Geo sacks three in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: After a brief lull, the management of Geo TV was at it again Saturday, firing three journalists from its Islamabad office. Those sacked include two reporters and a desk man who had each been with the channel for more than four years.
In April, the management had laid off its director programs and four producers, also from Islamabad centre.
Also in April, 16 staffers at sports channel Geo Super that in
Nizami to sign up with Dunya?
LAHORE: Veteran journalist Arif Nizami, editor of English daily Pakistan Today is likely to join Dunya TV’s forthcoming Urdu newspaper as the group editor.
Mian Amir Mehmood who owns Dunya TV is to give the go-ahead to this high-profile appointment on his return from abroad next week, an insider has told JournalismPakistan.com.
Our source says although things are
Express News journalist shot dead
QUETTA: Abdul Razaq Gul, a journalist working for Express News television channel has been shot dead, police said Saturday.
Gul’s body was found in the early hours of Saturday morning (May 19). According to police, he was shot in the head.
The 35-year-old Gul was heading home from work Friday night when gunmen on motorbikes intercepted him and took him away, Razaur Rahman the Expres
Forgotten on the desk
ISLAMABAD: Sub-Editors are an endangered species in Pakistan. They are fast disappearing. So much so that today many, including some ‘senior journalists’, question if Sub-Editors are journalists or not. It is one of the latent tragedies of journalism in this country.
In the days gone by subs were respected for their work. But somehow over the years they have been forgotten. Nowadays they are taken as necessary
Is this ethical?
KARACHI: At the risk of putting my foot in my mouth I do declare that it’s never been better for certain journalists in Pakistan i.e. in terms of making a few quick bucks
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UNESCO alarmed over safety of journalists
ISLAMABAD: UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokovahas denounced the murders of Pakistani journalists Tariq Kamal and MurtazaRazvi and expressed alarm over the continued deteriorating security
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A lesson in reporting from hard areas
LAHORE: Deutsche Welle, Germany,in collaboration with the South Asian Media School (SAMS) conducted a 10-day workshop on “Reporting in crisis areas” for television journalists.
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Canada awards for Pakistani journalists
ISLAMABAD: The Canadian High Commissioner Ross Hynes Thursday said Pakistani journalists were serving their country on the front lines and lighting up dark places despite intimidation and threats. “Today, we want to exp
Pakistan Today tells some staff to leave
KARACHI: The Pakistan Today managers have reportedly told three reporters and two sub-editors at the Karachi centre to resign from their positions, indicating yet again the paper was trapped in financial quicksand and sinki
Hard work pays off for Tribune reporter
ISLAMABAD: The enigma has been there as long as the profession; does a good story make a journalist or does a journalist make a story good? Most probably the answer lies somewhere in between. One thing is for sure though, hard wor
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