PESHAWAR – Peshawar based Afghan journalist Pir Rahamdil Shah disappeared in the wake of frequent threats to anonymous telephonic calls and letters from unknown persons. A son of Pir Rahamdil Shah told journalists that his father became target of militants when he had assisted a journalist from Jalalabad a couple of years back. After getting […]
The federal government here on Monday accused national media organisations of misreporting the activities of President Asif Ali Zardari and also of not entertaining clarifications issued by the presidency in this regard. A law officer, Abdul Hayee Gillani, made these allegations before a full bench of the Lahore High Court during the hearing of a […]
LAHORE: Journalist bodies, trade unions and civil society organisations on Monday took out a procession against “threats to the press club and some individual journalists” by outlawed Lashker-i-Jhangvi. Carrying placards, they condemned life threats to senior photographer Azhar Jafri and his family as well as to the Lahore Press Club (LPC). The pointed that alleged […]
KARACHI: Rangers arrested the former president of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s (LeJ) Sindh chapter during a raid in Karachi on Sunday, reported Express News. Qari Abdul Hayee, alias Asadullah, was allegedly involved in the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. He was arrested in 2003 from Multan over his suspected involvement in planning and carrying out the kidnapping […]
By: Muhammad Akbar Notezai The issue of the killings of Balochistan’s journalists is neither being paid heed to internationally nor nationally In Balochistan, journalists are susceptible to danger because of their honest and brave reporting in the restive province. Moreover, there are many journalists who have quit performing their journalistic duties. This is the reason […]
PESHAWAR: Militants continued targeting CD centres in the rural Peshawar as another shop was bombed in Matani early Sunday. The officials of Matani Police Station said the militants had planted explosives near the CD shop owned by one Israruddin that went off in the midnight. The CD shop was destroyed while four nearby shops were […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday approved the posting of 15 press attaches abroad just a day before the ending of his tenure, writes Mehtab Haider. When contacted, PS to PM Shafqat Jalil confirmed that the premier had approved the summary. The premier approved appointments for Washington, New York, New Delhi, London, Brussels, […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in a recent enforcement bid against violating cable TV operators in Faisalabad and vicinities took action against cable TV operators who despite repeated warnings were involved in relaying proscribed, banned content and excessive CD channels, says a press release. PEMRA Enforcement team headed by AGM Waqar and Inspector […]
2013/14 Fellowship – Apply Online Become the next Neuffer Fellow The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship is designed for a woman journalist working in print, broadcast or digital news media to spend seven months in a tailored program that combines access to MIT’s Center for International Studies and media outlets including The Boston Globe and The New […]
KARACHI- Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has constituted Press Council Committee, says a press release issued by CPNE Secretary General Amir Mehmood on Wednesday. Khushnood Ali Khan (Daily Sahafat) was nominated as Chairman, while Rameeza Majid Nizami (Daily Nawa-i-Waqt) as Vice Chairperson of the newly formed committee. Other members of Press Council Committee (PCC) […]
By Asad Kharal The new system, dubbed “Evil Mobile Software”, allows people to send text messages from any mobile number. LAHORE: The message says you still have a chance to win Rs50,000 an hour as long as you respond “WIN” to 5555. It is signed by a major cellular service provider but comes from an […]
KARACHI: Women journalists were awarded at the country’s first women in media awards ceremony organised by Uks, a research, resource and publication centre on women and media, on Wednesday. “It is great to see women journalists getting recognition through the Uks platform, but while celebrating today’s media women we should also remember the pioneers such […]
Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: The draft of the Freedom of the Information Act the provincial cabinet had approved on Monday is an altogether different version of the original document. Thankfully, it denies what the provincial bureaucracy wanted it to be and allows people to adequately know what the government is doing or not doing for them. […]
According to international media, more than 48 journalists have been killed in Pakistan by various terror groups and state agencies in the last few years Pakistani and international print and electronic media have been publishing heartbreaking reports on the harassment of journalists by Pakistan state security agencies and militant groups since 9/11. The Taliban, sectarian […]
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