The blackout of news from and about Balochistan is now being viewed as an integral part of the broader conflict — as if the media is responsible for the ignorance of the rest of the country about the province By Malik Siraj Akbar The previously overlooked fury in Balochistan against the mainstream media has gradually […]
Shada Islam IT isn’t often that journalists are described as heroes. But once in a while, a reporter stands out above the fray, capturing world attention for her/his charisma, courage, devotion to duty and desire to tell the hard truth about a confused and complicated world. Marie Colvin, the much-respected international war correspondent who was […]
NEW YORK: A global coalition against censorship is needed to protect online journalists and bloggers who are being targeted by repressive governments, a leading advocacy group said on Tuesday. At least 46 journalists died around the world in 2011, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said, an increase from the estimate it released in December. […]
NEW YORK: At least 46 jourrnalists were killed in 2011, with Pakistan the deadliest country for the second year running, a rights group said Tuesday. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said deaths during dangerous assignments — such as covering street protests — reached the highest level on record in 2011 as the Arab […]
Armed men snatch bundles in newspaper market and set them on fire. QUETTA: Unidentified persons set newspaper bundles of Daily Century Express and The Express Tribune on fire in Quetta on Tuesday morning. The hawkers could not distribute the newspapers across the province because of the incidents that took place in the newspaper market and […]
Five men arrested in April 2011 are standing trial, five others on the run. By Zeeshan Mujahid KARACHI: The brother of slain journalist Wali Khan Babar has gone back to court, this time to ask for the inclusion of the names of the people who ordered the hit. Wali Khan Babar, a young emerging journalist, […]
By Sana Saleem The writer is a blogger at The Guardian, Global Voices and Dawn and can be found on twitter @sanasaleem Since the judicial inquiry has been unable to identify people responsible, it is time we step forward. We killed Saleem Shahzad. If you read the report carefully, it lays the blame on us. […]
RAWALPINDI: A spokesman for the ISPR Thursday said the press release issued by the HRW New York on January 30 regarding the report of the judicial commission on Journalist Saleem Shahzad’s alleged murder had been found extremely derogatory, biased and contradictory. He said in a press release that in one stroke Brad Adams (executive director […]
“The media is trying to replace the democraticallyelected PPP government with the poodles of dictators,” PPP Secretary General Jahangir Badr. LAHORE: While the media has become freer, there are still no-go areas like the military establishment and minorities issues that need to be opened up to press scrutiny. At the same time, the media must […]
By Wajahat S Khan Tough-talking journalist is broken a little by a night of death threats. ISLAMABAD: Saturday afternoons in Islamabad are clinically boring. The industrial/agricultural elite of Parliament has packed off for the weekend and anybody who wears stars is off golfing or playing polo. As even the Twitter feed is slow, the news […]
UNITED NATIONS: The Unesco on Wednesday condemned the recent death of a Pakistani journalist Mukarram Khan Aatif and called for measures to improve security conditions for reporters in the country. According to a press release, Unesco Director-General Irina Bokova said it was essential for democracy and the rule of law that the authorities investigate this […]
QUETTA: The provincial chapter of Pakhtun Students Federation (PSF) has supported the campaign of Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) to boycott and block electronic media in Balochistan. In a press release, the PSF provincial leadership alleged that the electronic media was not showing impartiality and TV channels were discriminating against the Baloch and Pakhtun people. The […]
IN view of severe criticism by people from different segments of society the Punjab Assembly had to reverse (Jan 27) the resolution adopted on Jan 24, seeking a ban on ‘objectionable’ music concerts in all public and private educational institutions in the province. This resolution was triggered on account of recent deaths of three girl […]
By: Bari Baloch QUETTA – On the call of Baloch Student Organisation-Muhiud Din and Balochistan National Party-Mengal, cable operators suspended transmission of Urdu news channels across the province. Earlier, the BSO-M and BNP had threatened to suspend transmissions of Urdu private channels from February 1 throughout the province and Baloch-dominated areas in Karachi to protest […]
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