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PEMRA suspends Neo TV license with immediate effect

PEMRA suspends Neo TV license with immediate effect

 Published 5 years ago:  The regulator says the channel was provided ample opportunities to revert to its original programming of entertainment but it did not do so

 Sindh government launches media support program

Sindh government launches media support program

 Published 5 years ago:  PMSP would provide job security to media workers and journalists as well as surety of timely payment of salaries

Five journalists arrested in five days in Bangladesh

Five journalists arrested in five days in Bangladesh

 Published 5 years ago:  IFJ expresses serious concern over the arrests and urges the authorities to release the journalists and drop all charges against them

 Radio reporter Rex Cornelio Pepino shot and killed in the Philippines

Radio reporter Rex Cornelio Pepino shot and killed in the Philippines

 Published 5 years ago:  The journalist sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was declared dead on arrival at a medical center

  PFUJ pledges to continue its fight for rights of journalists and press freedom

PFUJ pledges to continue its fight for rights of journalists and press freedom

 Published 5 years ago:  The union launches the second phase of ‘Sahafi Bachao’ movement and stages countrywide protests to press for the meeting of their six-point demands

Freedom Network condemns abuse of Dawn.com name

Freedom Network condemns abuse of Dawn.com name

 Published 5 years ago:  Dawn has complained to Facebook but the social media giant remains mum

  Journalist summoned over critical article in Malaysia

Journalist summoned over critical article in Malaysia

 Published 5 years ago:  IFJ condemns the investigation and calls for dropping the probe against the South China Morning Post correspondent

Minister assures clearance of media workers' dues before Eid

Minister assures clearance of media workers' dues before Eid

 Published 5 years ago:  Many media houses have not paid salaries to staff for months and not cleared dues of those laid off

 Police manhandle Hum News journalist in Nowshera

Police manhandle Hum News journalist in Nowshera

 Published 5 years ago:  On World Press Freedom Day, police manhandled Hum News correspondent Muhammad Amin while he covered a fight in Akora Khattak, Nowshera. Despite proving his identity, police confiscated his phone and threatened him with a gun.

Geo honors reporters slain for telling the story

Geo honors reporters slain for telling the story

 Published 5 years ago:  The initiative by Geo News marks the World Press Freedom Day

Maleeha Lodhi calls for release of Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman

Maleeha Lodhi calls for release of Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman

 Published 5 years ago:  She says the law must be followed, and he should be allowed to contest the case on its legal merits

Unions demand dues and release of Mir Shakil

Unions demand dues and release of Mir Shakil

 Published 5 years ago:  The leaders call for the withdrawal of announced and unannounced censorship and press advice, and reinstatement of retrenched journalists

HRCP official says PTI government muffling critical voices

HRCP official says PTI government muffling critical voices

 Published 5 years ago:  Harris Khalique says the government is not only constraining independent journalists, it has also put a financial squeeze on media houses

KP government bans fake social media channels

KP government bans fake social media channels

 Published 5 years ago:  The decision was taken because such channels allegedly disseminate fake news and blackmail public servants

States of Control: IFJ launches 18th South Asia Press Freedom Report

States of Control: IFJ launches 18th South Asia Press Freedom Report

 Published 5 years ago:  Plummeting media revenues have seen the mass shedding of more than 3,000 journalist jobs in Pakistan

ARY to slash staff salaries for three months

ARY to slash staff salaries for three months

 Published 5 years ago:  ARY Digital Network announces a three-month salary cut to cope with the financial crisis due to COVID-19, exempting staff earning up to Rs100,000. DawnNews Television also reduces salaries by 10 percent.

 Coronavirus cases in news organizations, curbs on media alarming: PPF report

Coronavirus cases in news organizations, curbs on media alarming: PPF report

 Published 5 years ago:  The report says coronavirus is a big challenge for the already crippled media and that journalists are working under growing restrictions

  Family of Daniel Pearl files appeal to uphold convictions in 2002 murder

Family of Daniel Pearl files appeal to uphold convictions in 2002 murder

 Published 5 years ago:  CPJ strongly supports the Pearl family's pursuit of justice in the kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal journalist

PEMRA tells Neo TV to stop 'illegal transmission'; slaps Rs one million fine

PEMRA tells Neo TV to stop 'illegal transmission'; slaps Rs one million fine

 Published 5 years ago:  The regulator wants the channel to revert to its approved programming of entertainment and to stop airing news and current affairs programs

 Journalist Nadir Hassan dies at 37

Journalist Nadir Hassan dies at 37

 Published 5 years ago:  Former editor of The Express Tribune Kamal Siddiqi says Hassan was a talented man whose strength was his writing

Pay cut at DawnNews

Pay cut at DawnNews

 Published 5 years ago:  DawnNews Television cuts staff salaries by 10 percent and halves fuel allowances amid ongoing financial challenges. This marks the third pay cut in a year, highlighting the severe impact on Pakistani journalists facing layoffs and delayed salaries since 2018.

Khabrain journalist dies of coronavirus in Sukkur

Khabrain journalist dies of coronavirus in Sukkur

 Published 5 years ago:  He is the first journalist to die of the virus in Sindh

Missing Pakistani journalist Sajid Hussain found dead in Sweden

Missing Pakistani journalist Sajid Hussain found dead in Sweden

 Published 5 years ago:  Sajid Hussain, a journalist from Balochistan and editor-in-chief of Balochistan Times, was found dead in a river in Uppsala, Sweden in May 2020. Hussain, who sought asylum in Sweden in 2017 due to threats in Pakistan, had been missing since March 2.

PFUJ concerned over rising coronavirus cases in media houses

PFUJ concerned over rising coronavirus cases in media houses

 Published 5 years ago:  The union wants media houses to immediately put in place measures for the safety and security of journalists and workers

 Report presents a grim media situation with 92 violations in 2019

Report presents a grim media situation with 92 violations in 2019

 Published 5 years ago:  An average of over seven cases of violations occurred in a moth—one every fourth day, or twice a week

2019 a year of curbs and chokehold on media: HRCP

2019 a year of curbs and chokehold on media: HRCP

 Published 5 years ago:  The commission says numerous journalists have reported that it had become even more difficult to criticize state policy

Ten City 42 employees contract coronavirus

Ten City 42 employees contract coronavirus

 Published 5 years ago:  The staffers are being treated at Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute

PFUJ calls on government to respect press freedom

PFUJ calls on government to respect press freedom

 Published 5 years ago:  The union leaders express alarm over censorship and the delay in payment of salaries and dues to media workers