Newsroom

 Published 13 years ago:  Karachi and Mumbai Press Clubs signed a memorandum in Mumbai pledging to avoid hate language as a Pakistani media delegation visited India.

 Published 13 years ago:  Lahore Press Club may open membership to electronic media journalists, raising concern among F-Block members who fear losing chances for housing plots.

 Published 13 years ago:  BBC journalist Jeremy Paxman told the Leveson Inquiry that Piers Morgan showed him in 2002 how to access mobile voicemails using default codes.

 Published 13 years ago:  Journalists and Islamabad Press Club protest Geo TV layoffs after several staff were sacked in Islamabad and Karachi amid repeated downsizing since 2010.

 Published 13 years ago:  In Lahore, 60 journalists and students attended a two-day workshop by Dr Sherry Ricchiardi on media ethics, investigative reporting and core journalism skills.

 Published 13 years ago:  Dunya News cameraman Khalil Ahmad is in critical condition after being shot at an Awami Tehrik rally in Karachi where 15 were killed.

 Published 13 years ago:  ICFJ names Kassim Mohamed and Sami Mahdi as 2012 Knight International Journalism Award winners for reporting on piracy and violence against women.

 Published 13 years ago:  Matiullah Jan proposes a journalist relief fund with monthly contributions to support laid-off media workers earning under Rs40,000 in Pakistan.

 Published 13 years ago:  Two Dunya News crew members were injured when gunmen opened fire on an Awami Tehrik rally in Karachi, killing 10 people and burning vehicles.

 Published 13 years ago:  Karachi and Mumbai Press Clubs urged a liberal visa regime for journalists at a Mumbai seminar, seeking multiple year-long visas and easier travel access.

 Published 13 years ago:  ITNE Chairman Nasir Hussain issued show-cause notices to Ausaf owners and officials for failing to implement salary dues orders for two years.

 Published 13 years ago:  A man carrying three hand grenades and 37 live rounds was arrested at Abujas Radio House as ministers held a news conference, officials said.

 Published 13 years ago:  HRCP urged President Asif Ali Zardari to form an independent judicial commission to probe the killing of journalist Razaq Gul in Turbat.

 Published 13 years ago:  Dunya TV has reportedly bought a Zero Point-area building in Islamabad from Malik Riaz to develop a media house and launch an Urdu newspaper.

 Published 13 years ago:  A 14-member Pakistani media delegation arrived in Mumbai for a week-long study tour to promote better reporting and people-to-people ties.

 Published 13 years ago:  PTVs proposed all-English channel has stalled due to financial constraints, with the new information minister reportedly instructing management to halt it.

 Published 13 years ago:  Charsadda residents and civil society protested police baton-charge on journalists during a load-shedding protest, demanding FIRs and action against officers.

 Published 13 years ago:  Geo TV fired three journalists from its Islamabad office on Saturday, continuing a series of layoffs and downsizing across the network since March.

 Published 13 years ago:  Veteran journalist Arif Nizami is likely to join Dunya TVs upcoming Urdu newspaper as group editor, with a final decision expected next week.

 Published 13 years ago:  Express News reporter Abdul Razaq Gul, 35, was shot dead in Quetta on May 19, police said, as journalists in Balochistan face rising violence.

 Published 13 years ago:  An opinion piece warns sub-editors are disappearing from Pakistans newsrooms, hurting editing standards, while urging better pay, rest and training.

 Published 13 years ago:  A Karachi commentary questions the credibility of journalism awards in Pakistan, alleging conflicts of interest, favoritism and ethics lapses in organizers.

 Published 13 years ago:  UNESCO chief Irina Bokova condemned the killings of Pakistani journalists Tariq Kamal and Murtaza Razvi and urged urgent action to protect reporters.

 Published 13 years ago:  Deutsche Welle and SAMS held a 10-day Lahore workshop training TV journalists from Swat, South Waziristan and Quetta on crisis reporting and safety.

 Published 13 years ago:  Ex-Times editor Harry Evans told the Leveson inquiry Rupert Murdoch fostered a culture of scandal and pressured papers to back Margaret Thatcher.

 Published 13 years ago:  Egyptian vice police arrested ElTet TV station owner Baligh Hamdy in Cairo over alleged unlicensed broadcasting and claims of inciting licentiousness.

 Published 13 years ago:  Canadian High Commissioner Ross Hynes praised Pakistani journalists and announced annual journalism awards, honoring print and TV reporters in Islamabad.

 Published 13 years ago:  Honduran radio journalist Ángel Alfredo Villatoro was found dead in Tegucigalpa on May 15 after being kidnapped from his car on May 9.