PESHAWAR: Journalists in Peshawar have condemned an attack in Upper Dir on Wari Press Club, burnt by protestors angered by an anti-Islam film. Journalists at the club were also reportedly held hostage as scattered protests continued in parts of the country. The Peshawar Press Club termed the incident an attack on the freedom of press […]
SUKKUR: A Samaa TV reporter, Iftikhar Arain, and his cameraman were beaten by staff at Civil Hospital, Shikarpur on Sunday. On Sunday evening, a woman, identified as Chasmi, was admitted in labour but there was no female doctor available. Her angry relatives started protesting outside the hospital. Arain and his cameraman rushed to the hospital […]
HYDERABAD: Thousands of people including Christians and Hindus, activists of various religious and political parties and members of trade bodies took to the streets here on Sunday to voice their protest against the US-made blasphemous film, which has sparked anger among Muslims worldwide. Similar rallies were taken out in other cities and towns of Sindh. […]
By: Tariq Hussain Islamabad: The anti-Islamic forces call it freedom of speech when they criticise and ridicule Muslims but when Muslims do the same thing they call it hate speech. Now the question arises why is there present a double standard with the same words carrying different meanings for different people. Daily Times
By: DR MASOOD RASHID The Americans have done it again. Last year Terry Jones and his colleagues burnt our Holy Quran. The Americans and their government did not bother to register a case against him, what to talk about punishing him, obviously under the garb of ‘freedom of expression’ they are getting away with whatever […]
Nine training workshops on the basics of journalism for district correspondents have been conducted by the Rural Media Network Pakistan (RMNP), with the support of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). A total of 229 district correspondents, including 68 students of the Media Studies Department of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and […]
By: Malik Muhammad Ashraf Media, regrettably, like the political polarisation in the country, is also divided into anti-government, pro-government, and rightist groups Dr Robert Maynard Hutchison, the former vice-chancellor of Chicago University, headed the Hutchison Commission formed in the US in 1942 to make recommendations on the freedom of expression and media’s obligations towards society. […]
ISLAMABAD: The authorities on Thursday blocked access to an anti-Islam video clip as security measures were beefed up around US diplomatic missions, following attacks on American consulates and embassies in Libya, Egypt and Yemen. “We have beefed up the security for possible threats to the US embassy,” Khurram Rasheed, a senior police official responsible for […]
ISLAMABAD: Executive Council of World Association of Press Councils (WAPC) has approved the membership of Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) in its annual meeting held on September 6, at Moro Goro, Tanzania. Request for the membership of this prestigious organisation was made by the PCP last year. PCP Chairman Raja Shafqat Abbasi gave a detailed […]
CHENABNAGAR: Armed men attacked local journalist Tahir Razzak who was on his way to Chiniot by motorbike. When he reached Pahari Darrah, the attackers riding on a car stopped him and tried to put him in their car. The journalist offered resistance. Resultantly, one of the attackers opened fire on him but he narrowly escaped. […]
RT Rev Dr Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith on Saturday lent his voice to media rights campaigners. Speaking at [an] … award ceremony, he said the killings and disappearances of journalists must be probed and the perpetrators brought to justice…. On the Committee to Protect Journalists Impunity Index 2012, Sri Lanka is ranked fourth –– below Iraq, […]
MARDAN: A Compact Disc (CD) shop was blown up in Muslimabad in the limits of Par Hoti Police Station here Sunday, sources said. The sources said that unidentified persons had planted explosives near the shop located in the Duranabad Chowk on the Mardan-Swabi road. The explosives went off at around 04:30am and caused damage to […]
Ethical Code of Practice An Ethical Code of Practice was formulated the press for the purpose of its functioning in accordance with the cannons of decency, principles of professional conduct and precepts of freedom and responsibility to serve the public interest by ensuring an unobstructed flow of news and views to the people envisaging that […]
TANDO ADAM: A large number of journalists belonging to print and electronic media took out a rally here yesterday to protest against threats of dire consequences to the reporter and a cameraman for making footage of incident of beating a man to death in Joharabad, Charkha Ghar locality of Tando Adam. The lawyers, teachers, activists […]
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