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PTI-PAT sit-ins: Govt ploughed Rs450m into media blitz

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ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government spent an estimated Rs450 million from national exchequer on the advertisement in an effort to run its media campaign to counter months-long sit-ins staged by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) last year. The ‘popular idea’ was floated by the PML-N media managers […]


Media asked to refrain from carrying ‘provocative’ news

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Karachi: Sindh information secretary Dr Zulfiqar Ali Shalwani on Thursday urged the print and electronic media to refrain from printing, publishing or broadcasting items which could provoke hatred or cause conflicts. Presiding over a meeting of the media sub-committee of the Provincial Action Plan, the secretary said it was the responsibility of all print and […]


MEDIA COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED UNDER PAP/NAP MEETS

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KARACHI: The first meeting of media Committee constituted under Provincial Action Plan / National Action Plan to eliminate terrorism met here under the chairmanship of Secretary to Government of Sindh Information Department Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shalwani the meeting who attended by Director General PID Ashique Hussain Shaikh, Sayed Sikandar Ali of PIMRA, Ayaz Alam of […]


Govts failed to honour its commitments: APNS

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KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Wednesday paid tributes to Majid Nizami, publisher/chief editor, Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications, the Executive Committee members offered Fateha and expressed their profound grief over the sad demise of the veteran colleague. In a press release APNS Secretary General Sarmad Ali stated that the Executive Committee of APNS held […]


Pervaiz asks media to keep national interest supreme

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Monday called for an effective liaison and coordination between the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and the Ministry of Information to ensure dissemination of authentic information. He said effective liaison and cooperation was also vital to dispelling any misleading perception with regards to the military operation. […]


Dispute should end after Geo apology: PPC

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CHAKWAL: Pakistan Press Council Chairman Shafqat Mahmood Abbasi has said that apology and regret are the two things that amount to a big punishment and these two things are very significant in an Islamic society and the civilized countries. Addressing the concluding session of the two-day journalism training workshop of the CPDI, he said while […]


Role of media

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Apropos ‘Imran defends ISI, criticises role of media’ carried by Business Recorder on Saturday, the PTI chief seems to have stepped up pressure on the TV channel. On Friday, for example, he demanded that that TV channel should apologise to the Pakistani nation for its “baseless” allegations and “media vilification” of the Pakistan Army and […]


Arrangements finalised for national media conference

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KARACHI: The organising committee of the Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) at a meeting on Thursday finalised all arrangements for the three-day national media conference being held at a local hotel beginning from Feb 3. The meeting was chaired by SMIU Vice Chancellor Dr Mohammad Ali Sheikh. The participants in the meeting reviewed arrangements for […]


Journalists call for forming ethics oversight bodies

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Karachi: Senior journalists have demanded restructuring the Press Council of Pakistan and renaming it “Media Council” by extending its scope to the electronic media to monitor the content in terms of ethics. A roundtable conference was held on “Ethical Journalism and the Print Media” was organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and Pakistan Coalition […]


Media’s evolution

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How simple were the gone days when people would raise pigeons to carry messages across towns or to friends and family houses. Imagine about a world where Roman officials used a postman and relay of horses to carry a letter 500 miles in 24 hours. From puckering up to smoke signals, from drum-beating to drawing […]


Role of media

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ISLAMABAD: The objectivity of the electronic media is becoming highly questionable. Sensationalism, yellow journalism and fabrication are some terms that are continuously being used and heard today. Issues of national interest need care and restraint but the electronic media is failing to deliver objective reporting. There is a multitude of laws and ethics that the […]


The role of media in disaster management

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IN the wake of sufferings caused by natural and man-made disasters in the last couple of decades, a new realisation is taking place in the contemporary world. There prevails a general comprehension to minimise the losses both to life and property to a maximum possible level through effective communication, utilising technology-based systems. Social scientists and […]


Journalists call for developing standardized list of terminology for words threatening their safety

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KARACHI: Journalists at a consultative dialogue said that media organizations such as Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) should develop a standardized list of terminology for sensitive words that threaten the safety of journalists. A national consultative dialogue on “Conflict Sensitive Reporting in Print Media” was held on […]


Digital media still unexplored in Pakistan

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KARACHI: Entrepreneurs should start treating the digital arena as a strategic component of their businesses rather than an extension thereof, said Fazal Ashfaq, CEO of B Solutions, a Lahore-based digital advertising agency, while speaking to The Express Tribune on Wednesday. Despite rapid rate of growth in digital ad spends, its share in Pakistan’s total ad […]