Imtiaz Alam, journalist and television anchor of “Express News” received death threats in the night of April 3, 2014 in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province. He is also the editor of quarterly South Asian Journal and secretary general of South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA). No one has claimed the responsibility of threats. Alam […]
Karachi: Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) had Tuesday organised a meeting with a delegation of Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a United States-based organisation voicing over atrocities done to the working journalists around the world. The CPJ delegation had comprised CPJ Coordinator Proghramme for Asia Bob Dietz and CPJ Senior Consultant Elisabeth Winchell. The […]
Speakers at a condolence meeting organised by Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) for veteran journalist and newspaper editor Fasieh Iqbal on Saturday paid glowing tributes to him. They recalled services that the late Fasieh Iqbal rendered for the cause of freedom of press and restoration of democracy in the country. They also praised his […]
KARACHI: Attempts to attack media houses in Karachi were widely condemned by almost all sections of the society on Tuesday. The Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) condemned the instances of crackers hurled at the offices Business Recorder, and Nawa-e-Waqt Group and explosive material planted at the ARY channel head office in Karachi on Monday […]
National Assembly Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage on Friday decided to move a privilege motion against Sindh and Punjab police for providing wrong data regarding attacks on journalists in their respective provinces. A sub-committee was also constituted to look into the issues pertaining to attacks on media persons, compensation to families of […]
The incident of target killing against media people seen considerably reduced in the year 2013 in comparison to the year 2012. According to statistics compiled by media cell of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) 11 journalists fell victim to terrorist incidents during discharging their professional responsibilities in 2013 out of which six lost […]
KARACHI: Eleven journalists fell victim to terrorist incidents during discharge of their responsibilities in the country in 2013, according to a report released by the Media Monitoring Cell of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE). Five journalists died during the coverage of bomb blasts and six others in targeted killings. The CPNE called for […]
ISLAMABAD: A special meeting of the office-bearers and members of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Islamabad chapter was held on Saturday to re-activate the chapter. The move to call the meeting was initiated by senior vice-president of the chapter and senior editor of Daily Express Ayaz Khan. The meeting discussed all the challenges faced […]
KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) strongly condemned the attack on the Express Media Group building and voiced solidarity with the group. An emergency meeting of the body, presided over by senior vice-president Ilyas Shakir, reassured the group of its support. The meeting decided that a media convention for the protection of editors, […]
The attack on Express Media Group’s Karachi office is a direct assault on ‘freedom of the press’. It is not simply a wake-up call, but perhaps, a final call for the media. Sadly, an attack on one group or journalists has never been considered as an attack on the ‘media Industry’ as in the past. […]
LAHORE: On the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), the journalists community throughout the country on Tuesday held demonstrations and rallies in order to protest against attack on the offices of Express Media Group in Karachi. Giving the government an ultimatum, PFUJ President Rana Muhammad Azeem and Secretary General Amin Yousuf demanded that […]
KARACHI/HYDERABAD/SUKKUR: The attack on the offices of the Express Media Group in Karachi was slammed across Sindh by journalists on Tuesday. Members of various journalist unions, such as the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Hyderabad Press Club, Sukkur Union of Journalists (Indus) […]
KARACHI: Journalists at a consultative dialogue said that media organizations such as Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) should develop a standardized list of terminology for sensitive words that threaten the safety of journalists. A national consultative dialogue on “Conflict Sensitive Reporting in Print Media” was held on […]
LAHORE: The general body meeting of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) elected Mujeebur Rahman Shami, the chief editor of Daily Pakistan, Lahore, as its president Dr Jabbar Khattak, the chief editor of Daily Awami Awaz, Karachi, as its general secretary on Saturday. Mujeebur Rahman Shami said that the organisation has a long history […]
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