Media Moments

A thought-provoking talk show on PTV featuring renowned playwrights Ashfaq Ahmed and Bano Qudsia (center right) engaging in a discussion on 'socialist plays' with the host. Intellectual talk shows like this were highly popular on Pakistani television during the 1970s. Photo credit: Subhan Ansari, via Facebook.

The building that once housed the offices of the publications of Progressive Papers Limited has been demolished. (Photo: Mazhar Ali Khan Family Archives)

Mazhar Ali Khan, editor of The Pakistan Times in the 1950s, addresses staff members at a reception to mark four decades of service. (Photo: Mazhar Ali Khan Family Archives)

Founding editor Faiz Ahmed Faiz chairs a meeting of the Pakistan Times staff during the paper's early years. The Pakistan Times rolled off the press on February 4, 1947. In 1959, Pakistan's first military ruler, Ayub Khan, seized control of the newspaper and its sister publications, Imroze and Lail-o-Nahar, under the Pakistan Security Act.-Photo credit Dawn

MANILA, June 24, 2024: Distinguished Pakistani journalist Kamal Siddiqi speaks at the East-West Center International Media Conference in Manila. He was awarded the Journalists of Courage Impact Award for exhibiting extraordinary bravery and making a profound impact through his work. Six other journalists from around the world were also honored.

ISLAMABAD, June 17, 2024: National Press Club (NPC), Islamabad hosted an Eid Festival for journalists and their families to mark the auspicious occasion. The event featured various activities, bringing the community together in celebration and joy.

ISLAMABAD, June 4, 2024: Geir T. Tonstol, Country Director of International Labour Organization (ILO) had an interactive session with the journalists on the first day of a two-day workshop held at the ILO office under USDOL-funded BRIDGE project in Islamabad for effective Reporting on Forced Labour and Fair Recruitment in Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD, May 30, 2024: A delegation of the National Press Club, Islamabad, led by President Azhar Jatoi called on the Federal Minister for Information, Attaullah Tarar. The minister assured the delegation of resolving journalists' issues, including medical, housing, salaries, and restoration of financial grants for the club.— Photo courtesy NPC

ISLAMABAD, May 29, 2024: Afzal Butt, President of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Azhar Jatoi, President of National Press Club (NPC), and Tariq Ali Virk, President of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) present a memento to the SSP Islamabad Traffic Police, Sarfraz Virk at the start of an awareness session on traffic laws at the National Press Club.— Photo by Javed A. Malik, NPC

ISLAMABAD, May 28: President of National Press Club, Islamabad Azhar Jatoi, and his colleagues visited the Iranian Embassy in Islamabad to condole the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others in a helicopter crash last month.— Photo courtesy NPC

ISLAMABAD, September 6, 2023: Dan Yong (seated second from left) Asia Business Advisor at International Media Support (IMS) who helps media start-ups across Asia to develop business strategies held a session with the members of the Digital Media Alliance of Pakistan (DigiMAP) in Islamabad.- Photo courtesy: DigiMAP

ISLAMABAD, July 29, 2022: Prominent television presenter Asma Shirazi speaks at a consultation on challenges women journalists face. National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), Digital Rights Foundation, and Centre for Excellence in Journalism organized the event. -Photo credit: NCHR

ISLAMABAD, April 26, 2022: Leaders belonging to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ), and the National Press Club held a protest in Islamabad against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf for leveling baseless allegations against journalists and harassing them.

ISLAMABAD, April 20, 2022: Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb and Finance Minister Miftah Ismail visited the National Press Club on Wednesday. President of the club, Anwar Raza, Secretary Khalil Ahmad Raja, Vice President Myra Imran, Joint Secretary Shakila Jaleel, and other journalists welcomed them. - Photo courtesy National Press Club

ISLAMABAD, June 2, 2021: Hum News presenter Shiffa Yousafzai, speaks to the media outside the Islamabad High Court. She has filed a complaint against journalist and YouTuber Asad Ali Toor accusing him of posting defamatory videos against her on his YouTube channel, and other women journalists.

ISLAMABAD, May 28, 2021: Prominent Geo News presenter Hamid Mir talks during a protest outside National Press Club to condemn the attack on journalist Asad Toor. Mir spoke boldly against the military establishment, an outburst that led to his show Capital Talk banned by the Geo management.

ISLAMABAD, May 18, 2021: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) organized countrywide protests to condemn Israeli terrorism and atrocities against Palestinians and bombing of residential centres and media houses. Here, journalists and others protest at the National Press Club camp office in Rawalpindi.

ISLAMABAD, March 1: Imran Naeem Ahmad (left), Co-founder, Editor, and Publisher of JournalismPakistan.com, receives the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Sports Journalists Association (RISJA) lifetime membership award from the association's chairman Abdul Mohi Shah at the Gun Club. Ahmad was one of the founding members of RISJA, formed in 1986.

ISLAMABAD, January 5, 2021: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) held countrywide protests calling for journalists' protection, media workers' rights, and press freedom. Nasir Zaidi, the union general-secretary led this rally in Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD, December 23, 2020: Myra Imran, Vice President of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ), briefs President Arif Alvi, federal ministers, and others on the current media crisis and its impact on women journalists. She spoke at a consultation titled 'National Initiative to Address Gender-based Discrepancies for the Promotion of Legal Economic and Social Empowerment of Women' at the President's House.

LAHORE, November 18, 2020: Representatives of Pakistan's independent online journalism platforms at a two-day conference organized by Freedom Network. The participants unanimously agreed to form an association to safeguard their rights and interests.- Photo courtesy: Abdullah Khan, humsub.com.pk

ISLAMABAD, November 11, 2020: Media workers led by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) protest wage delays, censorship, and layoffs in Islamabad. Journalists elsewhere in the country also held similar protests.

ISLAMABAD, October 21, 2020 - Sacked employees of Radio Pakistan protest in front of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, calling for reinstatement.

ISLAMABAD, May 3, 2020 - Journalists, led by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), gather in front of the Parliament House on Press Freedom Day to press for fulfillment of their six demands, including reinstatement of retrenched journalists and clearance of pending dues with government and media houses. The union also announced the launch of the second phase of 'Save the Journalists' movement.

ISLAMABAD, January 8, 2020 - Journalists gather in front of National Press Club at the start of a countrywide 'Save the Journalists' movement launched by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. The PFUJ has put forth five demands including the formation of a Parliamentary National Media Commission, and an end to censorship.

LAHORE, August 29, 2019: Leading cartoonists from all over Pakistan, and youngsters gathered in Lahore for three days for a Satire Fest.

KARACHI, July 19, 2019 - Friends and colleagues gather at the Center for Excellence in Journalism to remember Idrees Bakhtiar and Anil Datta, veteran journalists who died recently. - Photo courtesy: CEJ

ISLAMABAD, July 16, 2019 - Journalists in Islamabad observe Black Day to denounce censorship, layoffs, and wage delays. Similar protests were held across the country. - Photo courtesy: Aamir Sajjad Syed

GENEVA, June 5, 2019: Cyril Almeida, columnist and assistant editor with Dawn, holds the 2019 International Press Institute World Press Freedom Hero Award after receiving it at a ceremony in Geneva. - Photo IPI