Bilawal says opposition facing ‘censorship’ in Parliament

Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the opposition was facing ‘censorship’ in the Parliament. Addressing the National Assembly, Bilawal said constructive criticism was important for every democracy, however, our opposition is facing ‘censorship’ in

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Attack on media freedom

PTI trolls did no service to their party when on Tuesday they started a smear campaign on Twitter against independent media houses and journalists giving unfavourable coverage to its policies. The party’s social media wing fired off at least two

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PPF condemns detention of Cuban journalist

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba has expressed concern over the detention of Ricardo Fernández Izaguirre, a journalist and correspondent of 14ymedio portal. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali has condemned the detention

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Freedom with responsibility

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, was severely criticised by a Canadian social media activist during the ‘Global Conference for Media Freedom: London 2019’. The complainant accused the Foreign Minister (his government) of censoring his Twitter account, telling

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Why Is Pakistan’s Media In Crisis?

It has been an eventfully torrid new millennium so far for the media sector in Pakistan, which has grown enormously in terms of scale and influence. From virtually a staid state-owned broadcast sector at the turn of the century, the

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Freedom of expression

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mehmood Qureshi was severely criticized by a Canadian social media activist during the ‘Global Conference for Media Freedom: London 2019’. The complainant accused the foreign minister (his government) of censoring his twitter account, telling

Read More »

Bilawal says opposition facing ‘censorship’ in Parliament

Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the opposition was facing ‘censorship’ in the Parliament. Addressing the National Assembly, Bilawal said constructive criticism was important for every democracy, however, our opposition is facing ‘censorship’ in

Read More »

Attack on media freedom

PTI trolls did no service to their party when on Tuesday they started a smear campaign on Twitter against independent media houses and journalists giving unfavourable coverage to its policies. The party’s social media wing fired off at least two

Read More »

PPF condemns detention of Cuban journalist

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba has expressed concern over the detention of Ricardo Fernández Izaguirre, a journalist and correspondent of 14ymedio portal. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali has condemned the detention

Read More »

Freedom with responsibility

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, was severely criticised by a Canadian social media activist during the ‘Global Conference for Media Freedom: London 2019’. The complainant accused the Foreign Minister (his government) of censoring his Twitter account, telling

Read More »

Why Is Pakistan’s Media In Crisis?

It has been an eventfully torrid new millennium so far for the media sector in Pakistan, which has grown enormously in terms of scale and influence. From virtually a staid state-owned broadcast sector at the turn of the century, the

Read More »

Freedom of expression

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mehmood Qureshi was severely criticized by a Canadian social media activist during the ‘Global Conference for Media Freedom: London 2019’. The complainant accused the foreign minister (his government) of censoring his twitter account, telling

Read More »