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Telecom foreign direct investment (FDI): down again

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As expected, the country’s digital connectivity sector had an abysmal time last fiscal vis-à-vis foreign investment. As per the latest central bank data, the telecommunications industry’s foreign direct investment (FDI) tally had dropped significantly to a net outflow of $29 million in FY22, as opposed to $43 million in net inflows in the year-ago period. […]


Shehbaz, Marriyum greet newly-elected Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) body

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday congratulated the newly elected office bearers of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). Source: The News


Man accused of killing journalist held

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CHARSADDA: The police here on Sunday claimed to have arrested a man accused of killing a journalist recently. Assistant Superintendent of Police Bilal Ahmad told reporters that the police arrested the accused identified as Saifullah on the charges of killing a journalist Iftikhar Ahmad, who was working for a private television channel. The slain journalist […]


‘US embassy is tracking journalists and PTI leader’, claims Mazari

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ISLAMABAD: The senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Shireen Mazari Saturday accused the United States embassy in Islamabad of “tracking” journalists and her party leadership. In a statement on twitter, she said that “US Embassy tracking journos [journalists] and PTI.” Giving details, she said that a senior journalist from a leading English daily made a […]


Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) appoints Ikram Sehgal as chairman of Media Safety & Security Committee

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KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), since its establishment in 1957, has served as a collective body of Pakistani newspaper editors dedicated to protecting press freedom and the right to access information in the service of democratic practice and strengthening democratic institutions in the country. On 19th July 2022, CPNE constituted Media Safety […]


Amin for strengthening Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) to increase Information Technology exports

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Federal Minister for IT and Telecom Syed Amin-Ul-Haque on Friday called for strengthening the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) in terms of financial and Human Resources in order to achieve the PM’s target of an increase in IT/ITeS exports. The minister expressed these views while chairing the 52nd meeting of the Board of Directors of […]


State Institutions, Media Should Create Enabling Environment for Truly Representative Government: President

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ISLAMABAD – President Dr Arif Alvi has said that all state institutions and media should endeavour to create enabling environment for setting up a government which was truly representative of the people of Pakistan. The president while addressing the 5th Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Business Excellence Awards ceremony, at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Thursday […]


Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Forms Editors-Government Liaison Committee

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KARACHI     –   Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) President Kazim Khan has announced establishment of CPNE Editors-Government Liaison Committee. According to a statement issued by the CPNE Secretary General, Amir Mahmood, the objectives of the Editors-Government Liaison Committee include right to awareness, freedom of the press and policies and laws related to the media, problems […]


Journalist verbally assaulted by police during by-election coverage

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While covering by-elections in the Punjab province, a reporter for ARY News was verbally assaulted by Lahore’s capital city police officer. Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the incident. Journalists should be allowed to work without such challenges and their role in ensuring free and fair elections through accurate reporting must not be threatened. On July […]


Pakistani filmmaker wins prize

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LAHORE:Pakistan’s filmmaker won prestigious Stefanus Prize for interfaith harmony.Wagma Feroz, filmmaker, rights activist and journalist awarded Stefanus Prize for interfaith harmony in a selected gathering in Oslo, Norway on June 24. Wagma’s short film “She Makes Everything beautiful”, was the Grand Prize Winner in a competition under the Empower Women Media for 2021. It’s the […]


Four female journalists from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) win international awards in film making

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PESHAWAR: Four female journalists from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have brought laurels to the country by winning international awards in Film Making on women empowerment and religious freedom. The four journalists of KP surprised all by bagging top positions in the international awards sponsored by Empower Media Women. The winning journalists are Zeenat Bibi who clinched the […]


Degrees of 85 Pakistan Television (PTV) employees found fake

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ISLAMABAD—As many as 85 state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) employees are employed based on fake educational degrees. Secretary Ministry of Information Shahira Shah, while briefing the Public Accounts Committee, stated that investigating the degrees of PTV employees is going on. So far, the degrees of 85 employees have been found fake. The secretary said the salaries […]


TikTok removes 12.5m videos from Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD—The world’s leading short-form video platform TikTok has released its global Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, highlighting that it removed 12.5 million videos from Pakistan. It said that Pakistan ranks second in the world for the most videos taken down from the TikTok platform over violation of community guidelines during the first quarter of 2022. The […]


Murderer of journalist Anwar Khetran convicted to life imprisonment

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A court in Balochistan’s Barkhan district convicted the murderer of journalist Anwar Jan Khetran to life imprisonment on Wednesday morning. The Additional Session Judge, Tasawur Naveed announced the judgment. The court also fined the accused Rs. 2 lakh. Senior journalist Anwar Jan Khetran was killed in a firing incident on July 23rd, 2020 in the […]