درخواست جمع کرانے کی آخری تاریخ جمعہ،27فروری،2020 پاکستان پریس فاوٗنڈیشن (پی پی ایف)نے پاکستان میں میڈیا کی آزادی اور حفاظت کے فیلو شپ پروگرام کے لیے درخواستیں وصول کرنے کا اعلان کردیا۔ اس فیلو شپ پروگرام کا مقصد آزادی اظہار رائے کو فروغ دینا اور میڈیا کارکنان کو مدد فراہم کرناہے تاکہ وہ میڈیا کی […]
Last date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has issued a call for applications for Fellowship program on Media Safety and Impunity in Pakistan. The fellowship program aims to promote freedom of expression by providing support to media professionals to produce stories related to issues on Media Safety and Impunity. The fellowship programs […]
MUZAFFARABAD: More than four hundred journalists from different parts of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir have arrived here to take part in a “symbolic march” towards the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday. The march, organised by the Central Union of Journalists (CUJ), a regional body, has attracted attention of media professionals across the country. “For […]
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said that there was a need to have a centralised regulatory authority for all types of media, including print, electronic and digital. Briefing a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Information presided over by Senator Faisal Javed, the minister said that advancement of technology had led to converging of […]
AGAINST sane advice, the PTI government has moved ahead with its agenda to tighten its control over the media. On Thursday, the federal cabinet approved the creation of the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority that will enable the government to ‘regulate’ all media in the country from one platform. The step has come in the face of strong […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) have criticised the federal cabinet’s decision to set up the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PMRA) that is to replace the existing bodies regulating print and electronic media. The APNS termed the decision a particularly regressive measure and the CPNE described it as […]
ISLAMABAD – The federal cabinet Thursday approved formation of a new Media Regulatory Authority in consultation with the journalists’ associations. Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said media representatives will be consulted on the new body. “The cabinet has approved steps for constitution of a new Media Regulatory Authority. Consultation with journalists’ associations has been recommended,” […]
ISLAMABAD – The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting recommended giving advertisements to media and sought Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry for briefing on the draft advertisement policy of the government. The committee asked Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to get the approval of the committee and include its input in […]
Pakistani journalists, who have taken on military leaders and been beaten and jailed in the pursuit of a free press, say they now face a form of censorship that is more subtle but no less chilling, one spearheaded by the security services. Journalists and press freedom advocates say the military and the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence […]
ONE 24/7 news television channel has shut down. Many other news channels, big and small, are teetering on the brink: their advertising revenues have been falling for several months. The keyword in the (electronic) media these days is ‘rightsizing’. From camerapersons to producers to programme hosts — everyone’s job is on the line. Bureau offices […]
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ہیڈلائنز:۔ حکومت کا طالبان کیخلاف فضائی حملے روکنے کا اعلان طالبان کے خلاف کارروائیاں روکنے کا فیصلہ خوش آیندہے،پروفیسر ابراہیم یوکرین میں فوجی مداخلت کاکوئی ارادہ نہیں؛ امریکی حکام اور بھارت کیخلاف پرفارم کرکے بہت خوش ہوں ، شاہدآفریدی خبروں کی تفصیل:۔ طالبان کی طرف سے عارضی جنگ بندی کے فیصلے کے بعد حکومت نے […]
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ہیڈلائنز:۔ قومی اسمبلی میں ملکی داخلی صورتحال پر بحث۔ دہشتگردی سے پاکستان کی سلامتی وبقاءکو شدید خطرات لاحق ہیں، الطاف حسین۔ فاٹا میں ٹارگٹڈ آپریشن سے پولیو وائرس پاکستان بھر میں پھیلنے کا خطرہ ہے، عالمی ادارہ صحت۔ بھارتی جنگی جنون، اسلحے کا سب سے بڑا خریدار بن گیا۔ اور ایشیا کپ کرکٹ ٹورنامنٹ کا […]
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ہیڈلائنز:۔ پاکستان کی سالمیت کو مقدم رکھنے والوں سے مذاکرات کئے جائیں گے، وزیراعظم۔ فوجی آپریشن عوام و فوج کے درمیان نفرتوں کی دیوار کھڑی کرنے کی سازش ہے، امیر جماعت اسلامی۔ پاکستان اور ایران کا سرحدی علاقوں میں دہشت گردی کے واقعات کے خاتمے پر اتفاق۔ کراچی میں فائرنگ اور پر تشدد واقعات میں […]
Media and the policing of society
By: Haneen Rafi KARACHI: “The incidents of intolerance in society are not as important as is the response to them of the civil society,” said journalist Ghazi Salahuddin. He also laid stress on the response determining the true strength, or weakness, of a society. This was shared at a roundtable discussion held on Thursday titled ‘The […]
Radio ki kahani: Abidi for revival of radio listening
ISLAMABAD: Raza Ali Abidi, arguably one of the most accomplished broadcasters in South Asia, has called for a focus on airing infotainment so as to reintroduce radio listening in the country. The veteran broadcaster and author of a number of books as well as travelogues cited the fast paced nature of broadcasting itself as the […]
Radio show Rangers Hour begins today
KARACHI: Senior officials of the Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, will be on air twice a day, five days a week on the radio station FM-101 from Friday to receive complaints and suggestions from the public amid the ongoing targeted-operation in the city, said a spokesman for the paramilitary force. “In the launching show of the programme, […]
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