• March 17, 2012
• PPF Activities

Speakers at a seminar regarding “Journalists’ Safety and Security” called for proactive measures for protection and security of working journalists, especially hailing for war-infested tribal agencies. They said that journalists are facing severe life threats and challenges while performing their professional obligations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. The participants acknowledged that journalists rendered sacrifices for establishment […]

• March 17, 2012
• PPF Activities

KARACHI: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Farooqi said that journalists should understand the importance of their role and make sure that their news items do not cause harm to any community. She was speaking at the concluding ceremony of three-day training workshop organised by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) here Friday, attended by journalists belonging […]

• January 18, 2012
• PPF Activities

KARACHI: The present democratic is taking steps for the welfare and betterment of the journalist community. Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri stated this here on Tuesday. She was speaking at a ceremony where she presented a cheque of Rs 800,000 to the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ). KUJ secretary Hassan Abbas received the cheque. President […]

• January 15, 2012
• PPF Activities

KARACHI: Geo TV will soon present one of the grandest events of music in the history of Pakistan and India. In this musical competition, Pakistani and Indian contestants will be divided into two teams. Renowned Indian singer and composer Himesh Reshammiya is leading the Indian side with 10 upcoming Indian stars competing against Pakistan while […]

• January 14, 2012
• PPF Activities

ABBOTTABAD: Professor Bashir Ahmad Soaz’s book ‘History of Journalism in Hazara’ will be launched at a ceremony here at Abbottabad Press Club on January 17. Professor Soaz is the former chairman of Urdu Department Senior Burn Hall College Abbottabad. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Karamatullah Chagharmatti would be the chief guest, while Hazara Commissioner Muhammad Khalid […]

• January 14, 2012
• PPF Activities

LAHORE: Blogging in the new media is one of the best ways to getting yourself heard and putting your views across to the general public, and in this regard, Pakistani bloggers deserve laurels for the excellent work they do. In view of this, the 2nd Annual Pakistan Blog Awards 2011, began nearly two weeks ago […]

• January 13, 2012
• PPF Activities

Call to reduce communication gap between media, LEAs KARACHI: Better coordination between media and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) is direly needed so as to tackle prevailing security issues in the society in an efficient way. This was agreed by participants of a media workshop on ‘Coordination/cooperation between media and law enforcement agencies under prevailing security […]

• January 9, 2012
• PPF Activities

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Syed Mustafa Kamal has urged the youth to come forward and struggle against the politics of lies and hypocrisy to bring the country to the right path. Speaking at a social media awareness conference on Saturday, the former city nazim said that the IT-based social media had become unavoidable in […]

• January 7, 2012
• PPF Activities

ISLAMABAD: The obscure relationship between civil and military forces in Pakistan remained at the centre of discussion at a seminar organised by the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) on Friday. Discussing the ‘civil-military relationship in a parliamentary democracy’, senior politicians, intellectuals and veteran journalists concluded that political forces in the country still had a […]

• January 7, 2012
• PPF Activities

Karachi: A ceremony to distribute certificates among students, who had recently done a content analysis of the print and electronic media, was held at the Gulshan-e-Iqbal campus of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUSAST). Chairman Department of Mass Communication Dr Tauseef Ahmad Khan, senior journalists Wusatullah Khan, Qaisar Mehmood, Vice-President of […]

• January 5, 2012
• PPF Activities

Peshawar: Eminent poet, critic and a senior civil servant of customs group, Akhtar Zaman Khattak was paid rich tribute at a reference arranged by Pashto Adabi Society, Islamabad at Pakistan Academy of Letters. Speakers eulogised literary services of Khattak and his material support and efforts for promotion of cultural and literary activities. Some of the […]

• January 5, 2012
• PPF Activities

Saher Baloch Karachi: The media does not like criticism, “but they need it a lot”. The host began the launching of Talking Back, an extensive report highlighting the dearth of “media literacy” in Pakistan on Wednesday, with this line. Prepared in collaboration with the National Endowment Democracy (NED) and the Uks Research Centre, the report […]

• December 30, 2011
• PPF Activities

By: Afaq Ahmed Mirpurkhas: commissioner Ghulam Hussain Memon said that journalists have paid important role in the society by raising issues of the masses, pressing the authorities to pay attention. He was addressing as chief guest at the ceremony of Sindh Sahafi Sangat held here on Thursday which was attended by deputy commissioner Nadeem Rehman […]

• December 30, 2011
• PPF Activities

ISLAMABAD: Federal government will announce National Media Digitalization Policy early next month, Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said. Talking to newsmen Thursday after inaugurating Electronic Media Complaint Cell EMCC at Pemra Headquarters, she said EMCC would register complaints of private electronic media and evaluate their performance in collaboration with Pakistan Broadcasters Association. She said state […]