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Countrywide protests against ban on ARY

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PESHAWAR/KARACHI/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Thousands of people across the country took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the suspension of ARY News’s licence by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). The media watchdog, on Friday, suspended the channel’s licence for 15 days and imposed on it a fine of Rs10 million. In Islamabad, hundreds of […]


Journalists pay tribute to I.H. Burney

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KARACHI: Journalists gathered at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday to pay tribute to their senior colleague Izharul Hasan Burney, popularly referred to as I.H. Burney, for his great contribution to the profession during his stint that spanned more than half a century. The late Burney, a founding member of the club, won respect for […]


Ban on Geo News is an illegal act, say journalists

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KARACHI: The ban on Geo News is an illegal act, imposed arbitrarily without hearing the channel’s version, said senior journalists here on Saturday. Speaking at an event held to express solidarity with the affected staffers of Geo News at its office, the editor of Jang, Nazir Leghari, said that Pemra had shattered the basic principle […]


Karachi Press Club – the country’s very own Hyde Park

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Karachi: Many years ago, Josephine Campbell, a very senior American journalist, sent this scribe an e-mail asking about the significance of the Karachi Press Club because she was intrigued that many news stories originating from the financial hub of Karachi were somehow related with the club. Sadly enough, Campbell, an accomplished journalist who wrote for […]


Editors urge channels, dailies to avoid confrontation

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KARACHI: Editors and office-bearers of the Karachi Press Club have appealed to all channels and newspapers to avoid confrontation because the recriminations of the last few weeks have put the “lives of journalists and other workers in danger”. The editors, who met here on Wednesday at the Karachi Press Club, called upon all channels and […]


Hamid Mir asks journalists to unite

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KARACHI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the governing body of the Karachi Press Club have called upon the Sindh government to share the details of the investigation into the Hamid Mir case with the journalist community. As part of its campaign for the freedom of press, a seminar titled ‘Hamid Mir — […]


Media persons facing multitude of threats, moot told

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KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar titled ‘Challenges to Freedom of Expression’ at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday evening expressed deep concern over threats being hurled at journalists, precipitated by the attack on journalist Hamid Mir and the ensuing media war. The media wasn’t facing threats only from one side (the establishment) but it was […]


NSF vows to protect press freedom

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Karachi: Terming the onslaught on Geo Television as a “brutal attack” on press freedom, the National Students Federation (NSF) on Thursday urged progressive forces in the country to unite against those “bent on muffling the voice of the people”. Speaking at a protest rally held at the Karachi Press Club, the NSF leadership said they […]


Activists condemn Rehman’s murder

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KARACHI: A fairly large number of people belonging to various rights groups, professional organisations and political parties gathered outside the Karachi Press Club on Sunday and held a demonstration against the assassination of Rashid Rehman, a lawyers and human rights activist, who was recently killed in an ambush in Multan. “We salute martyr Rashid Rehman,” […]


Newsroom monopoly’s over; it’s the era of new media

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Karachi: Julien Le Bot, a French digital journalist, believes that it is time for classic newsrooms to accept that the “new media” are changing the dynamics of news delivery and this is why the monopoly of the former is reducing day by day, not only in Europe but also in the rest of the world. […]


First aid training for journalists

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KARACHI: To celebrate World Red Cross Red Crescent Day, Pakistan Red Crescent Society (Sindh branch) is holding a training programme on first aid at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday (today). The training institute of the society will select 30 journalists who will attend a three-day course in October. The News


Remembering a veteran journalist

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When somebody you have known for 54 years suddenly passes away, it is always a shock. When, however, the person has been in a coma for some considerable time and then pegs down from unnatural causes, it somehow lessens the feeling of distress, for one is forewarned that the worst could happen –– like in […]


Journalists’ demands to be accepted: Memon

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KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information, Archives and Local Government Sharjeel Innam Memon said Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had always honoured just-demands of journalist fraternity. Honouring the demands presented by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Thursday Minister assured their demands especially for insurance cover to the journalists would be accepted and implemented. Talking to […]


Association for female journalists launched

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KARACHI: At an event where the audience comprised mostly women, an exclusive association for female journalists was launched at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday. The Association for Women Journalists promises its members day care centres and life insurance. Its president, Durdana Shahab, said, “The need for this association was felt because even though women […]