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INK AND ANGUISH: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRUGGLES OF BALOCH JOURNALISTS

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Nearly a decade ago, Shehzada Zulfiqar, a Balochistan-based reporter and broadcaster, was abducted by an unknown armed group from Khuzdar district. Zulfiqar is a veteran war correspondent with over 30 years of covering conflicts in southern Afghanistan and Balochistan. Despite being well aware of the law of the land through his long career of reporting […]


Attack on journalist’s house condemned

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PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists Workers (PFUJW) on Saturday condemned the attack on the house of Azam Chaudhry, president of the Lahore Press Club. President PFUJW Shamim Shahid, secretary general Raja Riaz, and office-bearers of the affiliated units said some unknown assailants tried to barge the Mr Chaudhry’s house, and when the family […]


Journalists Hold Protest, Demands Immediate Arrest Of Slain Colleague

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Journalists on Friday held a protest demonstration in front of Sukkur Press Club, demanding immediate arrest of the killers of their senior colleague Jan Muhammad Mahar shot dead here in an armed attack on August 13 night. The protestors described the fatal attack on Mahar as a failure of Sukkur police and vowed to start […]


SC acquits Ammad Yousaf in sedition case

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ISLAMABAD: The top court of the country on Thursday acquitted Ammad Yousaf, the president of a priate television channel, in a sedition case and terminated actions against him. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan announced the verdict after hearing arguments from both sides. Justice Shahid Waheed, a member of the bench, questioned: if […]


Prof Shahida Kazi gets life membership of KPC

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KARACHI: Prof Shahida Kazi, former journalist, news producer of Pakistan Television (PTV) and head of Karachi University’s Department of Mass Communication, was on Wednesday awarded lifetime membership of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) in recognition of her services to education and journalism. Speakers at the ceremony—mostly her students working in the mainstream media and teaching […]


Civil society, media urged to safeguard prestige of martyrs, national heroes

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  The Speakers at a seminar to commemorate Defence Day and the Death Anniversary of the father of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah urged civil society and media to safeguard the prestige and honour of the martyrs and national heroes for transferring the true guiding examples to the coming generations. The Pakistan Federal Union […]


Why is it difficult to do journalism in Balochistan?

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President of Quetta Press Club Abdul Khaliq Rand says that many of our comrades have escaped from us in bomb attacks and target killings in Balochistan. Now the field is not safe in its place, not even the newsroom. The incident that happened in the news agency office is a clear example of this. All the journalist […]


Journalists face challenges as the implementation of the RTI Act remains a dream

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While the age-old adage, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse,” holds true, a painful reality emerges in the case of Balochistan regarding the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2021. This extensive legislative mandate, aimed at enlightening the province, currently finds itself trapped in a vague twilight zone two and a half […]


Closure of newspapers in Gilgit-Baltistan, job of journalists in danger; Who is responsible?

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Gilgit-Baltistan is a provincial-style region of the Kingdom of Pakistan consisting of 10 districts where 35 local newspapers are published for declaration from different districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, in which 3 newspapers with 8 pages of Urdu language and 20 newspapers with 4 pages of Urdu language are published on a daily basis. While 1 newspaper […]


In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, families of slain journalists still seek justice and support years later

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Ibrahim Khan, a journalist from Bajaur, was killed by unknown individuals 15 years ago. Recalling that time, his son Imran Khan says that on May 22, 2008, at five in the evening, his uncle called him and told him on the phone that his cousin, his uncle’s son, had been severely injured in an explosion, […]


The Nation and The Korea Herald forge media partnership

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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN  –  In a landmark move, The Nation and The Korean Her­ald of the Republic of Korea have en­tered into a Mem­orandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster a robust exchange of media content and cooperation. The signing ceremony, held on Monday, September 11, 2023, in Seoul and Islamabad, solidified this groundbreaking partnership. The Nation, […]


Virtual varsity, KPC join hands to provide online education

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The Karachi Press Club (KPC) and a virtual university have joined hands to provide online education facilities for journalists and their families, especially in remote and underserved areas. This initiative aims to enable journalists’ children who, for various reasons, cannot attend traditional colleges or universities to pursue education. The collaboration will support children in remote […]


Responsible journalism need of the hour: Solangi

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ISLAMABAD, Sep 11 (APP): Caretaker Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi on Monday appreciated the services of court reporters in providing awareness of legal matters and important court decisions to the masses. During a meeting with a delegation of the Press Association of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, which met with him here, […]


A meeting of PPP digital media wing was held

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ISLAMABAD: A consultative and introductory meeting of PPP Digital Media Islamabad Chapter was held at the party’s central secretariat, where office-bearers, social media activists, and workers participated in a large number. The meeting was co-chaired by Umar Rehman Malik and Syed Sabti Shah Bukhari, PPP’s Central Secretariat in charge. In his remarks, Umar Rehman Malik […]