KARACHI – Sindh Minister for Information Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Sunday said, the progress and promotion of democracy in the country was not possible without journalists. In a message on World Press Freedom Day, he said PPP stand with journalists community against every discrimination. Nasir Shah said the PPP valued sacrifices rendered by journalists […]

Islamabad: Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, while felicitating the journalistic community on the eve of World Press Freedom Day, on Sunday said media was an important pillar of the state. In his message, the chairman said the services rendered by the journalists for the nation and the country would always be remembered. He said the […]

Press freedom is never a given. It is threatened and should, therefore, be defended. What is striking today is that, in addition to the usual methods implemented by authoritarian regimes like censorship, threats against journalists, financial pressure, denial of access to information, political control and propaganda, new threats have emerged. Large-scale online misinformation is undermining […]

KARACHI: As the countries around the globe mark World Press Freedom Day, independent media in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) continues to be brutally muzzled by New Delhi. Through violence and intimidation, Narendra Modi’s government has unleashed renewed wave of authoritarianism in the disputed valley. With the people of IOJ&K still languishing in what is […]

Pakistan condemns Indian repression of media, journalists in IoJ&K ISLAMABAD: On World Press Freedom Day, Pakistan condemns India over repression of media and harassment of journalists in Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IoJ&K). On World Press Freedom Day, we express solidarity with the journalist fraternity in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IoJ&K), which continues […]

ISLAMABAD: The parents of The Wall Street Journal’s slain reporter Daniel Pearl has joined the Sindh government in challenging the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) April 2 judgement of overturning the conviction of Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh before the Supreme Court. Senior counsel Faisal Siddiqui on Saturday moved an appeal before the apex court on behalf […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has chalked out a wide ranging plan to observe Press Freedom day today (3rd of May) and will arrange protest rallies across the country as the media and press freedom in the country is deteriorating continuously and apart from media freedom, freedom of speech and expression guaranteed in […]