With 103 journalists killed in the year 2011, Pakistan was ranked as the fourth dangerous place to work in the field of journalism by Vienna-based press watchdog, IPI. And as the general perception puts journalists and bloggers in the same category, the online news disseminators are equally at risk. However, a recent research shows that […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government, on Tuesday, postponed scheduled “distribution of money” among a few selected journalists of provincial capital following “strong criticism” from within the journalist community. “That ceremony has been postponed after strong protest from the journalist community,” a Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) office-bearer told Daily Times, requesting not to be named. […]
By: Usman Manzoor & Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: A contempt of court petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against Senator Faisal Raza Abidi, a private TV anchor and Dr Abdul Jabbar, acting chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), for deliberately maligning the judiciary and criticising the person of the chief justice […]
Intermedia has launched different sets of questionnaire for Pakistani journalists seeking their inputs to the second media monitoring report topic. Click the link below for the “Questionnaire for Pakistani journalists” https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PZTL3HD
LAHORE: Raja Shafqat Khan Abbasi, Chairman Press Council of Pakistan on Friday underscored the need for acting upon media code of ethics. “Ethics for journalists are very much there and impression against its non-existence is unrealistic,” he added. Talking to media persons at the Council’s newly established regional office at Aiwan-e-Iqbal he said the code […]
QUETTA: The renowned Baloch poetess, writer, thinker and a lecturer at the Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University (SKB) Nusheen Qambrani was attacked by unidentified armed men at her residence, late Tuesday night. According to the police, unidentified armed men entered Qambrani’s house and threatened to kill her and kidnap her daughter. The armed men also […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that the media should also present itself for accountability and an effective and implementable code of conduct was necessary for the media. During proceedings on applications of known journalists – Hamid Mir and Absar Alam – the two-member SC bench comprising Justice Jawad S Khwaja and Justice Khilji […]
By: Rana Yasif LAHORE: Four people were killed and 15 injured when a television studio in Garhi Shahu caught fire during the transmission of a live sehri show on Monday. Two people including Asim Obaid, the host of Ramazan Kareem, and production head Rasheed Dogar are in critical condition with burn injuries, doctors said. Pir […]
MANSEHRA: Two persons were injured and a CD shop was destroyed in a blast here on Sunday. The bomb, planted at a CD shop, went off when Mohammad Adnan, the owner of the adjacent vegetable shop, pulled the shutter of his shop up to open it. Mr Adnan and a passerby identified as Shahzad were […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has asked Jamaat-i-Islami leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Justice (retd) Wajihuddin to attend a hearing with specific details about programmes and channels referred to in their complaint about increasing vulgarity in local media. A spokesman for the authority said that Mr Ahmed and Justice (retd) Wajihuddin had […]
By: Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has converted the letters of Justice (R) Wajihuddin Ahmed, Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Muhammad Hussain Mehnati against obscenity and vulgarity on the media into a petition and issued notices to chairmen PTA and Pemra and has fixed it for hearing on July 27, 2012. The petition is marked […]
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS This program, now in its third year, is designed to increase and deepen public understanding of the two countries and their important relationship, one that is crucial to regional stability and the global war on terrorism. This study tour offers U.S. and Pakistan journalists an opportunity to gain on-the-ground insights and firsthand […]
By: Muhammad Babar MANDI BAHAUDDIN: A meeting of the executive body of the Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society of Mandi Bahauddin expressed grave concern over the life threats being posed to rights activist and journalist Syed Manzar Sajjad. Condemning the threats, PESS President Major Sher Gondal warned the human traffickers who are allegedly posing threats to the […]
SWABI: Unidentified miscreants blew up three CD shops at village Bacha with time bomb in the wee hours of Monday here, police said. The incident occurred in the limits of Swabi police station where miscreants placed low intensity bombs to CD shops and detonated it with remote-control device. No loss of life was reported. According […]
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