• February 15, 2024
• Access to Information

PESHAWAR: In a significant move towards transparency and accountability, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Commission (KPIC) has summoned the Additional Inspector General (Legal) of Police to address citizen concerns regarding promotion cases within the Police Department. According to details, Citizen Muhammad Iqbal filed a complaint regarding the police department’s refusal to disclose information about promotions from […]

• February 14, 2024
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly denounces the targeted smear campaign on social media against journalists in the aftermath of their reporting on Pakistan’s recent general elections. This campaign is characterized by a deluge of abusive, offensive, and vulgar comments. The PPF is alarmed by the intensification of cyberbullying tactics, particularly against female journalists, in […]

• February 14, 2024
• Information Technology

Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoITT) Dr. Umar Saif distributed Rs825 million as cash prizes to companies playing a significant role in IT and IT services exports during the “IT and ITeS Export Award” organized by the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), an organization of the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication, here […]

• February 14, 2024
• Broadcasting

PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Tuesday temporarily banned interviews of suspected criminals in police’s custody by journalists and social media channels. Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Syed M Attique Shah also directed the provincial inspector general of police to respond to a petition of lawyer Jabir Khan, who sought orders for the Pakistan […]

• February 13, 2024
• Social Media

In a strong-worded statement, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed deep concern over an organised campaign of character assassination and threats directed at senior journalists Meher Bokhari of ARY TV and Amir Mateen of 92 TV by elements associated with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on social media. PFUJ President Afzal Butt […]

• February 13, 2024
• FOE

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police have submitted a report in the Supreme Court’s suo motu case regarding the protection for journalists. According to the report, six people were involved in the attack on senior journalist Absar Alam and have been arrested. It further says that suspect Hammad Suleman confessed to attacking Alam at the behest of individuals […]

• February 12, 2024
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: A nation-scale disruption of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is being reported by users and internet watchdogs in Pakistan on Saturday. NetBlocks, a global internet watchdog, said the incident comes “amid political turmoil after a controversial election held under an internet and mobile network blackout”. Pakistan on Thursday witnessed a countrywide shutdown of internet and cellular […]

• February 12, 2024
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD   –   In the context of the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Chinese and Pakistani researchers are helping Pakistan build smarter and safer cities through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. At the beginning of year 2022, the CPInS Lab was officially established at Pakistan […]

• February 12, 2024
• General News

The journalist community held a protest outside the Karachi Press Club for the recovery of anchorperson Salman Mirza, who was abducted from his home on the night of February 5th in Karachi. Salman Mirza’s elderly parents, spouse and other family members also participated in the demonstration. Journalists gave an ultimatum to the law enforcement agencies […]

• February 10, 2024
• Access to Information

LAHORE  –   In an unprecedented move, the shutdown of mobile phone and internet services during general elections has sparked controversy, with Salman Akram Raja, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) nominated candidate, condemning the blackout as a deliberate attempt to keep the public uninformed. Addressing the media, Salman Akram Raja expressed his concern, stating that the decision […]

• February 10, 2024
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) takes strong exception to the closure of mobile connectivity and data services on election day across Pakistan that have cast doubts on the credibility of the entire election and raise questions about the government’s motives for leaving citizens in the dark.  Authorities stated that cell phone services had been suspended due […]

• February 9, 2024
• General News

LAHORE: The journalists on Thursday visited the Election City established by the Election Commission where they were briefed about the election results, received. The journalists were briefed by Head of Political Finance Wing Masood Sherwani and DGIT Khizr Aziz. DGIT Khizr Aziz said that the results of ROs would be received here in Election City, […]

• February 9, 2024
• General News, Social Media

ISLAMABAD   –   Independent candidate Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, contesting from National Assembly Constituencies NA 47 and 48, has voiced strong opposition to the decision to suspend mobile phone services across the country, labeling it as the onset of electoral fraud. In his statement regarding the mobile phone service suspension, Khokhar expressed concern over the disconnection of […]

• February 9, 2024
• General News

On October 23, 2022, Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kajiado, Kenya, when local police shot at the car Sharif was travelling in after the vehicle failed to stop at a police roadblock. In the weeks after the killing, Pakistani investigators began to describe the case as a “planned assassination” orchestrated by Pakistan’s military in […]