• January 5, 2023
• Information Technology

President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday said that Digital Transformation was at the heart of country’s vision to create a conducive environment for technology development and growth. The president, talking to a delegation of DigitalOcean, led by its CEO Yancy Spruill, who called on him, said the conducive environment would include inviting and facilitating foreign […]

• January 5, 2023
• Social Media, Views and Opinion

Mode of connectivity to reach out to the larger audience; be seen and be heard. Where every “nobody” is “somebody” and “anybody” can be “nobody”: Such is the life on social media. A place where people hide behind their fake identities while sometimes they are too real for the world. This magical world has brought […]

• January 4, 2023
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The investigation into the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif has apparently hit a snag after the interior ministry and Kenyan Embassy turned down the investigators’ requests for facilitation. The special joint investigation team (SJIT) requested the interior ministry to release funds for its visit to Dubai and Kenya — the destinations Mr Sharif traveled […]

• January 4, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

Amnesty International South Asia on Tuesday decried the reported internet shutdown in the port city of Gwadar which came after an emergency law was reportedly imposed as protests arose over illegal fishing. “Such disruptions are neither necessary nor proportionate, and inhibits the ability of the people of Gwadar to communicate, access information, seek safety and […]

• January 4, 2023
• General News

Karachi: A two-day training workshop on Business & Economics reporting was held at a Karachi Press Club under the Pakistan Information Center (PIC), a project by the Press Information Department (PID) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. During the two-day workshop, journalists from various newspapers, TV channels and websites of the Sindh Province were […]

• January 4, 2023
• Views and Opinion

The courts in Islamabad frequently welcome a four-year-old petitioner who appears in front of judges in search of his missing father, journalist Mudassar Naru who has been missing since 2018. Given such stark optics, it is hardly surprising to learn that Pakistan is one of the most unsafe places for journalists. According to a recent […]

• January 4, 2023
• Obituaries

Renowned Pakistani anchor Mishal Bukhari on Tuesday, passed away at 38 due to cancer. Taking to Twitter, Journalist Rai Shah Nawaz informed that, it was heart-wrenching news that Mishal Bukhari passed away. It is pertinent to mention that Mishal Bukhari was among the senior and veteran journalists of Pakistan, and she was an exceptional news […]

• January 3, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

All mobile networks and internet services are completely suspended in Gwadar, including Pasni, and Ormara. The protesters staged a dharna in front of Pasni Press Club and blocked the main highway for traffic and a heavy contingent of police has been deployed up to zero point, 6 km from Ormara city. On Tuesday, a Policeman […]

• January 3, 2023
• General News

ISLAMABAD-Journalist Saleem Safi on Thursday submitted an application with the FIA’s cybercrime wing requesting legal action against PTI leader Qasim Khan Suri for “uploading sexually explicit comments.” Earlier in a tweet in Urdu, Safi alleged that the former deputy speaker of the National Assembly had abused his late parents. He added that he had taken […]

• January 3, 2023
• Freedom of Expression, General News

GWADAR: At least 15 people including a journalists from Gwadar have been arrested at shifted to the central jail in Turbat, Bol News reported on Monday. Police said they were arrested during a crackdown on the Haq Do Tehreek Police said they were arrested during a crackdown on the Haq Do Tehreek in Gwadar. Senior […]

• January 3, 2023
• General News

ISLAMABAD: After a gap of nearly a month, Supreme Court will resume on Thursday (Jan 5) the hearing of a case relating to the tragic killing of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya. A five-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, had initiated suo motu proceedings regarding an independent and […]

• January 3, 2023
• Media Ethics

The Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon said that now a days there was a trend of fake news in the country and false news was spreaded in such a way that it seemed to be true. He said that in a recently published article, false news was spreaded against […]

• January 2, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide, including 93 from Pakistan, over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders. The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were “especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform”, said […]

• January 2, 2023
• General News

MARDAN: Bakht Mohammad Yousafzai and Shahab Akbar were elected president and general secretary respectively of the Mardan Press Club. According to the election results, Bakht Mohammad Yousafzai and Faqir Hussain Hoti were elected unopposed president and joint secretary, respectively. Hidayat-ur-Rahman Hoti, Shahab Akbar and Khurshid Wahab were chosen vice president, general secretary and finance secretary. […]