Media in Pakistan

 Published 6 years ago:  Sri Lankan social networks saw a surge in fake news after the Easter suicide bombings a month ago despite an official social media blackout.

 Published 6 years ago:  Several journalists condemn PMLN leader Tallal Chaudhry for his misogynist comment against Special Assistant to PM on Information, Firdous Ashiq Awan.

 Published 6 years ago:  UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay condemns the recent murders of two journalists in Pakistan and urges their killers be brought to justice.

 Published 6 years ago:  Agha Akbar, one of the finest sports writers in Pakistan, and later a business editor dies following liver complications in Lahore.following liver complications in Lahore.

 Published 6 years ago:  Dawn says journalistic ethics were disregarded when two journalists broke the news about the death of Qamar Zaman Kaira’s son during a live broadcast.

 Published 6 years ago:  A Karachi court dismisses a case against senior journalist Shahzeb Jillani after the Federal Investigation Agency could not produce firm evidence.

 Published 6 years ago:  A Mexican journalist under a federal protection program is found shot to death in the resort town of Playa del Carmen.

 Published 6 years ago:  Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists is to write letters to news organizations urging them to pay staff salaries before Eid, and stop layoffs.

 Published 6 years ago:  Ahmad Noorani, formerly of The News, claims that two motorcyclists had followed and attempted to stop him in Islamabad.

 Published 6 years ago:  A makeshift explosive device placed under CNN reporter Mina Karamitrou car explodes outside the journalist's home in the northern Athens.

 Published 6 years ago:  Geo News employees end their day-long strike after successful talks with the management over outstanding wages.

 Published 6 years ago:  Staff at Geo News Television goes on strike across Pakistan over unpaid salaries as talks with the managers continued till late.

 Published 6 years ago:  Unidentified gunmen in Kabul shoot and kill a female journalist and adviser to the country's parliament.

 Published 6 years ago:  The newsroom staff at Jang newspaper Lahore goes on a pen-down strike following non-payment of wages.

 Published 6 years ago:  The Punjab Union of Journalists warns of countrywide protests if action is not take against police personnel who attacked journalists in Islamabad.

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists condemns the ban on advertisements to Dawn and terms it a move against freedom of expression.

 Published 6 years ago:  Islamabad Police forcibly evicted journalists from government apartments, damaging belongings and briefly detaining BOL News correspondent Shahid Maitla. National Press Club President Shakeel Qarar accuses Federal Housing Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema of ordering the action.

 Published 6 years ago:  Four journalists detained by Federal Investigation Agency following a complaint by Nawa-i-Waqt Media Group boss Rameeza Nizami are granted bail.

 Published 6 years ago:  Pervaiz Shaukat, President of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists apprises chairman PEMRA about the delay in payment of wages to staff by media houses.

 Published 6 years ago:  FIA arrests some journalists including Khawaja Farrukh Saeed, and Naveed Latif, President of Nawa-i-Waqt Workers Union on a complaint by Rameeza Nizami.

 Published 6 years ago:  The bodyguard for a Mexican journalist thwarted an attempt to steal the columnist's car in Mexico City, killing one of three robbers and wounding another

 Published 6 years ago:  The Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists decides to develop coordination with all the associations and reorganize the units in media houses.

 Published 6 years ago:  Senior television journalist Majid Siddiqui joins Indus News as editor output after quitting Abb Takk TV.

 Published 6 years ago:  International Federation of Journalists and Myanmar Journalists Association welcome the release of two Reuters journalists after more than 500 days in jail.

 Published 6 years ago:  Two Reuters journalists convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walk free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon after more than 500 days in jail.

 Published 6 years ago:  Ramazan is that time of the year when the newsroom has a certain ambiance and mood that is not there for the other 11 months of the year.

 Published 6 years ago:  Journalist union leaders claim success in their bid to get BOL News TV employees their unpaid wages following a protest.

 Published 6 years ago:  Journalist Talat Hussain, formerly of Geo TV says dacoits broke into the house of his elder brother in Bani Gala, depriving the old man of his savings.