LAHORE: Award-winning journalist and columnist Hamid Mir said on Sunday the media in Pakistan continued to face oppression in one form or another. “The government has changed but the situation (state of media) remains the same,” he emphatically said at a session — Media under Siege in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan — on the […]
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 […]
ISLAMABAD—The Baluchistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) has strongly condemned the remarks against senior journalist and analyst Saleem Safi and anchor Gharidah Farooqi. The condemnation came from the President of the BUJ, Irfan Saeed, General Secretary Manzoor Ahmad, and members at a meeting with the officials of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and the National […]
Journalist Rana Abrar says the PTI intimidated, threatened and got him fired from his job for investigating the Toshakhana case. PTI Got Me Fired for Investigating Imran Khan’s Toshakhana, Says Journalist Rana Abrar Journalist Rana Abrar, who lit the fuse of the Toshakhana case that saw former prime minister Imran Khan getting disqualified yesterday, has […]
karachi: Interned Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais, who, along with his servants, is facing charges of murdering Nazim Jokhio, was not produced before a sessions court on Saturday for a fourth consecutive hearing. As Additional District and Sessions Judge-I (Malir) Faraz Ahmed Chandio resumed the hearing of the case, the held accused– Meer […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday instructed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to present recommendations to the parliament for protection of journalists’ rights, after holding consultations with journalists’ bodies. Chief Justice Attar Minilab heard the petitions filed by International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Islamabad High Court Journalists Association (IHCJA). At the outset […]
ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday filed a plea in the Supreme Court for the formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) or a judicial commission to probe the PM House audio leaks. “Declare that the impugned actions, in particular, the illegal surveillance of the PMO and PMH and the release of the surveillance […]
Foreign journalist and member of a leading media watchdog, Steven Butler was allowed entry into Pakistan on Thursday after eight hours of questioning at the Lahore airport. Buttler, the Asia programme coordinator of Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is in Pakistan to attend the Asma Jahangir Conference–Roadmap for Human Rights in Pakistan, an event named […]
Ambassador Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations showed his concern regarding the growing trend of “fake news” and disinformation on online platforms including social media. “This has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the extreme reliance on ICTs”. He urged the DGC to intensify its support for the efforts of […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) detention of the Committee to Protect Journalists Senior Program Consultant Steven Butler upon his arrival in Lahore. The authorities must explain the basis for his temporary detention and questioning for over eight hours. According to Geo, Butler was detained by the FIA at […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is shocked by the irresponsible and sexist remarks by former Prime Minister Imran Khan regarding senior journalist and NewsOne anchorperson Gharidah Farooqi. For a politician and the head of one of the largest political parties in the country to make such remarks about a woman journalist is condemnable and the Pakistan […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly condemns the death threats to Nawa-i-Waqt reporter Bakhtzada Khan in Haripur city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is imperative that authorities ensure the safety of the journalist by taking such threats seriously and ensuring action against the suspect. On October 9, Khan, who is also the general secretary of […]
Athens: Ambassador of Pakistan to Greece, Mohammad Nadeem Khan, awarded certificates of appreciation to New News for its journalistic services. Greece-based Ishraq Nazir is a well-known Pakistani journalist who is associated with New Baat Media Network. Ishraq Nazir is a correspondent of New News and a columnist of daily Nai Baat. He belongs to Dhok […]
ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday issued an inappropriate statement against a leading female journalist, implying that she was asking to be trolled and harassed as she “invades male-dominated spaces” while covering political rallies, reports Geo News. His statement came during a conversation with delegations of the National Press Club and the Rawalpindi Islamabad […]
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