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Indian journalists visit Jang, Geo offices

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Karachi: The 14 Indian journalists visiting Pakistan on an exchange programme paid a visit to the offices of Jang group on Monday where they talked at length with their Pakistani counterparts about the scenario of media in both the countries. The visiting journalists were particularly interested in jingoism and nationalism, claiming it has prevented objectivity […]


Indian journalists gift currency to SBP Museum

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A group of Indian journalists on Monday gifted Indian currency notes for showcase at the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) Museum. On the invitation of Karachi Press Club, a 14-member delegation of Indian journalist is on Pakistan’s visit. During the delegation’s visit to the museum Gurbir Singh, President, Mumbai Press Club, and leader of the […]


Media can do plenty for Pakistan-India ties

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KARACHI: Journalists from both sides of the border should try to influence their governments to solve issues. Whenever relations are strained between India and Pakistan, journalists should stay on course and demand peace. The media should refrain from one-sided reporting and break stereotypes. These were some of the thoughts that were articulated by Indian and […]


Mumbai journalists to visit Pakistan this week

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ISLAMABAD: A 15-member delegation of the Mumbai Press Club representing the print and electronic media will be visiting Pakistan on the invitation of Karachi Press club for a week starting November 23. Mumbai Press Club is a leading association of media persons in India with more than 3,000 members. The delegation is scheduled to arrive […]


‘Black day’ observed against November 3 emergency

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Former Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed on Saturday said an unholy alliance of judiciary and army against democratic forces in past badly damaged the reputation of two respected institutions. He expressed these views while addressing as chief guest in a programme organised by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Karachi Press Club at KPC to observe […]


Memoirs of senior journalist launched

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A book titled ‘Khwab Ley Lo Khwab’, a collection of random memoirs of Shahid Husain, a veteran journalist working with The News, was launched at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday evening. Random as they may be, the memoirs outline Husain’s ideological idealism and his quest for a society based on justice and egalitarianism. A […]


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Reema visits KPC, calls journalists in Pakistan ‘fighters’

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KARACHI: Actor Reema, who has recently taken on her husband’s name ‘Tariq’, met journalists at Karachi Press Club on Wednesday to admire their determination. “There are two kinds of fighters in this world – the first are those who physically fight the war and the second are the ones who fight the war through words,” […]


Cable operators assail new tax

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KARACHI: The Cable Operators Association of Pakistan has opposed the advance tax on cable operators slapped by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority from Oct 1, saying it will ruin cable operators’ business. Speaking at a conference at the Karachi Press Club on Friday, COAP leaders Abdul Jabar Khan, Ghufran Mustafa and others said that […]


Journalists boycott PA proceedings

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KARACHI: Members of the Sindh Assembly Press Gallery protested on Monday against termination of service of over 25 journalists of the Jahan-i-Pakistan newspaper, killing of a journalist of a TV channel, inordinate delay in payment of salaries by some channels, and a recent incident of snatching purses and cellphones from four journalists of daily Dawn. […]


Journalists to boycott tomorrow’s PA session against terminations

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Karachi: The journalist community will boycott the Sindh Assembly session of September 9 (Monday) against the forceful terminations of as many as 26 journalists from a local newspaper, President Karachi Union of Journalists announced this on Saturday. Addressing a protest meeting outside the newspaper office, President KUJ GM Jamali said that they would record their […]


Book on history of journalism in Pakistan launched

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KARACHI: “It was the golden era of journalism when people connected with this profession made big sacrifices while remaining truthful to their work. Writing about the injustices faced by journalists is also a way of taking revenge,” said I.A. Rehman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. He was speaking at the launch of Dr […]


Pakistan: Case registered against journalists

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On the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan, police registered a case on August 26, 2013 under the Anti-Terrorist Act of 1997 of the constitution against Salman Iqbal, the chief executive of leading television channel ARY News, Owais Tohid, Executive Director, Shahid Hameed Rind, Quetta bureau chief and Sabir Shakir, Islamabad bureau chief of the […]


Journalists given first aid training by PRCS

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KARACHI: Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Sindh Branch organised First Aid Training for Journalists at Karachi Press Club (KPC) on the occasion of celebrating 150 years of World Red Cross Movement. The training was attended by more than 100 journalists including cameramen, health and crime reporters and office bearers of Karachi Press Club, where they […]


Indian writer calls for end to atmosphere of animosity

Karachi: Saaz Aggarwal, a writer and biographer from India, visited the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Wednesday evening. Aggarwal’s book ‘Sindh: stories from a lost homeland’ was launched at the 4th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), which ended on February 17. While Aggarwal refers to herself just as an Indian, with no ethnic trappings, her book […]