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PPF Organises Training Workshop on Journalists Protection Act in Sukkur

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SUKKUR-Journalists in Sukkur received training on the effective use of the Sindh Protection of Journalists and Other Practitioners Act, 2021, at a one-day workshop organized by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) on Tuesday. The workshop participants were taught the procedure of filing complaints with the Sindh Commission for the Protection of Journalists (SCPJ). Lala Hassan, […]


Pakistan Press Foundation calls for applications for the inclusive election reporting in Pakistan fellowship

The deadline for submission of applications is August 20, 2023. Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in collaboration with Thomson Media, within the Total Turnout: Enhancing minority representation in the run up to the next general elections in Pakistan IFA funded project, invites applications for a fellowship program on inclusive reporting to enhance minority representation in the […]


PPF’s Media Safety Fellowship workshop addresses alarming safety concerns for journalists in Pakistan

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Reflective of the challenges faced by journalists in Pakistan, journalists, and media professionals shared their experiences and discussed the risks to the safety of the media in the country at a workshop for Pakistan Press Foundation’s (PPF) Media Safety Fellowship’s fifth cycle. The workshop held in Islamabad from July 16-19 brought together journalists and media […]


Journalists discuss threats and attacks on the media; emphasize the urgent need for journalists’ protection acts and awareness campaigns on RTI laws

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Highlighting the alarming rise in instances of threats, attacks on, and detentions of media professionals, journalists emphasized that the continued impunity for perpetrators remains a primary reason why such incidents continue. The journalists gathered in Karachi called for the immediate passage of media safety laws in the provinces of Punjab, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where […]


Pakistan Press Foundation calls for applications for the PPF Media Safety Fellowships.

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Pakistan Press Foundation calls for applications for the PPF Media Safety Fellowships. The deadline for submission of applications is May 28, 2023 Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) invites applications for the PPF Media Safety Fellowships.  The fellowship program aims to promote freedom of expression by supporting media professionals to produce stories about media safety and impunity. The fellowships […]


پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن (پی پی ایف) میڈیا سیفٹی فیلو شپس کے لیے درخواستیں طلب کی جارہی ہیں۔

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پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن (پی پی ایف) میڈیا سیفٹی فیلو شپس کے لیے درخواستیں طلب کی جارہی ہیں۔ درخواستیں جمع کرانے کی آخری تاریخ 28 مئی 2023 ہے۔ پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن کی جانب سے پی پی ایف میڈیا سیفٹی فیلوشپس کے لیے درخواتتیں موصول کی جارہی ہیں۔ فیلوشپ کا مقصد آزادی اظہار کو فروغ دینا ہے […]


Pakistani journalists face challenges in effective use of RTI laws due to a lack of enforcement, awareness of legislation

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While the Right to Information (RTI) is a Constitutionally guaranteed right, in Pakistan journalists face challenges in its use due to a lack of enforcement of the legislation. Gathering in Karachi, Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) Investigative Reporting Fellows discussed the effectiveness of RTI laws. The journalists found that there existed reluctance and a lack of […]


Pakistan Press Foundation calls for applications for the PPF Media Safety Fellowships

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The deadline for submission of applications is February 26, 2023   Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) invites applications for the PPF Media Safety Fellowships.  The fellowship programme aims to promote freedom of expression by supporting media professionals to produce stories about media safety and impunity. The fellowships will include the following: An honorarium of up to sixty thousand rupees. […]


پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن (پی پی ایف) میڈیا سیفٹی فیلوشپس کے لیے درخواستیں طلب کی جارہی ہیں۔

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درخواستیں جمع کرانے کی آخری تاریخ 26 فروری 2023 ہے۔ پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن کی جانب سے پی پی ایف میڈیا سیفٹی فیلوشپس کے لیے درخواتتیں موصول کی جارہی ہیں۔ فیلوشپ کا مقصد آزادی اظہار کو فروغ دینا ہے اور میڈیا کے پیشہ ور افراد کو مدد فراہم کرناہے تاکہ وہ میڈیا کی حفاظت اور جرائم […]


PPF launches guidelines for documenting and confronting impunity for crimes against journalists

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Amidst impassioned and first hand accounts of impact of the murder of journalists in Pakistan, members of the civil society, journalists and media bodies gathered on November 26 for the launch of Pakistan Press Foundation’s (PPF) ‘Guidelines for Documenting and Confronting Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.  The report tracks gaps in the judicial process for […]


PPF organized workshop on Monitoring and Reporting attacks on Journalists

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To reduce the rate of impunity for crimes against journalists in the province, Punjab should enact a journalist protection act as soon as possible, similar to that in Sindh, journalists from different press clubs of Punjab stressed during two-day workshop on Monitoring and Reporting attacks on Journalists organized by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in […]


Speakers urge Media to promote progressive portrayal of women

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The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organized a seminar entitled “Inclusive and Equal Portrayal of Women by the Media” on 12th March 2020. It was held in connection with Media4Women Campaign running from March 1st to March 15th in partnership with the Free Press Unlimited. Tasneem Ahmar, Executive Director at Uks Research Centre on Women and […]


Seminar calls for portraying women equally and exclusively in media

KARACHI: There is the need to portray women in media equally and exclusively at par with men so that they can play their due role in national development.  The recent slogan ‘Mera Jism Meri Marzi’ was spotlighted wrongly by electronic media as in fact, it was just aimed at saving women from sexual harassment. Electronic media […]


Call for gender-balanced media on Women’s Day

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Twenty-five media development organisations from all over the world, including Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), have called upon all media leaders and journalists around the globe to take action against the skewed balance and representation of gender in the news – both in terms of numbers and in portrayal. In joint statement issued for the International […]