institution or political group is unhappy with a journalist, their life becomes difficult. However, journalists continue to work despite the threat of terrorists and mafias. Many of our colleagues have parted ways with us, most of whom did not receive justice. Arshad Sharif, Saleem Shehzad, Mushtaq […]
Tarek Fatah, a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author, died on April 24 this year. He had for years criticized the partition of India, which many people do, but he went many steps further by calling for the annihilation of Pakistan. He was a leftist student leader and a journalist in Karachi in the 1960s and 1970s […]
KHUZDAR: Outside the Khuzdar Press Club stands a column topped with the likeness of a hand cast in iron and holding a pen. The imposing structure seems to celebrate the notion of a free press. The reality could not be more different. In 2014, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranked Khuzdar, the capital of Khuzdar district […]
KHUZDAR: Outside the Khuzdar Press Club stands a column topped with the likeness of a hand cast in iron and holding a pen. The imposing structure seems to celebrate the notion of a free press. The reality could not be more different. In 2014, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranked Khuzdar, the capital of Khuzdar district […]
Hamid Mir is a senior journalist associated with Geo News, one of Pakistan’s largest media groups. Mir has survived attempts on his life and has been forced off the air several times. Source: VOA
KHUZDAR: Outside the Khuzdar Press Club stands a column topped with the likeness of a hand cast in iron and holding a pen. The imposing structure seems to celebrate the notion of a free press. The reality could not be more different. In 2014, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranked Khuzdar, the capital of Khuzdar […]
New York, May 2, 2023—Pakistan authorities must conduct an immediate and impartial investigation into the abduction and alleged electrocution of journalist Gohar Wazir and hold the perpetrators to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. At around 4 p.m. on April 19, five unidentified men abducted Wazir, a reporter for the privately owned Pashto-language […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s (NA) Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges has given the go-ahead to table a “contempt of parliament bill” on the floor of the House soon, reported The News on Wednesday. The decision was taken by the lawmakers during an in-camera meeting of the NA panel on Tuesday. The meeting […]
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) has launched a new video streaming platform, PTVFlix, with an extensive library of programs that aims to become Pakistan’s answer to Netflix. This new over-the-top (OTT) platform will enable users worldwide to access PTV’s vast content library, including TV shows, dramas, documentaries, sports, and other programs. The app is available on […]
پاکستان میں 2023 میں ہونے والے آئندہ عام انتخابات غیر یقینی صورتحال کا شکار ہیں، لیکن سیاسی بیان بازیوں، ریلیوں اور مظاہروں نے پہلے ہی میڈیا کے تحفظ اور ملک میں اظہار رائے کی آزادی پر گہرے منفی اثرات مرتب کیے ہیں۔ بدقسمتی سے، 2022-23 میں میڈیا پر حملوں کی نوعیت سے معلوم ہوتا ہے […]
پاکستان 2022-23 کے دوران سیاسی عدم استحکام اور غیر یقینی صورتحال کا شکار رہا ہے، جس کی وجہ سے سیاسی ماحول اور پولرائزیشن (تَقطِيب) میں اضافہ ہوا ہے۔ بدقسمتی سے اس کے نتیجے میں ملک میں میڈیا کے تحفظ اور پریس کی آزادی پر حملے ہوئے ہیں۔ سیاسی پولرائزیشن اور غیر یقینی صورتحال پاکستان میں […]
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