• August 29, 2021
• Social Media

Independent and responsible digital news platforms are the future of journalism. They can play an important role in promoting local news and readership even as they address increasing misinformation and monetary concerns. These views were expressed by senior journalists speaking at the Capstone Project launch ceremony of the Pakistan Entrepreneurial Journalism Program (PEJP), organized by […]

• August 28, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: In an apparent bid to prevent leak of official information and documents, the government has barred all government employees from using social media platforms. A notification issued by the Establishment Division on Aug 25 says no government servant can participate in any media platform except with the permission of the government. The notification says […]

• August 28, 2021
• Social Media

Peshawar   – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities have imposed fees on tik-tokers and other social media users for making videos at historical sites in the province. Archaeology Director Abdul Samad said that the decision was taken for protection of all historical sites in the province. The official said that only professional journalists would be allowed to shoot […]

• August 26, 2021
• General News, Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Wednesday informed a parliamentary body that the authority cannot block a specific individual unlawful online content present on secure social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube, but it can shut the whole site. A senior official of the PTA, while briefing the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior, […]

• August 24, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD   – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday directed the authorities to raise the issue of banning the video-sharing platform TikTok in the federal cabinet. A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah issued the directions while hearing the matter wherein he had already directed the Secretary Ministry of Information […]

• August 23, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD   –   Islamabad High Court (IHC) will today (Monday) resume hearing in a petition filed against banning of popular social media platform TikTok by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). A single bench of the IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah will hear the matter wherein he had already directed the Secretary Ministry of […]

• August 16, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Sunday that as more people were shifting to digital media, it was set to define media landscape in Pakistan in near future. Talking to representatives of digital media platforms here, the Minister said that there was need to check fake news, sectarian […]

• August 15, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: TikTok is the most downloaded application this year with current user standing in Pakistan of 20 million, federal information Minister Fawad Chaudry said Sunday while discussing the digital media landscape in the context of regional situation, ARY News reported. The federal minister said while the content development will sprawl here and is not to […]

• August 14, 2021
• Social Media

The Sindh police department has sought assistance from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) upon the discovery of fake social media pages with the names and logos similar to those of the provincial police being run to reflect bad impression and negative image of the police force. A letter has been written in this regard by […]

• August 14, 2021
• Social Media

The Digital Media Wing (DMW) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s report, titled ‘Anti-State Trends: Deep Analytics Report’, has generated headlines, social media buzz, memes and a fair amount of controversy. Trying to analyze the ‘Analytics Report’ itself is an interesting undertaking since it seems to have been mostly based on assumptions that are […]

• August 11, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain, on Tuesday, said Pakistan needs to work on the promotion of digital media to present its point of view before the world. Addressing the participants of National Media Workshop organised by the National Defense University in Islamabad, the information minister said that gone were the days […]

• August 7, 2021
• Social Media

President Dr Arif Alvi will launch digitalization of the state media organizations, including Radio Pakistan, at a ceremony in Islamabad today (Saturday). As part of the project, “Radio Pakistan Podcast” will be launched to provide people quality audio and video content on a variety of topics. The podcast offers interviews of dignitaries, daily news review, […]

• August 7, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to review the ban imposed on Tik Tok — a video sharing social networking service — last month, observing that 99pc users could not be penalized for the wrongdoing of less than 1pc. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah was hearing the […]

• August 2, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued notices to Secretary Ministry of Information Technology, Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and others in a petition challenging ban on video-sharing social networking service TikTok. A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah issued the notices in a writ petition filed […]