PTV English unlikely to see the light of day
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Television’s plans to start an all-English channel have reportedly run into problems and it is now unlikely it will ever see the light of day.
According to insiders JournalismPakistan.com spoke to, launching the project would be impossible considering the poor financial health of the state-run channel.
Until about a month ago, it seemed that everything was on track
Protest against baton-charge of media men
CHARSADDA: People from different walks of life have protested police highhandedness against journalists in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district of Charsadda.
Last week police baton-charged a mob protesting power load-shedding that left two media persons covering the event injured.
Those injured were Siraj Ali, a cameraman of Geo TV and reporter Sher Ali Khan who works for NewsOne channel. The protesters Saturday call
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 w
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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
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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 of journalists in the country. &ldqu
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. The participants were from Swat, Sou
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
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