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All Pakistan Newspapers Society takes up security issue with Malik

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), headed by its President Sarmad Ali, on Wednesday called on Interior Minister Rehman Malik and discussed at length Taliban threats to certain media houses for highlighting the attack on Malala Yousafzai explicitly. The delegates included Business Recorder Chief Executive Arshad Zuberi and Nawa-i-Waqt Group Deputy Managing […]


Government denies state TV will be used against judiciary

ISLAMABAD: A spokesman of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has strongly rejected contents of a news item published in dailies “The News” and “Jang” on October 17, 2012, alleging that government TV will be used to ridicule the judiciary. The spokesman said that the government and its institutions respect the judiciary as an important […]


Cop harasses Nai Baat reporter

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) Sunday asked the provincial government to take stern action against Sub Inspector Kishwar Khan of Gulberg Police Station for harassing and misbehaving with a staff reporter of an Urdu daily. The union threatened to launch a series of protests if prompt action was not taken. The KhUJ, quoting […]


Government TV to be used to ridicule judiciary

By: Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: Following strict orders from two high courts not to violate the Constitution by attacking and abusing judges in TV programmes and press conferences and the cancellation of a press conference in Rawalpindi, the PPP government has decided to use the state-owned TV channel for the purpose as now most private TV […]


All Pakistan Newspapers Society condemns Taliban threats to media

“ The APNS expressed its concern over the statement of a spokesman of Tahreek-e-Taliban, Pakistan wherein the media persons and establishments were threatened of dire consequences, stated a press release of APNS”. Mr. Masood Hamid, Secretary General…Read more


Press Council of Pakistan pleads to become party in media commission case

ISLAMABAD: The Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) has filed a petition with the Supreme Court to become a party in the case filed by senior journalists Hamid Mir and Absar Alam. A two-member bench of Supreme Court comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain will resume hearing in the petitions of senior […]


New Pemra rules allow: TV discussion on sub judice issues

By: Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: As some petitioners battle it out in the court to prevent the broadcast of criticism of the judiciary on news channels, the government has silently passed new regulations that will allow free discussion of sub judice issues. Pemra told the Islamabad High Court on Monday that it had passed its much-awaited […]


Taliban threaten Pakistani media over the coverage of attack on a teenage girl activist

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief Hakeemullah Mehsud has issued directives to his subordinates in different cities of Pakistan to target Pakistani and international media groups over the critical coverage the media has given to the assassination attempt on a teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who had defied the Taliban injunction against female education. The widespread media coverage […]


Taliban plan attacks on media outlets, journalists

By: Mushtaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR: Enraged by widespread media coverage of Malala Yousafzai, who was shot and critically injured by the militants in Swat, the Pakistani Taliban led by Hakimullah Mehsud reportedly planned to target media organisations, particularly television channels and some journalists in the country, well-placed sources told this correspondent on Sunday. According to sources, […]


Pakistan a difficult country for journalists

KARACHI: The 11th Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Day, hosted by the US Consulate General here, was celebrated with a message of harmony for humanity. A large number of audience especially young students gathered at the residence of US Consul General Michael Dodman here on Saturday night and enjoyed Pakistani musicians Noori and Arieb Azhar, […]


Media houses security being tightened after TTP threat

ISLAMABAD: The government has issued directives to step up security outside the offices of national and international media outlets in fear of a backlash from the activists of the defunct Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). A responsible functionary of the Interior Ministry told an international media outlet on condition of anonymity that the secret agencies had recorded […]


Altaf Hussain expressed deep concerns over the threats to the journalist’s community

Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Founder and leader Altaf Hussain on Friday observed that the nation stood united for the first time after the 1965 war beside the Pakistan Army in a last ditch effort in protecting the country. He shared these views with Pervez Shaukat, the president of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) during a […]


National Assembly passes resolution against obscenity on TV channels

By: Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution expressing serious concern over the broadcasting of illegal foreign channels through cable network, the growing trends of obscenity and indecency through local channels and the unchecked flow of blasphemous and vulgar material through the internet into Pakistan in violation of the Constitution […]


CD shops blown up in Nowshera

By: Parvez Jabri NOWSHERA: Unknown miscreants destroyed two CD shops with explosives in Nowshera but fortunately no casualty was reported. According to police, unidentified men placed explosives in the CD shops at Pabbi Station Chowk due to which the CD shops were completely destroyed while some nearby shops were partially damaged. However, the police added […]