By: Aurangzeb After the Saach TV and the Transparency International Pakistan’s letter to the SC, Naseem Zehra of the Dunya news was allowed to do a little segment of her program with Ansar Abassi. Belatedly the Waqt News channel has been courageous enough to call Ansar Abbassi on Fareeha Idrees’s program at her 8pm show, […]
By: Mazhar Abbas Ansar Abbasi, editor of investigations for Pakistan’s leading media group Jang, is apparently facing a de facto ban from his own employers. Other TV channels also report being told not to air his views. Abbasi has charged cable operators with spreading immoral, anti-Islamic messages through Indian movies and other popular culture broadcasts. […]
QUETTA: National Party (NP) President Dr Malik Baloch on Friday condemned the alleged state attack on the Baloch media and the kidnapping of a TV anchorperson’s brother. Addressing a press conference at the Quetta Press Club, Baloch said that he wanted to express his party’s solidarity with anchorperson Razaq Sarbazi, whose brother Jalil Sarbazi was […]
Umerkot: Journalists condemned the cases registered against Karachi-bases journalist Azad Nohrio and his family at Chhor police station. Mirpurkhas DIG Ghulam Haider Jamali has asked the police to look into the issue. Cases were filed against Nohrio, his father and four uncles. Two of his uncles, Ibrahim and Ismail, were also arrested by the police […]
With 103 journalists killed in the year 2011, Pakistan was ranked as the fourth dangerous place to work in the field of journalism by Vienna-based press watchdog, IPI. And as the general perception puts journalists and bloggers in the same category, the online news disseminators are equally at risk. However, a recent research shows that […]
QUETTA: The renowned Baloch poetess, writer, thinker and a lecturer at the Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University (SKB) Nusheen Qambrani was attacked by unidentified armed men at her residence, late Tuesday night. According to the police, unidentified armed men entered Qambrani’s house and threatened to kill her and kidnap her daughter. The armed men also […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that the media should also present itself for accountability and an effective and implementable code of conduct was necessary for the media. During proceedings on applications of known journalists – Hamid Mir and Absar Alam – the two-member SC bench comprising Justice Jawad S Khwaja and Justice Khilji […]
MANSEHRA: Two persons were injured and a CD shop was destroyed in a blast here on Sunday. The bomb, planted at a CD shop, went off when Mohammad Adnan, the owner of the adjacent vegetable shop, pulled the shutter of his shop up to open it. Mr Adnan and a passerby identified as Shahzad were […]
By: Muhammad Babar MANDI BAHAUDDIN: A meeting of the executive body of the Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society of Mandi Bahauddin expressed grave concern over the life threats being posed to rights activist and journalist Syed Manzar Sajjad. Condemning the threats, PESS President Major Sher Gondal warned the human traffickers who are allegedly posing threats to the […]
SWABI: Unidentified miscreants blew up three CD shops at village Bacha with time bomb in the wee hours of Monday here, police said. The incident occurred in the limits of Swabi police station where miscreants placed low intensity bombs to CD shops and detonated it with remote-control device. No loss of life was reported. According […]
MANDI BAHAUDDIN: For broadcasting a report on a private TV channel regarding human trafficking from here, a reporter is facing life threats on phone. Syed Manzar Sajjad lodged a complaint with DCO Tariq Chaudhry about the threats and the DCO has assured him provision of complete security and support. He claimed that the report was […]
ISLAMABAD: Two eminent and respected journalists, Hamid Mir and Absar Alam, have knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court demanding constitution of a National Media Commission to hold the journalists and media-owners accountable and to formulate a code of conduct. They have also demanded of the apex court that the proposed commission may also […]
PESHAWAR: The Individual and Pakistan has urged media to play a constructive role by demonstrating impartiality while doing conflict reporting, as it is a significant forum that could assist in resolving disputes. Shaukat Ali Ashraf, a trainer of Individual and Pakistan, stressed the need for media impartiality in conflict reporting. He said this while addressing […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday gave final approval for the setting up of a sub-committee which could work with the information ministry to finalise legislation on freedom of information. The convenor of the sub-committee will be Senator Farhatullah Babar, whereas Senator Syed Zafar Ali Shah and Senator Daud Khan […]
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