Media in Pakistan

 Published 6 years ago:  Veteran journalist Najam Sethi says things are really bad in the Pakistani media.

 Published 6 years ago:  This critique delves into the shortcomings of contemporary Pakistani news channels, highlighting four major grievances: excessive repetition of news content, the degradation of the Urdu language in news delivery, the inappropriate use of foreign words and styles, and the insensitive and often absurd use of animation in serious news reporting.

 Published 6 years ago:  Only 12% Pakistanis believe that there is no media freedom in Pakistan, according to a survey conducted by Gillani Research Foundation.

 Published 6 years ago:  Eritrea is the world’s most censored country, according to a report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

 Published 6 years ago:  China effectively expels a Wall Street Journal reporter from the country, one month after the newspaper published a critical report.

 Published 6 years ago:  A Dunya News Television reporter, Ibrar Ahmed, and cameraperson, Rehmat Ali, were injured in twin blasts in Quetta. The media team was covering the first explosion when a second blast occurred, resulting in further injuries. One rescue worker was killed, and 11 others were injured.

 Published 6 years ago:   Lahore Press Club bans Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed from entering its premises for his cruel remark against an ailing Geo News journalist.

 Published 6 years ago:  Senior police attack several journalists as they covered violent clashes in Barrackpore, a city in West Bengal.

 Published 6 years ago:  Some TV anchors appreciate and at the same time take credit for forcing the hand of the PTI government in withdrawing an ordinance promulgated last week.

 Published 6 years ago:  Here's what is needed to become an anchor or reporter in Pakistan.

 Published 6 years ago:  Immigration officials at Indira Gandhi Airport in New Delhi stop Kashmiri broadcast journalist Gowhar Geelani from leaving India.

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistani multimedia environmental reporter Amar Guriro is named Journalist of the Month by the International Journalists Network (IJNet).

 Published 6 years ago:  The Committee to Protect Journalists releases a collection of safety resources for female journalists.

 Published 6 years ago:  Adnan Aamir, a journalist from Quetta, has completed a digital security fellowship program of Reporters Without Borders Germany.

 Published 6 years ago:  Media workers in Lahore protest the layoffs of employees by Dunya Group, the protesters locking up the news organization’s offices for a few hours.

 Published 6 years ago:  Iraqi Communications and Media Committee suspends US government-funded Iraqi broadcaster Al-Hurra for three months.

 Published 6 years ago:  Jamil Ahmed, a sub-editor with Daily Azadi, was shot and injured by unidentified armed men in Quetta. He was taken to a trauma center in critical condition. The motive behind the attack is unclear, and journalists' unions have condemned the violence, calling for the arrest of the attackers.

 Published 6 years ago:  Armed men fatally shot journalist Mirza Waseem Baig of 92 News Television outside his home in Sara-i-Alamgir, Punjab on August 30, 2019. Journalist unions demand justice amid unclear motives for the murder. The incident sparked concerns over press freedom and the safety of journalists in Pakistan, prompting calls for swift action from law enforcement.

 Published 6 years ago:  International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate in Pakistan condemn layoffs by Dunya News that has left 70 employees jobless.

 Published 6 years ago:  Why is it that any televised press conference these days usually degenerates into an uncouth, uncivilized and rude shouting match?

 Published 6 years ago:  The Dunya Media Group has laid off 70 employees from Dunya News Television, marking one of the largest job cuts in Pakistani media in the past year. Journalist bodies have condemned the move, demanding the reinstatement of the sacked staff and a government ban on advertisements for media houses that terminate employees.

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistani journalists stage a series of protests to demand an end to the persecution of local media in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

 Published 6 years ago:  Journalists boycott the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly in protest over inaction against the staff of Bus Rapid Transit who beat up and abused media teams.

 Published 6 years ago:  Nawa-e-Waqt employees narrate their financial difficulties because of wage delays for the last six to seven months in a letter to their boss.

 Published 6 years ago:  The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the sentencing of reporter Marzieh Amiri to 10 and a half years in prison and 148 lashes.

 Published 6 years ago:  The Khyber Union of Journalists condemns an attack on Samaa TV news team, reportedly by the staff of Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit.

 Published 6 years ago:  The head of a Mexican news website is found stabbed to death in the center of the country.

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistani police stop hundreds of journalists from symbolically trying to cross the highly militarized border into Indian-controlled Kashmir.