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Journalists protest attack on private channel

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PESHAWAR: Condemning the terrorist attack by a political party’s workers on a private TV channel office in Karachi, the journalist community on Tuesday held a protest demonstration here outside press club. The protesting community demanded the federal and Sindh governments to immediately arrest the culprits involved in the inhuman terrorist attack and award them exemplary […]


Call for launching media drive to create awareness about RTI Act

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PESHAWAR: Participants of a consultative meeting of media group on the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2013, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has appreciated the passage of the law and has urged the provincial government for launching media campaign to create awareness among people at grass roots level. The media group is constituted by the Development, Environment, Legal […]


Journalists’ welfare foundation launched

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PESHAWAR: Journalists Welfare, Safety and Development Foundation (JWSDF) was formally launched here with holding a two-day technical training workshop for journalists on ‘Responsible Journalism’ here at Peshawar Press Club (PPC) on Wednesday. Those who addressed the workshop were included PPC President Nasir Hussein, senior journalists, Bakhtzada Yousufzai, Javed Aziz, chairman JWSDF Ali Hazrat Bacha and […]


Journalists protest torture on colleagues

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PESHAWAR: Journalist here on Saturday blocked the Sher Shah Suri Road to protest the torture on their colleagues, criticised the doctors and paramedics of the Khyber Teaching Hospital for taking several journalists hostage and demanded judicial inquiry into the incident. The protesting journalists led by Peshawar Press Club President Nasir Hussain and General Secretary Yousaf […]


Collection of data on families of slain journalists begins

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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 […]


Journalist manhandled

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PESHAWAR: The police allegedly manhandled a local journalist in the limits of Sharqi Police Station here on Thursday.Talking to reporters at the Peshawar Press Club, the victim Ameer Muavia, reporter for a news agency, said he was passing through a checkpoint near Suri Pul when the cops stopped him and started interrogation. “I showed them […]


Basant festival arranged

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Press Club here on Sunday arranged “Basant” festival for journalists and their families. A large number of journalists and their family participated in the festival. Later, a colourful ceremony was organised in which journalists, and their family members were given gifts. PPP provincial leader, Nighat Yaseem Orkazai, Peshawar Press Club, President Nasir […]


Journalist’s murder condemned

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PESHAWAR/SWABI: Journalists in Peshawar held a protest demonstration against the murder of Qalat Press Club president Mehmood Afridi and demanded of the government to arrest the accused involved in the case. While speaking on the occasion office-bearers of Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ), Peshawar Press Club (PPC) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemned […]