• June 22, 2023
• General News

Islamabad: Speakers highlighted the importance of promoting and preserving the legacy of Urdu journalism in the current era of media transformation. They expressed these views at the second International Urdu Journalism Conference under the theme of ’75 years of Urdu Journalism’ organized by the National Language Promotion Department on Wednesday. Urdu lovers and journalists from […]

• June 22, 2023
• General News

Armed suspects snatched a mobile phone from a senior subeditor of an Urdu daily, Javed Iqbal, at gunpoint on Tipu Sultan Road. The robbers managed to escape after committing the crime. Similarly, two more journalists working for an English-language newspaper were deprived of their phones, cash, and other valuables on the Baloch Colony Expressway near […]

• June 22, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

Policemen beat up a journalist of a private news channel and took away his mobile phone after deleting a video of officers allegedly taking a goat in a mobile van. After the video went viral on social media, senior officers launched a search for the police mobile and three personnel in uniform and two in […]

• June 22, 2023
• Broadcasting

ISLAMABAD: Cable Operators Association of Pakistan Chairman Khalid Arain on Wednesday claimed that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) will launch a crackdown against over-the-top (OTT) platforms, such as Netflix, after Eidul Azha. He said that a fruitful discussion had taken pl­ace with the senior officials of Pemra, during which the concerns of cable […]

• June 22, 2023
• General News

In a bold move on March 2023, the Lahore High Court invalidated Pakistan’s sedition law, calling it “inconsistent with the constitution” as it has “recklessly been used in Pakistan as a notorious tool for the suppression of dissent, free speech, and criticism.” A written ruling is still in process. This may sound like a win […]

• June 22, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar lost his cool with a reporter at the Parliament House on Thursday after being questioned about the completion of the stalled International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. After addressing a National Assembly session, Dar, flanked by his security guards, was departing the Parliament building when a reporter — identified as Shahid Qureshi […]

• June 22, 2023
• General News

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Pakistani authorities to drop the clearly trumped-up “tax evasion” charge and other charges brought against a Pakistani reporter based in the United States for the obvious reason that he investigated the wealth amassed by a former army commander. The co-founder of the Fact Focus investigative website, Ahmad Noorani […]