Articles about: Media; journalists and unions of journalists across Pakistan; Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority; discussions about media; local and international reports on media; media censorship; and other related topics.
ISLAMABAD: The sub-committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting drafted its report, observing that pre-censorship would be detrimental to creativity and the media industry. The parliam...
KARACHI: ILMA University successfully concluded its 5th International Conference on Combating Fake News and Climate Reporting in the Digital Era, a landmark two-day event that brought together prominent journalists, researchers,...
ISLAMABAD: A media and press freedom watchdog has called for the formation of an independent Steering Committee, which would be responsible for doling out government advertisements to media organisations. In a state...
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned veteran politician and prominent Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Farhatullah Babar as part of an ongoing inquiry initiated by a citizen’s complaint, agency sou...
Islamabad:Eight talented Pakistani journalists, with Secretary National Press Club (NPC), Nayyar Ali, set to hone their skills in UK through Chevening Scholarship. The National Press Club witnesses a transformative phase as i...
As the BNP’s Sardar Akhtar Mengal marched towards Quetta last week, the idea recirculated: establish a truth and reconciliation commission for Balochistan. Political commentators, journalists and activists alike rightly high...
The recent booking of a YouTuber under blasphemy and cybercrime laws once again highlights a troubling trend in Pakistan—one that legal analysts had predicted would worsen under recent legislation. The YouTuber had launched a ...
ISLAMABAD: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has demanded the immediate release of journalist Ahmad Noorani’s brothers, who were allegedly forcibly disappeared in retaliation for his reporting. Mr Noorani, currently...
The arrest of journalist Farhan Mallick and his subsequent four-day physical remand at the hands of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is yet another troubling sign of the shrinking space for press freedom in Pakistan. This ...
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Cell of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) condemns the arrest of Farhan Mallick of Raftar Media in Karachi, demands his release and transparent investigations into the matter. “The state agencies ...