MITHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that media has blown the issue of Thar drought and large-scale migration triggered by it out of proportions although it is a well known fact a large number of Tharis migrate to other areas to work as farm hands during the wheat harvest season. The […]
YOUR editorial ‘Woeful inadequacy’ (March 5) misses an important point. Rather than enumerate a catalogue of previous mistakes and make gloomy forecasts, it must champion the public right to be able to go about its daily duties and responsibilities without injury or death. The loss of 12 lives, with so many injured, grieves me beyond […]
ISLAMABAD: The Shuhada Foundation of Pakistan Trust (SFPT) of Lal Masjid has filed an application with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against private TV channel ARY for what it called breaking a false news through its bureau chief on Monday in which it was claimed that one Hafiz Ehtisham of SFPT had claimed responsibility for […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court, in a case filed by the JS Bank against a private television channel (ARY) and regarding Rs5 billion compensation, ordered the respondent-contemnors to file their affidavits within two weeks. Justice Mohammed Shafi Siddiqi of the SHC heard the case and adjourned it until March 18.The petitioner, citing ARY, Mubashir and […]
“Journalism and terrorism are by definition the same: systemic use of terror as a tool of political coercion.” –Harris Bin Munawar The proliferation of the news media in Pakistan in the last decade has put its civilian population under an enhanced threat from journalists. According to recent reports, millions of unsuspecting citizens of the country […]
Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed the federal law officer on Thursday to ascertain whether a law allowing journalists not to disclose their sources of information existed. The directive came during a hearing on a petition of Beena Khalid, who accused law enforcement agencies of picking up her husband, Khalid Shahmim, 37, an employee […]
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday issued notices to federal secretaries of information, interior and chairman PEMRA in a petition seeking court’s directions to restrain TV channels from telecasting any malicious campaign against the superior judiciary and Armed Forces. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui also directed the respondents to submit a report in this regard […]
LAHORE: The media need a code of ethics not only for news stories but also for advertisements that generate revenue for media outlets, several panellists said on Monday. They were speaking at a seminar, Public Dialogue: Towards an Ethical Media In Pakistan, organised by Rozan and the secretariat of Pakistan Coalition for Ethical Journalism (PCEJ), […]
Karachi: With the postponement of the polio immunisation campaign in 10 union councils over security concerns, officials associated with the drive have requested the media to keep the anti-polio activities hushed during the campaign. “Constant updates in the media, both electronic and print, about the campaign give the terrorists time to prepare,” said Dr Arif […]
By Saeed Rahman LAHORE: “To do interesting work, journalists will sometimes have to break the law,” said journalist Shahan Mufti. Mufti, along with journalists Zahid Hussain and Matthieu Aikins, was speaking at a session Reportage on Pakistan on Saturday at the Lahore Literature Festival. Mufti cited the example of the NSA leaks and the discussion […]
The media has developed a prejudice against the people of Balochistan because of its subservience to the establishment Collect the clippings of all the news items about Balochistan carried by the national dailies circulating in Punjab over the last few weeks and see what is considered worth reporting. The disaster stories — disappearances, mutilated corpses […]
LAHORE: The National College of Arts (NCA) Archives Department organised a lecture titled “Race for Rating and Pakistani TV Channels” at the college auditorium on Monday. Known journalist Sohail Warriach was the speaker on the occasion, who enlightened the participants about the process of measuring rating of TV channels. He said that although media had […]
Karachi: The media is a business that is often guided by money. But is journalism a business too? Or is it a profession with certain underlying responsibilities? Should a reporter always be polite? If so, would it not lead to some sort of an innocuous client-vendor relationship? Similarly, how far can a reporter go to […]
LAHORE: Regional office of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) once again on Sunday warned all cable operators in the province to strictly follow its laws or face legal action. The fresh warning was part of a campaign launched against cable operators violating Pemra laws regarding relaying banned satellite and private movie channels, and […]
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