KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has expressed its grave concern on the sudden closure of TV channels and their transmissions on the arbitrary order of Pemra and demanded immediate restoration of TV channels. Sarmad Ali, President and Umer Mujib Shami, Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, in a joint statement, have […]
ISLAMABAD: People remained in the dark on Saturday after the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) ordered private TV channels to go off-air during an operation launched by local police and Rangers against participants of a sit-in staged by the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah demanding the resignation of the federal law minister. While hundreds of […]
ISLAMABAD: Former Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairman I. A. Rehman on Tuesday said journalists are the guardian of public interest so whenever a journalist is attacked it should be considered as an attack on society, democracy and the state. He was speaking at a national conference on media safety at a local hotel […]
A leading rights group warned Tuesday of shrinking press freedom in Pakistan’s troubled southwest a month after a series of media outlets restricted activities following threats from militants. Journalists in Balochistan said they were approached earlier this year by intelligence agencies who asked them to stop publishing statements by Baloch separatist groups. After they did so […]
It is not a surprise to learn that Pakistan is ranked poorly on how much freedom is allowed on the internet. For the sixth year straight, Pakistan has received the woeful rank of its citizens being ‘not free’ on the internet freedom index. The assessment is damning for the new Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act […]
The press has been able to consolidate its freedom after several struggles. And today it is generally free from government pressure. There are still other forces which do not allow it to be completely free. Yet among all the democracies in the world, the Indian press is considered independent. The electronic media is to a large […]
ISLAMABAD: It is unfortunate that journalists always highlight issues of marginalised segments of society but when they lose their own lives in the line of duty, no one remembers them. This was stated by senior journalist Nawaz Raza while speaking at an event held on the ‘Remembrance Day of Journalists’. The event was organised by […]
