“NEWSPAPERS are owned and published by rich men. Rich men all belong to the same club. Sure, there’s competition — hard, tough competition for circulation, for newsbeats, for exclusive stories. Just so long as it doesn’t damage the prestige and privilege and position of the owners. If it does, down comes the lid.” This is […]
PAKISTAN remains among the most dangerous places in the world for members of the media who have been targeted by a variety of disgruntled elements. The latter have ranged from religious extremists to political militants as well as forces from within the security establishment. Media offices have been attacked and newspaper bundles burnt ‘in protest’ […]
PESHAWAR: The Journalists Welfare, Safety and Development Foundation (JWSDF) has issued a data form to all of its coordinators to collect basic information about the relatives of the slain mediapersons so that practical steps could be taken for the welfare of the bereaved families. The decision was taken in a meeting of the foundation at […]
FOR years now, Pakistan has been considered amongst the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. The impunity factor is used to demonstrate the depth of the problem: the state’s lack of interest in pursuing cases of journalists being murdered or harassed. This is apparent through just the bald facts: more than 20 journalists […]
KARACHI: A Pakistani is among four journalists selected by the Dag Hammarskjold Fund for Journalists to cover the 68th session of the UN General Assembly opening in September, it was announced on Wednesday. She is Maria Kamal, an assistant editor at The News International. The others are: Rose Wangui (Kenya), Leda Balbino (Brazil) and Guslin […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has expressed its anger over some journalists for criticising judiciary in a TV programme. Hearing the plea of Information Ministry’s counsel who asked for initiation of contempt proceedings against TV anchor Hamid Mir, a three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja on Tuesday watched the recording […]
KARACHI: Charged workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) roughed up members of the coordination committee, some lawmakers-elect as well as some journalists during a telephonic address by party chief Altaf Hussain from London in the small hours of Sunday. With the media barred from covering the hooliganism, witnesses said certain MQM leaders had been […]
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Thursday notified the regulations, specifying the guidelines which shall enable the federal government to establish and operate Journalists Welfare Fund (JWF). According to a notification issued here, the federal government shall establish the welfare fund for journalists to carry out the purposes of these regulations and the fund shall […]
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that prejudice and bias were the main reasons for the disintegration of Pakistan and appealed to unbiased journalists and intellectuals to write on the issue to save Pakistan. He was addressing a gathering of MQM workers at Nine Zero, Azizabad by telephone, who had […]
Middlebury College and the Monterey Institute of International Studies are accepting applications for the Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism. The fellowship takes 10 journalists near the start of their careers and helps them work through an ambitious reporting project in print, Web-based, or radio journalism, from the beginning through publication or broadcast. Fellows meet together […]
ISLAMABAD: Over 2,000 journalists working in various media houses in Islamabad and Rawalpindi will not be able to cast their votes in their ancestral areas due to their duties on election day. The journalists, who belong to various parts of the country, have demanded of the Election Commission of Pakistan to devise a swift strategy […]
Journalists worldwide can apply for a US$24,000 fellowship to conduct a reporting project abroad. Sponsored by the John Alexander Project and NPR, the Above the Fray Fellowship is designed to give a promising journalist the opportunity to cover important, under-reported stories from abroad. The selected individual will spend three months filing on-air and online stories […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is likely to issue an order on Monday for making public a list of media houses and journalists who had received government money in the name of national security after it is testified by the information ministry to be a true document. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and […]
Sabir Shah LAHORE: Even if the Supreme Court of Pakistan somehow unmasks beneficiaries of the Ministry of Information’s secret fund on Wednesday (tomorrow), these guilty journalists and the concerned media barons are likely to go scot-free, contrary to countries like India, China and United Kingdom where such ugly faces are not treated as sacred cows […]
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