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Welcome to our Newsroom, your one-stop destination for the latest stories meticulously curated and refined by our skilled sub-editors. This dynamic section features a diverse mix of news articles spanning some of our main categories, including Pakistan, World, Asia, Opportunities, and Women in Media. Stay updated with the most current and compelling stories, all in one place, as we bring you comprehensive coverage of the events and issues shaping the media world.
Here's what Saleem Safi thinks about the PTI government
Published 5 years ago: He wonders why every sensible person who joins the government becomes aggressive
Pakistan ranks 103 among 128 countries on the right to information: survey
Published 5 years ago: The study was released by the World Justice Project and carried out by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International
Journalists protest outside Dawn offices in Islamabad
Published 5 years ago: RIUJ organized the demonstration over forced terminations and pay cuts by the newspaper management
BBC News Pashto Instagram channel revamped to serve female audiences
Published 5 years ago: The all-women team behind the project is led by BBC World Service Women’s Affairs Reporter, Feranak Amidi
Turkish police raid Mezopotamya News Agency, detain journalist
Published 5 years ago: Police officers in the eastern city of Van arrested Karataş at his home
PTV, not any government's personal property, says Freedom Network official
Published 5 years ago: He says PTV should be the voice of all Pakistanis instead of being only the government's mouthpiece
Rauf Klasra suggests TV channels pay their guests
Published 5 years ago: The journalist points out that television channels earn hefty amounts from these talk shows
Journalist bound and beaten for gambling reports in India
Published 5 years ago: IFJ and the National Union of Journalists India condemn the assault and call for justice
Veteran journalist Pir Safaid Shah passes away
Published 5 years ago: He was the founder of the Pushto daily Wahadat, which began as a weekly in 1976 and became a daily in 1983
Ampatuan massacre: 11 years on impunity remains rife
Published 5 years ago: On November 23, 2009, 58 people, including 32 journalists, were shot and murdered in Maguindanao, in the Philippines
Activists say new social media rules draconian breach of privacy
Published 5 years ago: The government first introduced tighter rules in February but had to retract them after a backlash by the Asian Internet Coalition
Naeem Bokhari named independent director, chairperson PTV board
Published 5 years ago: He will be in office for three years, says the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
New social media rules a dark chapter in digital rights story: Dawn
Published 5 years ago: The paper says the dreaded outcome of the state’s relentless campaign to control social media has become a reality
Pakistan's independent online journalism group rejects new content rules as draconian
Published 5 years ago: The group says the newly notified regulations aiming to curb online content can only help diminish the fundamental rights of freedom of expression
Ziauddin hits back at critics
Published 5 years ago: The veteran editor says those trying to degrade journalists who signed the HRCP-PFUJ petition are salaried employees of PTI
Indian SC to hold bail hearing on case of imprisoned journalist Siddique Kappan
Published 5 years ago: He was arrested on October 5 on his way to report on an alleged gang rape and murder case in Uttar Pradesh
Association of Pakistani independent online journalism platforms formed
Published 5 years ago: It will be the representative body to safeguard the rights and interests of independent online journalism forums
Journalists becoming part of HRCP petition generates heated debate
Published 5 years ago: The petition challenges the PEMRA ban on speeches, interviews, and public addresses by proclaimed offenders
KUJ slams forced resignations, joins Dawn workers' protest
Published 5 years ago: PFUJ secretary-general Nasir Zaidi warns of countrywide protests if the paper's management did not mend its ways
Journalist shot dead by soldiers in Philippines
Published 5 years ago: Villamor, a freelancer is the fourth journalist murdered in Masbate province
PFUJ criticizes Dawn over forced resignations
Published 5 years ago: The leaders Shahzada Zulfiqar and Nasir Zaidi urged the media group to desist from forcing staff to quit
PFUJ condoles death of Geo News journalist Arshad Waheed
Published 5 years ago: The office-bearers term the tragic death of the prominent and brave journalist a great loss to the journalist community
Radio Free Europe correspondent killed by car bomb
Published 5 years ago: Afghanistan is one of the world's deadliest countries for reporters, with six journalists killed in 2019
PFUJ to government: enough is enough
Published 5 years ago: The union leaders say no more retrenchments, censorship, and media gagging in Pakistan will be tolerated
PFUJ condemns layoffs at Dawn
Published 5 years ago: The union says management reportedly plans further retrenchments in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, and Islamabad
Supreme Court grants bail to Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman
Published 5 years ago: His Jang Group has frequently been critical of Prime Minister Imran Khan's government and the military
IFJ calls for withdrawal of case against Bayazid Kharoti
Published 5 years ago: The journalist is accused of forcibly entering the headquarters of the paramilitary and using inappropriate language after police asked him to leave the compound
Journalist Bayazid Khan says chief minister's men abducted him
Published 5 years ago: Journalist Bayazid Khan Kharoti has accused Balochistan's Chief Minister of orchestrating his abduction in Quetta. In a social media video, Kharoti claimed he was held in illegal confinement for eight hours before being released to the police.

