• June 6, 2022
• General News

KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) on Sunday condemned what they described as utterly fake, malicious and baseless propaganda being spread by some PTI leaders aimed at maligning the county’s media. In a joint statement, the two organizations said PTI leaders Fawad Chaudhry, Shahbaz Gill and Hammad Azhar […]

• June 5, 2022
• General News

In August 2016, the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA) was passed after over a year of back and forth between the then Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government, parliamentarians and civil society. The law was conceived in the aftermath of the National Action Plan to address terrorism and extremism. It was borne out of a […]

• June 5, 2022
• Information Technology

KARACHI – Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amino Haq has announced the setting up of an IT park in Karachi and a piece of land costing Rs31 billion has been acquired from the Civil Aviation Authority near Karachi airport for the project. “Plots will be available at much lower rates in the […]

• June 5, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) Saturday warned the employees against making any statement against the PTV management or its employees in mainstream media, social media. The PTV administration warned them of severe consequences for defiance to the embargo. According to a circular issued by the administration and personnel department of PTV, the violators will […]

• June 4, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) Athar Minallah on Friday summoned a case about the harassment faced by journalists, and remarked Pakistan Federation Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to create a mechanism for accountability of journalists. Senior Anchorperson Sami Ibrahim and Arshad Sharif were present in the court during the hearing. At the outset of […]

• June 4, 2022
• Right to Information

KARACHI: Sindh government has constituted Sindh Information Commission under Sindh Transparency and Right to Information Act 2016 to address complaints of non-provision of information by various government agencies. According to a notification by Sindh Information Department, Nusrat Hussain is appointed as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) while Saima Agha Advocate and Shahid Jatoi as information commissioners […]

• June 4, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Thursday imposed a ban on Tajzia, a Bol TV talk show hosted by Sami Ibrahim, for airing a statement of PTI chairman Imran Khan. In a notification to all TV channels, PEMRA said: “Reference is invited to a talk show aired on BOL News titled “Tajzia” hosted by Mr. […]

• June 4, 2022
• Obituaries

KARACHI: Senior journalist and senior reporter Ahmed Hussain Halieo passed away his body was buried in his hometown in Dadu. In his last rituals many journalists and political leaders were seen attending it. In malir press club journalist pays tribute and condolences with Ahmed Husain’s relatives and family members. Source: Daily Ausaf

• June 4, 2022
• Print Media

Digital media has played a significant role on how we get to know the daily news. Over a period of a decade, there can be seen a decline in the use of print media as many people decide to get the news from the apps they use in their mobile phones. Internet acts a powerful […]

• June 4, 2022
• General News

KARACHI: The Karachi Press Club (KPC) hosted an international webinar on Friday to pay tribute to slain Palestinian-American journalist and reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Shireen, who was associated with Al Jazeera, was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on May 11. “She sacrificed her life for the cause of freedom […]

• June 3, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Senate standing committee on information and broadcasting has unanimously approved a bill aimed at taking steps to ensure special persons’ access to the media. Senator Saleem Mandviwalla, who moved “The Access of Media (Deaf and Dumb) Persons Bill, 2022”, gave a detailed briefing to the committee chaired by Senator Faisal Javed on Wednesday. […]

• June 3, 2022
• Information Technology

The number of broadband subscribers has reached 116 million while the broadband penetration was recorded at 52.60 per cent by the end of April 2022. As per detail available on the official site of the PTA website, Pakistan has around 193 million mobile phone users. The number of 3G and 4G service users in Pakistan […]

• June 3, 2022
• General News

Senior and working journalists of Abbottabad have condemned the illegal action of office bearers of Abbottabad Press Club, in which some senior journalists including Pakistan Television correspondent were forcibly stopped for entering in press club to cover the press conference of federal minister for parliamentary affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi here on other day. They further […]

• June 3, 2022
• Information Technology

KARACHI – Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that access to information and e-suite services, including healthcare, e-finance, e-agriculture, and e-education will enable the rural and remote communities of the country to compete better to support the economic development of the country. This he said on Thursday while speaking at a contract […]