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Journalists threatened for reporting rape case

HYDERABAD: Journalists in Umerkot, including Daily Sindh Express reporter Mushtaq Kunbhar, have received threatening calls for reporting the rape of a six-year-old girl in Meghwadh colony in Umerkot. Kunbhar was physically assaulted on Friday for reporting a particular name. The incident took place on December 2 in Meghwadh colony when the girl, V, went missing […]


Rally held to condemn life attempt on Hamid Mir

Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: Pakistani journalists and leading figures of various political parties came together here on Thursday and protested against Taliban’s attempt to blow Hamid Mir in a car bomb attack. The popular Geo TV and Jang Group journalist became a target of the militants after he provided platform to Malala Yousufzai on his […]


Journalism in Pakistan a tough job: US envoy

PESHAWAR: Doing journalism in Pakistan has become challenging due to the delicate security situation, said US Consul General in Peshawar Robert G Reed on Thursday. During a visit to the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at University of Peshawar, Mr Reed said the field of journalism had gained more importance in the past decade […]


Illegal local radio stations taken off air in Swabi

PESHAWAR: Around a dozen unlicensed FM radio stations were taken off the air in Swabi district over the last couple of days for spreading religious hatred. Also, the administration seized equipment used by these radio stations and booked their owners for illegal activity. The provincial had taken notice of the illegal operations of illegal FM […]


TV Host Nadia Mirza Survives in Militants’ Attack

By: Nouman Younas Karachi: CNBC team narrowly survived from Militants attack in Manghopir area of Karachi. According to details, unidentified terrorists opened fire at CNBC team. In response Police also respond heavily. Famous female host Nadia Mirza was also there in CNBC overage Team. This incident was happened near 7:30 PM, AwamiWeb correspondent reported. It […]


Jasmeen Manzoor quits Samaa TV as court issues stay order

By: Fareeha Khalid Karachi: A senior Pakistani current affairs anchor Jasmeen Manzoor has resigned from Samaa television saying her show has been stopped by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and Builders mafia. Later in another tweet she said that her show was stopped from airing on Wednesday after receiving a stay order from a […]


Efforts on to trace culprits in Hamid Mir case

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police is using all available resources to trace those who tried to target Hamid Mir last week after installing explosive material under the belley of his vehicle parked at `Rana Market’ in sector F-7/2. According to the official source at IGP Office Islamabad, visual footage of a CCTV camera installed in the vicinity […]


Media men stage demo in Landi Kotal

LANDI KOTAL: A protest demonstration of local press reporters was held against their missing colleague, Musa Khan Afridi in front of Landi kotal press club here on Wednesday. Scores of local journalists were holding placards inscribed with slogans like, provide security to the tribal journalists and were chanting full throat slogans in favor of their […]


Reprehensible attacks on media

By: S M Hali In this age of terrorism, war and conflict, media persons, comprising both print and electronic, are exposed to unprecedented dangers because they take calculated risks. Some pay with their lives while others receive serious injuries and at times are maimed forever. Some are targeted deliberately while others simply are in the […]


Pakistan Telecommunication Authority denies lifting YouTube ban

ISLAMABAD: The thrill and excitement over the lifting of the blanket ban on YouTube in Pakistan was short-lived on Monday as the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) hastily announced that the ban on the video- sharing website was still effectively in place. “YouTube remains blocked. No instructions from government to open it,” said PTA Chairmain Farooq […]


Senate committee presses journalists’ security

By: Peer Muhammad ISLAMABAD: Journalists in Pakistan are frequently subject to violence, and hence should be afforded maximum security via suitable legislation, said Senator Farhatullah Babar at a session of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday. The committee observed that not a single report regarding the security of journalists was made […]


Students suffer the ban on YouTube

By: Tabish Gul Since the educational standards in Pakistani institutes are not at all equal, the students saw YouTube as no less than a blessing. The website served as a platform where the students from colleges and universities all over the country could find lectures on their respective field of study by some of the […]


Hobson’s choice for Pakistani media

By: Adnan Rehmat Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. Over 90 journalists in Pakistan have found this out to their mortal peril over the past 12 years. Dozens of others face this serious risk on a daily basis as they go about their professional work. The case of Hamid Mir is more serious than […]


Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province most dangerous place for journalists in Pakistan: Report

KARACHI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is the most dangerous place for journalists in Pakistan, where 14 journalists were killed in the line of duty during last 11 years. Balochistan with the murders of 14 journalists during the same period ranked second, followed by Sindh with 9 killings, FATA with 8, Punjab with 3 and federal capital […]