Media in Pakistan

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DigiMAP calls for end to digital attacks on women journalists

DigiMAP calls for end to digital attacks on women journalists

 Published 4 years ago:  DigiMAP condemns the continued online harassment and coordinated digital attacks with which women in media are targeted

EU concerned over attacks on journalists in Pakistan

EU concerned over attacks on journalists in Pakistan

 Published 4 years ago:  The EU is also concerned about widespread and systematic harassment online, especially of female journalists around the world

DigiMAP wholly rejects proposed PMDA

DigiMAP wholly rejects proposed PMDA

 Published 4 years ago:  DigiMAP believes that the proposed PMDA is the government’s latest effort to impose state control on digital media after subduing legacy media

Anchor Imran Khan faces backlash over video statement

Anchor Imran Khan faces backlash over video statement

 Published 4 years ago:  Anchor Imran Khan tries to justify that Noor Muqaddam was responsible for her murder due to her lifestyle

Journalist missing in Indian Occupied Kashmir

Journalist missing in Indian Occupied Kashmir

 Published 4 years ago:  Rayees Ahmad Butt has been missing since August 6 and was tortured by police in the past

Pakistan rejects Guardian report

Pakistan rejects Guardian report

 Published 4 years ago:  Pakistan Foreign Office says 'baseless allegations appear to be part of an ongoing misinformation campaign against Pakistan'

Media representative bodies jointly reject PMDA

Media representative bodies jointly reject PMDA

 Published 4 years ago:  The stakeholders say PDMA is an attempt to tighten the federal government's control over the media from one platform

Imran Khan not directly responsible for banning me: Hamid Mir

Imran Khan not directly responsible for banning me: Hamid Mir

 Published 4 years ago:  Hamid Mir says Imran Khan is not a very powerful prime minister, he is helpless, and he can't help him

Lives of Pakistani journalists in the UK at risk: Guardian

Lives of Pakistani journalists in the UK at risk: Guardian

 Published 4 years ago:  The Guardian says exiled Pakistanis critical of the establishment have been warned by authorities in UK that they will be targeted

M. Ziauddin: highlights of an illustrious career

M. Ziauddin: highlights of an illustrious career

 Published 4 years ago:  Ziauddin has managed the nearly impossible: to maintain a blemish-free record throughout despite skirmishes with the high and mighty

PFUJ condemns arrest of journalists Imran Shafqat and Amir Mir by FIA

PFUJ condemns arrest of journalists Imran Shafqat and Amir Mir by FIA

 Published 4 years ago:  PFUJ announces holding countrywide protests against growing incidents of journalists' abductions in Pakistan

FIA arrests journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat

FIA arrests journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat

 Published 4 years ago:  Amir Mir was picked up by FIA's cybercrime cell when he left his home for the office

Pakistan-born journalist named as Fox News's congressional correspondent

Pakistan-born journalist named as Fox News's congressional correspondent

 Published 4 years ago:  Aishah Hasnie started her career with Geo News and received a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Indiana University

Pakistani media becomes graveyard of murdered careers: paper

Pakistani media becomes graveyard of murdered careers: paper

 Published 4 years ago:  The paper says Pakistan ranks 145 on the Global Press Freedom Index, and its prime minister has been named a 'predator' by RSF

Analyst Ikram Sehgal launches book

Analyst Ikram Sehgal launches book

 Published 4 years ago:  Speakers say that all-important events in the last 40 years have been covered in the book

Cut in advert budgets negatively impacted media industry: study

Cut in advert budgets negatively impacted media industry: study

 Published 4 years ago:  After 2018 there has been a decrease in the advertisement budgets, according to a research paper by PIDE

Sana Bucha to host Goonj on 24 News

Sana Bucha to host Goonj on 24 News

 Published 4 years ago:  Sana Bucha's show will be broadcast from Thursday through Saturday on 24 News

Najam Sethi back on 24 News

Najam Sethi back on 24 News

 Published 4 years ago:  24 News in August 2019 had stopped airing the Najam Sethi Show, a news and political commentary program

Dawn calls for boycott of Khalilur Rehman Qamar over insensitive comments

Dawn calls for boycott of Khalilur Rehman Qamar over insensitive comments

 Published 4 years ago:  Dawn newspaper urges the media industry to boycott Khalilur Rehman Qamar for his insensitive comments on Noor Mukadam's murder, questioning the industry's silence and its stance on gender-based violence.

Dharti TV crew mistreated amid new lockdown in Karachi

Dharti TV crew mistreated amid new lockdown in Karachi

 Published 4 years ago:  Journalists, including reporters, photojournalists, and camerapersons, face problems performing their duties during the lockdown

Pakistani analysts criticize CNN for airing TTP leader's interview

Pakistani analysts criticize CNN for airing TTP leader's interview

 Published 4 years ago:  Noor Wali Mehsud, the leader of Pakistan's Tehreek-i-Taliban, discusses the group's relationship with Afghanistan's Taliban in an interview to CNN

IHC directs FIA to stop misuse of cybercrime law against journalists

IHC directs FIA to stop misuse of cybercrime law against journalists

 Published 4 years ago:  Justice Athar Minallah tells FIA to take PFUJ and other stakeholders on board to implement SOPs to make sure that PECA was not misused

Application against Gharidah Farooqi submitted to FIA

Application against Gharidah Farooqi submitted to FIA

 Published 4 years ago:  The petition states that the anchor's tweet resulted in hurting the sentiments of Muslims who sacrifice animals on Eid-ul-Adha

Governor Sindh signs Journalist Protection Bill

Governor Sindh signs Journalist Protection Bill

 Published 4 years ago:  The governor signed the Sindh Protection of Journalists and Other Practitioners Bill-2021 which were received from the Sindh Law Department

Lahore Press Club offers life insurance to members

Lahore Press Club offers life insurance to members

 Published 4 years ago:  Under the insurance plan, Rs1 million will be paid in natural death, whereas Rs2 million for accidental death

Journalist Salahuddin Haider passes away

Journalist Salahuddin Haider passes away

 Published 4 years ago:  Salahuddin Haider also served as minister for information in Sindh from 2002-2007