Sajjad Haider KARACHI: The Election Commission has rejected the nomination papers of renowned columnist and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ayaz Amir ‘for writing against the ideology of Pakistan’ in his columns. District Returning Officer (DRO) Ch Anwer Ahmed Khan also summoned Amir to appear before court by April 6. Eyewitnesses said local […]
The speakers at a panel discussion held during a workshop on ‘Role of Media in Current Political Scenario’ viewed that the political parties and their candidates were using the media for their election campaign instead of visiting their respective constituencies for canvassing. “The candidates used to visit their constituencies and conduct electioneering through corner meetings […]
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan Ishtiq Khan said on Wednesday that code of conduct covering the upcoming general election 2013 to ensure dissemination of credible and unbiased news has been finalized. Addressing a press conference he said,”It is very encouraging as first time in the history of the country media representatives forwarded their suggestions […]
YASIR BABBAR Latest innovations in education and general reporting were highlighted at a four-day workshop (March 21 to 25) held in Dubai for Pakistan-based journalists. The participants included 10 Karachi-based reporters who were given extensive lectures by senior journalists from the UK on the latest skills required in education and general reporting. The workshop was […]
KHUDAYAR MOHLA Resuming hearing on Media Commission’s report on transparent distribution of government advertisements in the media on Tuesday, the Supreme Court sought a report from the federation on the issue. A two-member bench of Justices Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain was hearing identical petitions filed against the federation on the release […]
Swat – Police have thrashed a private channel journalist when he was covering death of three children in a road accident. As per details, yesterday morning three innocent school going children have been died in a roadside accident at the Gulibagh area of Swat. The children were going to school after they were hit by […]
ASIM QADEER RANA ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan is likely to finalise a code of conduct for the media covering the upcoming general elections 2013 to ensure dissemination of credible and unbiased news. Officials told TheNation on Sunday that the representatives of media organisations, the code of conduct for media has got its […]
KARACHI: As the ban on the video sharing website, YouTube, remains intact six months after an amateur film forced the government to block it for public access, the Sindh High Court (SHC) dismissed a plea asking the same. Rana Faizul Hasan, the general secretary of the United Human Rights Commission, had taken the federal ministries […]
Training workshop KARACHI: White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan (WRCP), in collaboration with the Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS) of Germany, organised a training workshop for women journalists under the Continued Professional Education (CPE) programme at a local hotel on Wednesday. HBS Country Director Britta Petersen instructed the journalists on different aspects and issues of ‘Conflict Sensitive Journalism’ […]
Rauf Parekh The manipulation of media and its ever-increasing influence on society has been a subject of many research studies. However, the scholarship in the Urdu language has remained limited to literary, historical and religious studies and areas such as media studies got very little attention of it. That is why a book in Urdu […]
BAHAWALNAGAR – The members and office-bearers of the Press Club condemned the character assassination of district deputy information director by a media group. According to details, one Tariq Ismail levelled indecent charges against the director. The press club president and members observed that the deputy director information had a good character and was courteous with […]
Karachi: Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) started a ‘Safety and first-aid’ training course for its staff members here on Tuesday evening. The training course was aimed to enable the trainees to give first-aid to an injured in case of emergency. The proper use of the first-aid kit was also included in the training course, moderated by […]
NEW YORK: The family of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl welcomed on Monday the arrest in Pakistan of a former leader of a banned militant outfit allegedly involved in his 2002 murder. Qari Abdul Hayee, popularly known as Asadullah and from Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal neighbourhood, was detained in a raid on his hideout on Sunday, according […]
APROPOS of a report (March 14) giving an account of an event where awards were given to women journalists, I would say it was a commendable move. But at the same time I would like to point out that those mentioned in the report are not the ones to be described as the first few […]
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