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Needs assessment on promoting ethics and transparecy in Pakistani media

Pakistan Press Foundation

Across the world, media as an industry faces challenges that are social, political, and commercial. The demands from the consumers of the media to be constantly fed information that is accurate and current, put additional pressure on the media practitioners. Situation in Pakistan is even more critical than in most places and assessment of ethical […]


Ethics in Conflict Coverage

Pakistan Press Foundation

A report addressing key ethical issues facing Pakistan’s media covering conflict. It raises fundamental questions and offers answers to improve standards in journalism. Click on following link to view the complete report. Ethics in Conflict Coverage


Civil Society Organizations hiding their identity for fear of militants in Balochistan

Pakistan Press Foundation

A grave situation prevails in Balochistan where the civil society organizations have removed boards and name plates from their office buildings, their staff and officials do not carry ID cards or any other document while travelling for the fear of militants. According to them the NGO people are the main target of militants and other […]


Politicians using media for electioneering instead of visiting constituencies

Pakistan Press Foundation

The speakers at a panel discussion held during a workshop on ‘Role of Media in Current Political Scenario’ viewed that the political parties and their candidates were using the media for their election campaign instead of visiting their respective constituencies for canvassing. “The candidates used to visit their constituencies and conduct electioneering through corner meetings […]


Reporting Afghanistan: Mapping Afghan conflict in Pakistani media by Intermedia

  A media monitoring report analyzing news  content from April to August 2012   Author: Sadaf Baig Editor: Aurangzaib Khan   This  report is  part of an ongoing  project to monitor  various  types  of conflicts as covered by select samples of media  in Pakistan, including newspapers and TV channels. In this  report,  the  focus  is  […]


Reporting Afghanistan Mapping Afghan conflict in Pakistani media: by Intermedia

November 2012 Reporting Afghanistan Mapping Afghan conflict in Pakistani media A media monitoring report analyzing news content from April to August 2012 Author: Sadaf Baig Editor: Aurangzaib Khan This report is part of an ongoing project to monitor various types of conflicts as covered by select samples of media in Pakistan, including newspapers and TV channels. In this […]


International Day to End Impunity for Violence against Journalists report 2012

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) Report on Murder of Pakistani Journalists From January 2002 to November 2012 Released on November 23: International Day to End Impunity for Violence against Journalists  At least 48 journalists have been killed in the line of duty in Pakistan in last ten years and 35 of them were deliberately targeted and […]


Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) In Collaboration with NED Report of Workshop with rural journalists on “Human Rights and the role of Media”

October 22-24 2012 Mithi Media has emerged as voice of voiceless people in Pakistan and many people have received relief for the vibrant and independent reporting of the journalists. Human Rights violations in Pakistan have been exposed by both print and electronic media courageously. Pakistani state should honour the international declarations and conventions and ensure […]


Promoting Democratic Governance through Effective use of Media Project Grant Agreement No. between National Endowment for Democracy and Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)

Brief Summary of the Project: The National Endowment for Democracy supported, Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) to support the Rural Media and capacity building of CSOs under Democratic Governance Project for the period covering July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. Project Objectives: • To build the capacity of civil society organizations to work with the […]


Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) In Collaboration with NED Report of Workshop with CSOs on “Working with Media on Human Rights”

September 6-8 2012 Rawalakot Media has been playing its pro active role in highlighting Human Rights and exposing human rights violations and people have been getting relief followed by media reports. The Constitution of Pakistan guarantees the rights of religious minorities but there is contradiction in it as well because on the one side it […]


PAKISTAN’S REPORT UNDER THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW by PPF – On Freedom of Expression

Introduction Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is an independent media research, documentation and training centre working to promote and defend freedom of press. Pakistan UPR Report At least 42 journalists have been killed in the line of duty in Pakistan in last ten years and 29 of them deliberately targeted and murdered because of their work. […]


Focus on the media

I.A Rehman THE hottest subject in our exalted chambers of gossip is neither the executive-judiciary confrontation nor new causes of tension between Pakistan and the US; it is the sudden spurt in cash flows to some television channels. What trends this injection of money will generate within the electronic media industry remains to be seen. […]


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 […]