By Gulraiz Khan Foreign Correspondents’ Burden mulled over at local festival. KARACHI: Pakistan is an extremely complex country, said foreign correspondents on Sunday at a local gathering in southern port city of Karachi. As foreign reporters, it is our job to not just report to a foreign audience but also inform perceptions on both sides, […]
Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD: Anchors of private television channels command fabulous salaries proportionate to the ratings they earn for their channel. But it seems that those working for the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) have to worry about something other than ratings or qualification. That could be the only explanation for a PTV anchor, whose graduation degree […]
AMAR GURIRO KARACHI – Qurban Khoso, the renowned environmental journalist and the only wildlife reporter from Thar Desert, who was hospitalised in Karachi last month has been diagnosed with complete renal failure and is in dire need of kidney transplantation. Doctors said Khoso was born prematurely with one kidney smaller in size than the other […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society on Thursday expressed grief over the sad demise of Muhammad Zakir Ali Khan, Publisher and Honorary Chief Editor of Monthly Tehzeeb, Karachi. The veteran publisher was also the General Secretary of Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association, a member of Board of Governors, Sir Syed University of Engineering & […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has invited entries for the 22nd APNS Advertising Awards. The categories for which entries have been invited are as follows: — Business Performance Award, to be given to agency that has placed the highest volume of business in APNS member publications. — Special Business Awards (three awards), for agencies […]
UNITED NATIONS: The Unesco on Wednesday condemned the recent death of a Pakistani journalist Mukarram Khan Aatif and called for measures to improve security conditions for reporters in the country. According to a press release, Unesco Director-General Irina Bokova said it was essential for democracy and the rule of law that the authorities investigate this […]
By: Bari Baloch QUETTA – On the call of Baloch Student Organisation-Muhiud Din and Balochistan National Party-Mengal, cable operators suspended transmission of Urdu news channels across the province. Earlier, the BSO-M and BNP had threatened to suspend transmissions of Urdu private channels from February 1 throughout the province and Baloch-dominated areas in Karachi to protest […]
Government has to Take on Military and Intelligence Services and end Impunity The commission’s failure to get to the bottom of the Shahzad killing illustrates the ability of the ISI to remain beyond the reach of Pakistan’s criminal justice system. The government still has the responsibility to identify those responsible for Shahzad’s death and hold […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) while taking serious notice of creeping unacceptable practices of moral policing by some TV channels has warned them to abstain from indulging in unethical journalistic practices whereby any act of a reporter, electronic media journalist, anchor or the TV channel as a whole be assumed in dis-conformity to generally […]
By Abdul Manan LAHORE: Thursday was a busy day for members of the Punjab Assembly. A resolution supporting extracurricular activities in public and private education institutions was passed, amid some opposition. The treasury also managed to pass 14 bills, sent back by the governor with objections after the previous session, through motions in the House. […]
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday recommended that no one would be allowed to speak against Pakistan in programmes broadcast by private television channels. It observed that words like “Pakistan will break” must not go on-air and use of such language should be banned. The committee meeting held at the […]
PESHAWAR: Press freedom situation went from bad to worse in Pakistan as the country was ranked 151 in a global media organisation’s World Press Freedom Index for 2011-12 – a point below Afghanistan (150th) – as violence remained the main concern for journalists, under constant threat from Taliban, religious extremists, separatist movements and political groups. […]
QUETTA: Expressing concerns over the appalling working conditions for journalists in Balochistan, some senior journalists of the province have said that intolerance among political and religious parties, government institutions and armed groups often created problems for the community. They said such intolerance often resulted in threats to journalists, which always kept them under pressure. Quetta […]
Amanullah Kasi QUETTA: The Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) and Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) held demonstrations on Friday in protest against the killing of journalist Mukarram Khan Atif and kidnapping of four people belonging to the Hazara community. In their separate demonstrations near the press club, members of the BUJ and activists of the HDP […]
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