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Life is cheap in Pakistan — for journalists

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By Irfan Ashraf The writer is a doctoral fellow at Southern Illinois University in the US For the last three years in a row, Pakistan has been declared one of the most dangerous countries in the world for working journalists. Thirteen journalists were killed in different incidents in 2012. And 2013, not even two months […]


Pakistan Taliban ‘ban vulgar films, Viagra’

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PESHAWAR: The Pakistani Taliban have warned shopkeepers in a popular market to stop selling “obscene films” and Viagra-style male potency pills. Shopkeepers told AFP on Monday that they found handwritten pamphlets containing the warnings after opening on Saturday in Karkhano market in Peshawar. “Selling sex drugs, vulgar films and obscene movies are against Sharia,” said […]


Sindh CM announces Rs4 million for KPC

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* Qaim says uplift funds will also be released for Journalists Housing Society KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah had a meeting with newly elected office-bearers of Karachi Press Club (KPC), who called on him at Chief Minister House, under leadership of Imtiaz Khan Farhan, the President of KPC. The chief minister congratulated […]


Militancy strikes: Blast near DVD shop, mosque kills 10 in Orakzai

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HANGU: Ten people were killed and another 26 were wounded on Friday when a bomb exploded near a shop selling DVDs in the lower Orakzai Agency – an area that the military claims to have cleared of Taliban fighters. The attack happened in Kalaya, the main town of Orakzai Agency where the military has been […]


Journalists unanimous in upholding media ethics

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By: Ashraf Ansari Islamabad: At a seminar on media ethics and court reporting, senior journalists and lawyers agreed that there was urgent need to abide by the professional norms by media, lawyers and other professionals in fulfilment of national imperatives. Islamabad High Court Bar Association organised the seminar in collaboration with Press Council of Pakistan […]


Lift the ban on YouTube

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By: Rafay Mahmood KARACHI: The government’s ban on video-sharing website YouTube has been protested on Twitter and Facebook time and again by everyone from ordinary citizens to journalists and musicians in the past four months. While most have tried to live a life without YouTube — either by using Vimeo and Dailymotion — or around […]


Media freedom part of Pakistan People’s Party manifesto: Kaira

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DINGA: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Sunday said that the PPP would seek people’s votes on the basis of its manifesto. Speaking after administering oath to the newly elected office-bearers of Media Council here, Kaira said the PPP-led government had launched several development projects in the country which were the […]


CD shops blown up in Nowshera

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NOWSHERA: Six Compact Disc (CD) shops were blown up in Sherin Kotay in the limits of Risalpur Police Station early Saturday, sources said. The sources said that explosive devices planted by unidentified persons at the market went off early in the day, destroying six shops. About 10 suspected persons were arrested during search operation after […]


Security forces allowing extremists to attack minorities: Human Rights Watch

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ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Watch has accused the government of having failed to act against abuses committed by security and intelligence agencies which are letting extremist groups to attack religious minorities. “The authorities did little to address attacks against journalists and human rights defenders, and committed serious abuses in counter-terrorism operations,” the HRW said in […]


United States support vibrant, free media in Pakistan: Olson

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United States Ambassador in Pakistan Richard Olson has said that the US government strongly supports a vibrant and independent media in Pakistan to provide factual information to the people for holding their government accountable. “I want to make it very clear that the US government strongly support your efforts to provide the people of Pakistan […]


Zardari takes pride in upholding media freedom

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By: Shoaib A Raja Kaira reaffirms commitment to freedom of expression ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday took pride in upholding media freedoms and showing tolerance for dissent. He said, “We have extended the hand of friendship to all political forces, to the media and all stakeholders as well and we feel satisfied that […]


Journalists defer sit-in to Feb 7

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By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: After assurances that their major demands would be addressed within a week, media persons from all parts of the country here on Monday deferred their sit-in in front of the parliament house to February 7. The sit-in was organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) demanding the government arrest […]


Link ads to timely payment of journalists’ salaries: Senators

Journalists walk out from Senate in support of their demands By: Ijaz Kakakhel ISLAMABAD: Legislators in the Upper House on Monday asked the government to link advertisements giving to newspapers to the regular payment of salaries to journalists along with their life insurance. The House was told that Pakistan had become the most dangerous country […]


Civil society, labour unions support the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists demands

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Karachi: Trade unions, federations, labour-supporting organisations and civil society organisations have supported the demands of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to arrest the culprit killers of the journalists and delaying tactics to set up the 8th Wage Board and non-payment of salaries to the media persons by various media organisations. In a joint […]