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Izzat ka masla hai!

LAHORE: It's been a fortnight or so and I'm glad the elections are over; the polls brought the best and the worst out of people, especially journalists, so-called journalists, bloggers and other habitual social media key boarders with an opinion on any and everything.

 

The important thing I learned during this time is that our media certainly cannot refrain from labeling what they don't like, can

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Izzat ka masla hai!

Newseum honors 7 fallen Pakistani journos

WASHINGTON: The funeral toll pierces the hall like the dying shriek of each of the 82 journalists whose names were read out at a memorial re-dedication at the Newseum in Washington Monday. Seven Pakistani media men were among those honored, says a report in The Express Tribune.<

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Watchdog's version of Elections 2013

LAHORE: The much coveted elections were conducted on the proposed date and with an overwhelming voter turnout. Ultimately, the lions roared, taking the leverage from the citadel of Punjab province and the bat swept prominently in the valleys of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa. Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), except for the province of Sindh, limped in other parts of the country.

 

Amidst all the hassl

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Pakistan expels NYT journalist

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s decision to expel New York Times Bureau Chief Declan Walsh has drawn condemnation from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a US-based media watchdog.

 

Bob Dietz, coordinator of CPJ’s Asia Program has asked the Pakistan interim government to reverse its decision.

 

"The expulsion of Declan Walsh shows just how much the authorities fear independen

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Over 2000 journos miss right to vote

ISLAMABAD: More than 2,000 journalists in Islamabad and Rawalpindi were not be able to cast their votes in their ancestral towns and villages because of Election Day duties.


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Power at Ash-Sharq office cut off

ISLAMABAD: Electricity at the Rawalpindi ‘head-office’ of Urdu-language daily Ash-Sharq has been disconnected because of non-payment of bills.

 

Those aware of the development tell JournalismPakistan.com


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Abbas Ather dies of cancer

LAHORE: Group Editor of Urdu-language Daily Express, Syed Abbas Ather died of cancer here at the Combined Military Hospital on Monday. He was 74.

 

A renowned journalist and columnist, Abbas joined the profession in 1962. Working for several national


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'Media spin' and Elections 2013

LAHORE: For the first time in the political history of Pakistan, dictatorial fists are not in a position to muzzle the press or media outlets. However, irresponsible use of freedom will be followed by a trust deficit between 'watchful media' and its consumers.


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'Media spin' and Elections 2013

LAHORE: For the first time in the political history of Pakistan, dictatorial fists are not in a position to muzzle the press or media outlets. However, irresponsible use of freedom will be followed by a trust deficit between 'watchful media' and its consumers.

 

With the elections around the


The league of extraordinary multi-taskers

ISLAMABAD: My colleague Imran Naeem has been bugging me again. "Give me a story," he demands. I send him a list and point out, quite unequivocally too I must add, that I'm not in the mood to write anything serious. I've been busy working on my book and need a break from writing. But he has this bulldog-


Pakistan impunity rating increasing: IFJ

Pakistan’s status as a frontline state in a global conflict continues to deepen ethnic and sectarian fractures and the past 12 months have seen a further deterioration in the safety environment for journalists, says a report on South Asia launched by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on the occasion of World Press Freedo


Polls and media paradoxes

LAHORE: Reporting on elections in any country is not easy. There are a number of aspects one must cover - the parties, their agenda, manifesto, policies, candidates, past history, statistics, analysis and even anecdotes.

 

The dynamics differ every time. This time the ante for the media in Pakistan


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