• May 14, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians and journalists here on Tuesday affirmed their resolve to strive to strengthen democratic institutions and uphold freedom of expression. They were speaking at a seminar on “Youm-e-Azm” organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) at the National Press Club to reiterate their resolve and acknowledge the sacrifices of journalists for the […]

• April 28, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

My father, Mansoor Kaiser, was a journalist and I was never particularly great at anything except maybe cricket. I had a general knack for putting words together in an order that made just enough sense, and felt pride in my father’s hard-truth writings wrapped in black silk satire. I cared about facts and analysis, and […]

• April 28, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

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 […]

• April 28, 2014
• Media Ethics

EVENTS over the past two weeks have revealed the degree to which the process of democratisation in Pakistan remains infantile. The cautious optimism, induced by a long-awaited transition from one government to another, masks the degree to which the Pakistani state continues to be seen as distinct from the government manning its various offices. If […]

• April 28, 2014
• Media Ethics

LAHORE: Known politician Syeda Abida Hussain stressed upon media to be responsible in highlighting issues of national interest. Addressing a ceremony as the chief guest at Tech Club here on Sunday, Abida indirectly criticised the crisis between a private TV channel and ISI. Talking in background of murder attempt on senior journalist and anchorperson Hamid […]

• April 23, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is greatly concerned over actions brought by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate against Geo Television. In its complaint to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), the ISI accused Geo’s parent company, the Independent Media Corporation, of conducting a “false and scandalous campaign undermining the integrity and […]

• April 8, 2014
• Media Ethics

KARACHI: Speakers at a conference held to highlight history, achievements and deficiencies of the Sindhi media agreed on Monday that the Sindhi TV, radio channels, newspapers and periodicals were ‘Sufi and secular’ in their essence and they reported bravely on issues, which the dominant media in Urdu normally ignored, yet they lacked in many areas […]

• April 6, 2014
• Media Ethics

Appeasement knows no bounds in Pakistan. The interior ministry has released Taliban prisoners in a ‘goodwill’ gesture. As we have it, there is no uproar that these mass murderers will roam the streets our children play in. Instead, the Speaker was asked by the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) to call the Information Minister’s attention to obscenity in […]

• April 3, 2014
• Media Ethics

QUETTA: Renowned journalist, columnist and intellectual Ghazi Salahuddin have said that media’s job is not to create differences but to disseminate information to the public. He said this while talking to a dialogue organised by Rozan at the Quetta Press Club on Tuesday. A large number of journalists and students attended the dialogue. He stressed […]

• March 25, 2014
• Media and Society

Sir: A Canadian communication scholar Marshall McLuhan coined the term “global village” in which he said a robust and vigorous media have made the world a globalised village. Media plays a pivotal role in liberating and uniting people as well as societies. When we are operating computers, watching television, listening to radio and reading printed […]

• March 16, 2014
• Front Page, Media Ethics

SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday set aside the rumours of a probable forward bloc in the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Talking to media men at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, he said that the PPP’s Sindh council had met on Friday in Karachi and lauded the performance of the Sindh government as […]

• February 6, 2014
• Media Ethics

KARACHI: After the East Pakistan tragedy, some communities in Pakistan are still being demonised with little attention being given to the Baloch population perhaps because it does not fetch electronic media good ratings, a national conference on media was informed on Wednesday. “We are still demonising communities yet no activism on the part of citizens […]

• February 5, 2014
• Media Ethics

KARACHI: Speakers at a conference on Tuesday criticised the freedom with impunity enjoyed by the electronic media, which, they regarded as misogynistic and leading to societal deformity in many ways with no one to exercise checks and balances. `If no one else is there to censor us, we should at least go for self-censorship; to […]

• January 5, 2014
• Media Ethics

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 […]