LAHORE:Asking a vexing question regarding “diminishing space for freedom of speech” and curbs on media in Pakistan to the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, apparently cost the questioner, who happens to be President Press Club Lahore his ‘contract’ with state-run PTV. According to President Lahore Press Club Azam Chaudhry, immediately after the PM’s press conference […]
KARACHI: Senior reporter at Daily Jang, Syed Muhammad Askari returned home in the wee hours of Monday, a day after going missing on Saturday night, Geo News reported. Askari had disappeared after being allegedly picked up by the police and personnel dressed in plain clothes. The incident was reported at the Baloch Colony Police Station […]
Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that journalist Azam Chaudhry — who is reported to have claimed he was “taken off the air” from the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) for asking a question related to press freedom from the prime minister — was never an employee of the state-run broadcaster. “He is and has […]
PESHAWAR – A reporter named Jan Alam Khan (name changed for security reasons) recently filed a story in a local Urdu newspaper in Peshawar regarding the interim cabinet in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government after the devolution of the Assembly by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government. During the selection process for the interim cabinet, various names surfaced […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) welcomes the safe return of Daily Jang senior reporter Syed Muhammad Askari, a day after he was “picked up” in Karachi. PPF expresses alarm over the continued unexplained abductions of journalists in Pakistan. PPF also urges the relevant authorities to ensure that Askari’s electronic devices are returned as under the Sindh-level […]
KARACHI: Photo Journalists’ Panel clean swept the Pakistan Association of Press Photographers (PAPP) Annual Elections 2023-24, held on Saturday, here at Karachi Press Club. As per details, all the Photojournalist Panel candidates clinched their respective slots with majority votes, including Mohammad Jameel for the post of President, Ejaz Korai for the post of Vice President, […]
LAHORE – Senior journalist and Chief Reporter of a local news agency Naeem Khan Niazi has been looted in Johar Town Area here. Senior journalist Naeem Khan Niazi was sitting in a car outside his house at around 8:00 pm on Saturday night, when two bikers snatched his cell phones and cash on gun point […]
WASHINGTON-In less than 48 hours, Meta’s Twitter rival Threads has surpassed 70 million sign-ups, upended the social media landscape and appears to have rattled Twitter enough that it is now threatening legal action against Meta. But even as users signed up for Threads in droves, with some clearly eager to flee the chaos of Elon […]
ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday strongly condemned a social media sinister campaign pertaining to “assassinating” Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir, saying that the people involved were brainwashed in a similar manner like those who were before the May 9 chaos. In a statement, the prime minister directed the agencies concerned […]
ISLAMABAD—In a concerning trend for press freedom advocates, censorship in Pakistani media continues to raise alarms as incidents of muted speech and blurred images come to light. The latest incident involved Dunya News Television muting the mention of a prominent analyst’s reference to the Vigo Pickup, often attributed to intelligence agencies concerning abductions and kidnappings. […]
LAHORE: The Punjab Information Commission fined Rs 50,000 to the Excise Headquarters Director for not disclosing information on expenses on transport used by the Excise DG during 2021-22. Chief Information Commissioner Mehboob Qadir Shah while delivering the verdict in the Shahbaz Akmal Advocate v. DG Excise case, said the lawyer had requested an inspection of […]
Pakistan top news channel ARY is currently under severe criticism for blurring out the picture of Pakistan tehreek e Insaf Chairman Imran Khan for IMF meeting. The file footage showed on channel blurred ex-PM while picture of IMF representative and Shah Mehmood Qureshi was crystal clear. Right now #ShameonAry and #boycottARY is trending on top […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s directives to private news television channels to ban the coverage of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and its chairman Imran Khan following May 9 riots. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry, dismissed the plea after petitioner Mohammad […]
NOWSHERA: The office-bearers of the Nowshera Press Club (NPC) have supported the reconciliation efforts launched by the Peshawar-based senior journalists and government officials aimed at community unity. The support was expressed at a meeting of the office-bearers of the NPC and members of the governing body. Peshawar Press Club President Arshad Aziz Malik, former president […]
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