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Nobel Peace Prize winner slams Indian media

Nobel Peace Prize winner slams Indian media

 Published 6 years ago:  Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi warns about warmongering by Indian journalists during the latest confrontation with Pakistan.

Ex-PEMRA chairman Absar Alam terms Nawaz Sharif a good boss

Ex-PEMRA chairman Absar Alam terms Nawaz Sharif a good boss

 Published 6 years ago:  Ex PEMRA chairman Absar Alam says he was satisfied working with former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif terming him a very good boss

Imtiaz Alam plays down the importance of civil awards

Imtiaz Alam plays down the importance of civil awards

 Published 6 years ago:  With Arshad Sharif of ARY and newscaster Ishrat Fatima named to receive civil awards a veteran journalist has played down the importance of these honors.

Greetings pour in for Arshad Sharif

Greetings pour in for Arshad Sharif

 Published 6 years ago:  Journalists, officials, and others have greeted ARY presenter Arshad Sharif over his nomination for the Pride of Performance Award

Robo-journalism gains traction in shifting media landscape

Robo-journalism gains traction in shifting media landscape

 Published 6 years ago:  Artificial intelligence programs - available for nearly a decade - are becoming more widespread as news organizations turn to them to produce stories.

Arshad Sharif and Ishrat Fatima to get civil awards

Arshad Sharif and Ishrat Fatima to get civil awards

 Published 6 years ago:  ARY News journalist Arshad Sharif and veteran newscaster Ishrat Fatima are among 127 personalities to be honored with civil awards on March 23.

Public News journalist Owais Tohid gets trolled on Twitter

Public News journalist Owais Tohid gets trolled on Twitter

 Published 6 years ago:  Journalist and Public News TV presenter Owais Tohid is getting trolled on Twitter after tweeting on the war hysteria in the Indian cricket team.

 Time for more women to lead media and unions, says IFJ

Time for more women to lead media and unions, says IFJ

 Published 6 years ago:  The International Federation of Journalists issues a rallying cry to media and union leaders to make women more visible in their organizations.

Some journalists call for providing proper healthcare to Sharif

Some journalists call for providing proper healthcare to Sharif

 Published 6 years ago:  Some journalists have called for providing proper treatment to ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who is serving a seven-year term for graft.

ARY News journalist Rabia Noor wins Jamal Khashoggi Award for Courageous Journalism

ARY News journalist Rabia Noor wins Jamal Khashoggi Award for Courageous Journalism

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistani Rabia Noor of ARY News is one of five journalists to win the inaugural Jamal Khashoggi Award for Courageous Journalism.

Editor Raza Rumi's association with Daily Times ends

Editor Raza Rumi's association with Daily Times ends

 Published 6 years ago:  A two-year stint of Raza Rumi as the editor of Daily Times ends.

Supreme Court bars private channels from airing Indian content

Supreme Court bars private channels from airing Indian content

 Published 6 years ago:  The Supreme Court of Pakistan bars private channels from airing Indian films and television shows amid escalating tensions between the two countries.

Government adverts to papers withheld in Indian Occupied Kashmir

Government adverts to papers withheld in Indian Occupied Kashmir

 Published 6 years ago:  The governor administration in Indian Occupied Kashmir withholds government advertisements to Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader newspapers.

BBC's new-look Sairbeen to engage diverse audiences

BBC's new-look Sairbeen to engage diverse audiences

 Published 6 years ago:  The BBC News Urdu flagship TV news program Sairbeen has changed its format and the way it looks and sounds to better serve its diverse audiences

Najam Sethi on 24 News from mid-March

Najam Sethi on 24 News from mid-March

 Published 6 years ago:  The heavyweight of Pakistani media, Najam Sethi is set to start his show on 24 News Television by mid-March.

Egyptian photojournalist Shawkan freed after over five years in jail

Egyptian photojournalist Shawkan freed after over five years in jail

 Published 6 years ago:  Egypt releases photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, also known as Shawkan, from prison after over five years in detention on anti-state charges.

CEJ and colleagues remember courageous Editor Razia Bhatti

CEJ and colleagues remember courageous Editor Razia Bhatti

 Published 6 years ago:  The Center for Excellence in Journalism organizes the Razia Bhatti Memorial Lecture to remember the courageous editor of Newsline magazine.

Gharidah returns to Aaj TV

Gharidah returns to Aaj TV

 Published 6 years ago:  Presenter Gharidah Farooqi has rejoined Aaj News after a stint at GNN Television.

Journalist Nadeem Siddiqui killed in a road accident

Journalist Nadeem Siddiqui killed in a road accident

 Published 6 years ago:  Journalist Nadeem Siddiqui was killed in a car crash on Saturday morning as he headed towards the line of control for reporting.

Social media fake news fans tension between Pakistan and India

Social media fake news fans tension between Pakistan and India

 Published 6 years ago:  False videos, images, and messages circulate widely on social media amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. Fact-checkers are overwhelmed as misinformation spreads, exacerbating anger and fear in both countries. Social media becomes a hotbed of unverified news, pictures, and video clips.

Six journalists win inaugural Data Journalism Awards

Six journalists win inaugural Data Journalism Awards

 Published 6 years ago:  Six journalists representing four local, national, and international news organizations win honors at the inaugural Pakistan Data Journalism Awards

Conference assesses media's role in covering conflict, violence

Conference assesses media's role in covering conflict, violence

 Published 6 years ago:  An international conference in Islamabad focuses on the role of media in covering conflict and violence

Journalist slain by Taliban remembered

Journalist slain by Taliban remembered

 Published 6 years ago:  Special tributes were paid to late senior journalist Siraj ud Din on his 11th death anniversary observed at the Swat Press Club.

Gulf News decides not to run video of captured Indian pilot

Gulf News decides not to run video of captured Indian pilot

 Published 6 years ago:  Gulf News decides not to run a video of an Indian pilot captured by the Pakistani Army on Wednesday.

Four journalists barred from covering Trump-Kim dinner in Hanoi

Four journalists barred from covering Trump-Kim dinner in Hanoi

 Published 6 years ago:  The White House bars four journalists from covering a dinner in Hanoi between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

 Cinema exhibitors boycott Indian content: minister

Cinema exhibitors boycott Indian content: minister

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry says the Cinema Exhibitors Association has boycotted Indian content.

Pakistani journalists reject Indian claims

Pakistani journalists reject Indian claims

 Published 6 years ago:  Several Pakistani journalists reject Indian claims of striking alleged terror camps on the Pakistani side of the Line of Control

BBC documentary continues the story of slain Qandeel Baloch

BBC documentary continues the story of slain Qandeel Baloch

 Published 6 years ago:  A new BBC documentary looks at recent developments in the murder case of social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch