DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two women were killed and 20 other persons, including children, sustained injuries when a speeding passenger rammed into a roadside tree near Paniala on Tuesday. Local residents said that a passenger pick up it a roadside tree when the driver lost control over the vehicle due to over speeding near Paniala. As […]
LAHORE: Special Assistant to Prime Minister Fahad Hussain says digital media should be used to stop societal polarisation and that a code of conduct and journalism ethics should be created for the positive use of social media. Mr Hussain said on the opening day of a two-day international conference on “Revisiting Relationships between Journalism and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has written letters to speaker of the National Assembly, chairmen of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and other senators, urging them to play a positive role in ensuring that the regressive amendment in the Right of Access to Information (RAI) Act 2017 be rejected and […]
ISLAMABAD – Prominent journalists at a twoday mobile journalism workshop have sensitized the media persons about the importance and technical aspects of mobile journalism. The workshop was held at the Information Service Academy (ISA) and organised by the Pakistan Information Centre for the capacity building of journalists. On the first day of the workshop, eminent […]
The eighteenth anniversary of journalist Allah Noor and Ameer Nawab, who were martyred on February 7, 2005, was observed with great devotion and respect in District Press Club Wana. Deputy Commissioner South Waziristan Lower Muhammad Nasir Khan, DSP Headquarter Nadir Khan, Youth Officer South Waziristan Lower Sardar Ali Wazir, Tahsildar Wana, Taj Muhammad Wazir from […]
THE country was back in a familiar, dark place last week when the PTA blocked Wikipedia over the charge that it hosted and would not remove ‘objectionable content’ the government deemed blasphemous. After a warning to the information giant to remove the offensive content 48 hours earlier, the regulator went ahead with the ban. The […]
Minister of State for Law and Justice Shahadat Awan on Tuesday said there was no plan under consideration of giving advertisements to social media journalists. Responding to a supplementary question, raised by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Senator Faisal Saleem Rehman, the state minister said that there were certain rules such as: Public Procurement Regulatory Authority and […]
Federal Ombudsman (FO) Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi has termed the role of media highly significant in sensitizing the general public about the functioning of the Ombudsman’s institution. At a briefing held for the office-bearers of the Islamabad Crime and Court Reporters Association (ICCRA) on Tuesday, the Federal Ombudsman said his institution was trying its most to […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has urged the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to reverse its order prohibiting coverage of a rape at the F-9 Park in Islamabad. While the regulatory body can issue reporting guidelines to maintain the victim’s anonymity, entirely prohibiting coverage of the incident is tantamount to sweeping the issue of sexual harassment […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday expressed displeasure over the lethargy of the law and information ministries for delaying legislation for service structure of journalists working in electronic media. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq resumed hearing the petitions of a faction of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Islamabad High Court […]
HYDERABAD: Federal Information Technology and Telecommunication Minister Syed Aminul Haq has said that his ministry is executing 20 projects worth Rs16.3 billion for improving connectivity through optic fibre system and broadband in Sindh. He was speaking at the ceremony for adoption of a school by Telecom Foundation (TF) for digitalised education in Latifabad on Monday. […]
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-ul-Haque on Monday said as per the manifesto of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan, Government College University was providing higher education to the people of Hyderabad and another federal university which would soon be established in the second largest city of Sindh. He said this while addressing the […]
LAHORE: The President and Executive Committee members of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) called on Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi here in his office on Monday and expressed good wishes for him. The CM assured to resolve the problems of the newspaper industry and directed the Information department to pay the arrears of advertisements […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday allowed the Pakistan Telecommunication Autho-rity (PTA) to block the websites sharing ‘objection material’ and adjourned the hearing of a petition against uploading copies of the Holy Quran with distorted Arabic text till February 06.The court passed these orders after the PTA’s counsel sought permission to close all such […]
” 
” 
” 
” 
” 
