Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) President Arif Nizami has announced to constitute CPNE Constitution Reforms Committee. A statement issued by Dr Jabbar Khattak, CPNE secretary general, said that the approval for setting up the Constitution Reforms Committee was given during a recent meeting of CPNE’s Standing Committee. According to the announcement, the Code of […]
The Karachi Union of Journalists-Dastoor (KUJ-D) has criticised the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for preventing journalists from covering Wednesday’s polling process, saying restrictions on the media have created serious doubts about the transparency of the elections exercise. “Media persons, including print and electronic media journalists and photographers, were not allowed to enter polling stations […]
Islamabad – The Presiding Officer at Islamabad Model School (I-V) No. 1 for Boys, sector I-10/1 Islamabad barred the media persons from entering the polling station as the polling started soon after 8am. “We have no instructions when to allow media inside the polling stations,” the Presiding Officer at polling station No 185 (Male) told […]
LAHORE: Over the last several months, numerous journalists in the print and broadcast media have complained of interference with freedom of expression, said eminent human rights activists Monday. Dr. Mehdi Hassan, IA Rehman, Hussain Naqvi, Ghazi Salahudin, Ziaul Din Dawood, Afrasiyab Khattak and Marvi Sarmad were addressing a press conference here. Dr Mehdi Hassan said […]
Zaibdar Marri, president of the Kohlu Press Club and correspondent of the Express News has been reported missing since July 13, 2018. Zaib’s family is concerned for his safety and has been unsuccessful in determining ascertaining his whereabouts. Kohlu is a district in the restive province of Balochistan where a simmering separatist insurgency has resulted instability […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee for Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday said the issue of unannounced media censorship and stoppage of Dawn media group circulation and transmission in cantonment board areas should be raised in the cabinet meeting.Senator Faisal Javed chaired the committee meeting attended by Senator Maula Bux Chandio and Senator Rubina Khalid. The senators […]
ISLAMABAD – Hameed Haroon, Chief Executive Officer of Dawn Group of Publication, said that Pakistani media was facing the worst kind of intimidation at the hands of ‘deep state’ which would not good for the future of democratic institutions in the country. Talking in the BBC Hardtalk programme, Hameed Haroon, who is also President of […]
