Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety

Month: March 2023

Pakistan Press Foundation calls for the immediate lifting of the ban on addresses by former prime minister Imran Khan and the suspension of the ARY News television channel

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (PEMRA) decision to ban the broadcast or rebroadcast of speeches or press talks by former prime minister Imran Khan and to take ARY News off the air for sharing clips from an address by Khan. PPF calls on PEMRA to immediately rescind the ban […]

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Pakistan Press Foundation calls for the immediate lifting of the ban on addresses by former prime minister Imran Khan and the suspension of the ARY News television channel

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (PEMRA) decision to ban the broadcast or rebroadcast of speeches or press talks by former prime minister Imran Khan and to take ARY News off the air for sharing clips from an address by Khan. PPF calls on PEMRA to immediately rescind the ban […]

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50 PTI workers booked over alleged manhandling of journalists

Rail Bazaar, Faisalabad police on Thursday booked 50 workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on charges of thrashing media persons, snatching and damaging their belongings. Submitting an application, the Electronic Media Association Vice President Munawar Iqbal said that the media persons were performing their duty at the GTS Chowk to cover the PTI rally. He said […]

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50 PTI workers booked over alleged manhandling of journalists

Rail Bazaar, Faisalabad police on Thursday booked 50 workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on charges of thrashing media persons, snatching and damaging their belongings. Submitting an application, the Electronic Media Association Vice President Munawar Iqbal said that the media persons were performing their duty at the GTS Chowk to cover the PTI rally. He said […]

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National Assembly (NA) panel to consider journalists protection bill

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday decided to consider the bill on protection of journalists in its next meeting. The committee met here under the chairmanship of Javeria Zafar. The meeting sought a detailed briefing on senior anchorperson Arshad Sharif’s murder. The committee chairman observed that so far, no […]

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National Assembly (NA) panel to consider journalists protection bill

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday decided to consider the bill on protection of journalists in its next meeting. The committee met here under the chairmanship of Javeria Zafar. The meeting sought a detailed briefing on senior anchorperson Arshad Sharif’s murder. The committee chairman observed that so far, no […]

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Media workers thrashed at PTI presser

TOBA TEK SINGH: Faisalabad journalists and press photographers boycotted the press conference of former PTI minister Farrukh Habib at his office in Samanabad on Wednesday after party activists tortured some reporters and cameraman. Habib had invited the media to hail the ‘party victory’ in the Punjab and KP polls case after the apex court ordered […]

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