• March 5, 2020
• Digital Media, Media and Society

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology on Wednesday decried the performance of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Pakistan Telecommuni­cation Authority (PTA) in controlling growing abuse at social media platforms and sought their annual performance reports. The Senate committee meeting, which was chaired by Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Rubina Khalid, expressed concern over the […]

• March 1, 2020
• Media and Society

A Rs 2,700 bank deposit, a rented house and a leased car were the total assets of a journalist who spent 24 years of his life in Pakistan’s top news organisations. It is extremely painful to write these lines for a journalist friend who died unexpectedly leaving behind four children (two sons and two daughters) […]

• February 27, 2020
• Media and Society

Media in the advanced world is used as an agent of pursuing its foreign and domestic policies. Today CNN, Fox News and ABC news networks are effectively extending US foreign policy to the entire world. Hollywood is exporting US culture and justifying its invasions in the name of US national security. Burgers, jeans, pizzas and […]

• February 25, 2020
• General News, Media and Society

THE writers and journalists whose contributions enriched Urdu language and literature in the early 20th century include some who have generally been ignored. One of the reasons for this was, perhaps, the religious beliefs of these writers. Pyare Lal Shakir Meruthi, a poet, prose writer and journalist was a Christian. In fact, his paternal grandfather […]

• February 25, 2020
• Media and Society

The role of the media in poverty alleviation and promotion of social justice was discussed on Monday on the inaugural day of a two-day conference organised by the Bahria University Karachi Campus in collaboration with the Association of Media & Communication Academic Professionals (AMCAP) on Monday. Addressing the inaugural session, Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani […]

• February 24, 2020
• Media and Society

LAHORE: ‘Digital Trumps Print’ was one of the interesting sessions of the Lahore Literary Festival that analysed the state of mainstream media in the age of digital media in Pakistan on the final day of the festival on Sunday. The panel for the session included renowned media professionals, including Arif Nizami, Munizae Jahangir, Zafar Siddiqi […]

• February 23, 2020
• Media and Society

The Media Studies Department of Bahria University Karachi Campus will hold an international conference titled ‘Role of Media in Poverty Alleviation and Promoting Social Justice’ in collaboration with the Association of Media & Communication Academic Professionals on February 24-25, 2020, at the Bahria University’s Karachi Campus (BUKC). The conference aims to provide a platform to […]

• February 19, 2020
• Media and Society

KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday said the media should not only highlight evils of the society but also play a vibrant role in nation building. It was a collective responsibility and all the people, including the media persons, would have to actively contribute towards achieving the goal, he said while speaking at the […]

• February 19, 2020
• Media and Society

PESHAWAR: The chairperson of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Department, Samar Haroon Bilour, has directed various departments to link issuance of advertisements to newspapers to payment of salaries to their employees. Ms Bilour issued the directive on Tuesday during a meeting she was presiding over, said an official statement. She said since […]

• February 19, 2020
• Media and Society

LAHORE: As Pakistan continues to struggle against the wild poliovirus and the life-long disability it causes, country’s largest media house, the “Jang Group and Geo Television Network” has now entered the fray with a zeal to spread awareness about the very high frequency of the disease in this part of the world, its prevention and […]

• February 18, 2020
• Media and Society

RUNNING a red line through the news, silencing dissenting voices, enforcing media blackouts on television broadcasts, placing popular cable channels on the back end, eliminating certain anchors’ programmes — these are issues that journalism has long been facing. In the digital age, however, the greatest challenge for the press is the bid to survive. Now, […]

• February 17, 2020
• Access to Information, advertising, Broadcasting, Freedom of Expression, Front Page, General News, Media and Governance, Media and Society, Media Development, Media Ethics, Media Safety, Opportunities, PPF Activities, Print Media, Radio, Scholarships and Fellowships, Television, Training and Capacity Building

درخواست جمع کرانے کی آخری تاریخ جمعہ،27فروری،2020 پاکستان پریس فاوٗنڈیشن (پی پی ایف)نے پاکستان میں میڈیا کی آزادی اور حفاظت   کے فیلو شپ پروگرام کے لیے درخواستیں وصول کرنے کا اعلان کردیا۔ اس فیلو شپ پروگرام کا مقصد آزادی اظہار رائے کو فروغ دینا اور میڈیا کارکنان کو مدد فراہم کرناہے تاکہ وہ میڈیا کی […]

• February 17, 2020
• Access to Information, advertising, Broadcasting, Freedom of Expression, Front Page, General News, Media and Governance, Media and Society, Media Development, Media Ethics, Media Safety, Opportunities, PPF Activities, Print Media, Radio, Scholarships and Fellowships, Television, Training and Capacity Building

Last date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has issued a call for applications for Fellowship program on Media Safety and Impunity in Pakistan. The fellowship program aims to promote freedom of expression by providing support to media professionals to produce stories related to issues on Media Safety and Impunity. The fellowship programs […]

• February 16, 2020
• General News, Media and Society

KARACHI: The Geo News along with anchorpersons and celebrities, including several top cricketers and actors, appealed to the people of Pakistan to get their children inoculated against poliovirus to save the future generation from the life-crippling disease. The Geo News was joined by former cricketer Moin Khan, anchorpersons Saleem Safi, Shehzad Iqbal, and Absa Komal […]