• November 7, 2021
• Media and Society

LAHORE : Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid has appealed to the media to create awareness about preventive public health intervention, especially vaccination. Addressing a seminar on ‘Role and Responsibility of Media in Measles Rubella (MR) Catch up Campaign 2021’ at a local hotel on Saturday, she said vaccination was the most cost-effective preventive intervention […]

• March 14, 2021
• Media and Society

KARACHI: President Arif Alvi here on Saturday said media with the capacity to shape public perception, for good or bad, about range of issues must be fully cognizant of the impact they create on the world in general and their targeted communities in particular. Talking to a delegation of Karachi Editors Club (KEC) in a […]

• March 12, 2021
• Media and Society

DALBANDIN: World Health Organisation’s Immunisation Officer Dr Abdul Samad Sanjrani has urged journalists to play their role in eradicating the crippling polio virus from Pakistan. A daylong session titled “Role of Media in Polio Eradication Initiative” was organised by the district emergency operation center at Prince Fahd Hospital in Dalbandin on Thursday. The District Health […]

• November 2, 2020
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Media and Society

2020 presents a grim picture for press freedom in Pakistan – Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) 2020 presents a grim picture for press freedom in Pakistan with multiple attempts to silence the voices of the media in the print, broadcast and online spheres. The media in Pakistan continues to work under an environment of fear and significant constraints […]

• October 4, 2020
• Media and Society

WASHINGTON: Pakistani media are thriving and chained at the same time. This was the conclusion of the virtual launching of the new book: “From Terrorism to Television: Media, State, and Society in Pakistan” at the National Press Club in Washington DC. The book is co-edited by Qaisar Abbas and Farooq Sulehria, says a press release. […]

• August 8, 2020
• Media and Society

LAHORE – A new book “From Terrorism to Television: Dynamics of Media, State, and society in Pakistan” published by Routledge (London and India), narrates media freedom story with scholarly and well-researched themes contributed by university professors, researchers, and journalists from Pakistan, England, Australia, and the United States.  Co-editors of the book, Qaisar Abbas and Farooq […]

• June 3, 2020
• Media and Society, Media Ethics

Here is what is etched in my memory in the aftermath of the crash: A grieving father being pushed for comment on television. As if the unfathomable loss alone was not enough, victim’s families at the behest of reporters who are badgering them for an ‘interview’. The mourners, who can barely contain themselves, struggle to […]

• May 21, 2020
• Media and Society

PESHAWAR: The issue of murder of two girls in North Waziristan in the name of honour after a video leak is getting coverage in the national and international media, but the local journalists and social activists are surprisingly silent over the issue. The journalists and social workers of North Waziristan remain very active in highlighting […]

• May 7, 2020
• Broadcasting, Media and Society

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday called upon media to highlight Islamic values based on respect for humanity and compassion. In a meeting with Chairman Standing Committee on Information Broadcasting and Heritage Senator Faisal Javed Khan here on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said Islamic teachings were based on principles of helping out the […]

• May 6, 2020
• Media and Society

NEW YORK: Three Kashmiri photojournalists working with the US-based Associated Press (AP) have been awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in the feature photography for images made during India’s harsh military clampdown on Jammu and Kashmir. AP photographers Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand snaked around roadblocks, sometimes took cover in strangers’ homes and hid […]

• April 12, 2020
• Media and Society

LAHORE: Pak-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) distributed protective masks against coronavirus here at Lahore Press Club (LPC) on Saturday. PCJCCI Secretary General Salahuddin Hanif gave away anti-corona masks to members of Lahore Press Club. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the way China managed to control this dreadful virus was a […]

• March 25, 2020
• Freedom of Expression, Media and Society

At a time when the cooperation of the media could play a vital role in defeating the corona crisis which has crippled us, NAB continues its vendetta against Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and the Jang/Geo group. The accountability body has been unable to produce evidence in court, in its case involving land purchase which dates back 34 […]

• March 22, 2020
• Broadcasting, Media and Society

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Saturday issued another advice to the television channels, asking for promotion of social distancing and desisting from holding morning shows, inviting live audience with a view to checking coronavirus spread. The authority’s advice titled: Advice regarding precautionary measures to control spread of coronavirus Covid-19, says, “it has […]

• March 22, 2020
• Media and Society

Karachi: Media’s role This is one time, said Dr Murad Moosa Khan, when the media can play a really useful role. He has a few suggestions: They should stop sensationalising, stop putting out four news bars on their channels. One slow moving should be sufficient. No flashing of news blurb every few seconds as they […]