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U.S. Embassy invites Application for 2012 General Election Embed Program

Islamabad July 10, 2012 – U.S. Embassy Islamabad invites applications for the 2012 General Election Embed Program. Under this program, foreign journalists will be assigned to work alongside American media outlets in “battleground” states in the final days of the U.S. presidential election October 24 – November 9, 2012. During this time applicants will be […]


U.S. Embassy Announces Open Applications for a Multi-Country Press Tour to NATO HQ

Islamabad, July 6, 2012: The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce open applications from print journalist for a Multi-Country Press Tour to NATO HQ, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples, to promote understanding of NATO capabilities in NATO member and partner countries. This program will take place September 17-20, […]


Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) In Collaboration with NED Report of Workshop with Journalists and CSOs on “Current Political Scenario and the role of Media”

June 27-29-2012 Charsaddah Media can promote religious harmony by giving due coverage to all religious activities and dialogue between the scholars of different religions existing in Pakistan. The assassination of former governor Punjab Mr. Salman Taseer was the result of misreporting of some sections of TV channels. This was observed by the participants of 3-day […]


Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) In Collaboration with NED Report of Workshop with Journalists and CSOs on “Current Political Scenario and the role of Media”

June 23-25-2012 Abbotabad Media has been playing its pro active role in highlighting public interest issues and it has increased transparency in the country by exposing different kind of corruption in the various institutions from top to bottom. This was observed by the participants and speakers of a 3-day workshop titled “Current Political Scenario and […]


Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) In Collaboration with NED Report of Workshop with Journalists and CSOs on “Current Political Scenario and the role of Media”

June 23-25-2012 Abbotabad Media has been playing its pro active role in highlighting public interest issues and it has increased transparency in the country by exposing different kind of corruption in the various institutions from top to bottom. This was observed by the participants and speakers of a 3-day workshop titled “Current Political Scenario and […]


Workshop for AJK journalists concludes

MIRPUR (AJK) – Safety Clinic for AJK Journalists was the topic of the two-day media training workshop concluded here the other day.The workshop held with an objective to raise awareness among both freelance and working journalists about adopting due safety measures to save their computerized communicated data on the internet. The event was organised by […]


Media asked to guide people vulnerable to disasters

CHITRAL: Speakers at a workshop here on Sunday highlighted the role of media in risk management during as well as after natural disasters. “The responsibility of media increases manifolds in areas like Chitral, which is vulnerable to natural hazards due to its topography,” they said. The one-day training workshop for local journalists was held in […]


Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) In Collaboration with NED Report of Workshop with Journalists and CSOs on “Current Political Scenario and the role of Media”

June 21-23-2012 Layyah Media has the capacity to promote role models and genuine leaders of the country as to strengthen democracy and government institutions. Media, both print and electronic have been highlighting the major developments of the government and the problems of the common folks as well. This was observed by the participants of 3-day […]


Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) In Collaboration with NED 3-Day Consultative Workshop with Media Professionals & CSOs on “Current Political Scenario and the Role of Media”

June 14-16, 2012 Ziarat Participants of a consultative workshop have said Pakistani media has greatly emerged as key stake holder and its influence has proven highly effective during various socio political movements. It has played a vital role in the democratic emergence. In the current situation there was dire needed to train the media professionals […]


Training opportunities of June and July 2012

Three day training workshop on “Current Political Scenario and the Role of Media” in 3rd week of June 2012 for Layyah based print, radio and television journalists and civil society professionals working with media. Apply with CV to [email protected] Three day training workshop on “Monitoring Democratic Government and the Role of Media” in the third […]


Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) In collaboration of IPDC (UNESCO) Report Of Training “Producing News & Current Affairs Program”

June 6-8-2012 Karachi Participants of a workshop have said that main stream media was not focusing real public issues; therefore radio can be a strong medium to highlight the issues of public importance. Main stream media channels mostly take up the high importance matter but radio could be used at community level. The observation was […]


Exchange programme for Pak, Indian journalists planned

By Sidrah Roghay The Times of India and the Jang Group have plans as part of the Aman ki Asha initiative to begin a journalist exchange programme under which journalists from each side will have an opportunity to work in a newspaper of the neighbouring country. Tahir Hasan Khan, president of the Karachi Press Club […]


Language supervisor, style book for media houses suggested

Shazia Hasan KARACHI: Speakers on day two of the international ‘Media Agenda 2012’ conference discussed the medium of language and its usage, sources and their protection, and objectivity and the news media at the Arts Council here on Wednesday. Speaking in the morning session about the medium of language and its usage, BBC Urdu’s senior […]


SECP holds training workshop for journalists

KARACHI: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) achieved a milestone in 2008 by launching ‘eServices’ for easy, cost effective, faster, secure and efficient medium of interaction with the corporate sector. “Almost 60 percent of the new companies are registered online and 22 percent of the returns are filed online, showing increasing popularity of […]