KARACHI: Sindh government has notified establishment of Commission for the Protection of Journalists and other Media Practitioners (CPJMP) under the Sindh protection of journalists and other media practitioners Act, 2021. The Sindh government has appointed former judge of Sindh High Court Justice (retd) Rasheed A Razvi as chairperson. Secretaries of information department, home department, and […]

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ISLAMABAD: Five Pakistani journalists are among the 67 media personnel killed so far during 2022 in the line of duty, according to figures released by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Sunday. IFJ renewed its call for concrete actions to protect the safety and freedoms of journalists as it recorded a spike in the […]

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Ambassador of France Nicolas Glaey while speaking at a Meet the Press reception hosted at his residence paid rich tributes to Pakistan’s leading investigative journalist Arshad Sharif who was murdered in Kenya two months ago and reaffirmed his country’s commitment to support ‘freedom of expression’ and freedom of press in Pakistan. The reception was attended […]

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Leading journalists on Saturday stressed the need for implementing the laws on media freedom and called for the state to ensure justice to the journalists who were killed in the line of duty. They spoke at a symposium titled ‘No More Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists’ organised by the Institute of Business Administration’s Centre for […]

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has partly delivered on promises to protect its journalist community, mostly through efforts by civil society, media and the UN since 2012, but needs to effectively implement new laws to ensure perpetrators of attacks on journalists are held to account, a new research report said. The report, ‘UN plan of action on the […]

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is concerned at the detention Zameer Khan, of on November 19 in the town of Miraali in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Khan is a brother of slain journalist Hayatullah Khan who was murdered in 2006. PPF urges an independent inquiry into Khan’s detention and if it is related to his family’s efforts in […]

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BAJAUR: A jirga succeeded to resolve a dispute between local journalists and the staff of district headquarters hospital Khar here on Thursday. The jirga comprised of local MNA, political leaders figures and officials of the district administration held several meetings with both the parties to resolve the issue. The local journalists alleged that medical superintendent […]

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