• February 12, 2016
• Media Ethics, Television

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Thursday urged the electronic media to shun the practice of dramatising security-related issues and running sensational tickers, as such practices create panic in the society fulfilling terrorists’ agendas to disrupt normal life. Giving a comprehensive plan to secure media houses, schools and markets against terrorist attacks, the minister […]

• February 18, 2015
• Media and Governance

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, addressing the CPNE meeting in Lahore the other day, emphasised the need for the media to act in a responsible manner and stand united on national issues, particularly with regard to the implementation of the National Action Plan against terrorism. Conceding readily that an independent media was indispensible for the development […]

• June 9, 2014
• Media Ethics

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on National Affairs Irfan Siddiqui on Sunday said media should have independence but it should also act with responsibility and avoid a situation which is seen now a days.Talking to Pakistan Television, he said institution of PEMRA also needed reconstitution and a lot of things are needed to be taken […]

• February 14, 2014
• Media Ethics

“Zulm ki baat ko, jehel ki raat ko, Mein naheen maanta, mein naheen jaanta” It has long been asking to be said. But who will say it? In a country where only twenty years ago one couldn’t see the pasture for the horde of holy cows, the cows were slowly butchered one by one by […]

• December 26, 2013
• Media Ethics

A powerful bomb exploded in old Sabzi Mandi area of Karachi on the night of December 20 which according to police was planted in a motorcycle. Authorities believe that former SHO of Mauripur, Sub Inspector Shafiq Tanoli was the target. Two people were killed and twenty people, including some policemen, were injured. As the details […]

• September 20, 2013
• Media Ethics

Sir: Nowadays, the most significant news in the media and in all the newspapers is about the barbaric incident in which a minor girl was subjected to rape after being abducted outside her house. This incident was followed by half a dozen similar cases, all reported widely in the media, especially on television channels, as […]