A parliamentary panel on Tuesday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to equally treat all the private TV channels with a view to ensuring media freedom. This was directed by Imran Zafar Laghari while chairing a meeting of the Sub-Committee of National Assembly Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage. The committee […]

Commission sought to probe conspiracy against TV channel; people from all walks of life express solidarity with Geo ISLAMABAD: The journalist community and media workers from the electronic and print media staged protest demonstrations and rallies across the country against the shifting of Geo News television channel to the last numbers in Karachi. The protest […]

LAHORE: Condemning the disruption of Geo News position on cable network, Supreme Court Bar Association’s former president Asma Jahangir has said that it has already happened to Geo in the past. She said the Supreme Court, Lahore High Court and Islamabad High Court have already given their verdicts, directing Pemra to take action against those […]

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi to express concern over the arrest of journalist Jean Bigirimana. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Burundi to immediately release Jean Bigirimana. According to Reporters without borders (RSF), Bigirimana has been detained by the intelligence […]

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians and civil society representatives have expressed concern at the amendments proposed by the government to the cybercrime bill which, according to them, is aimed at gauging the freedom of expression. It is the state’s responsibility to protect the right to information and freedom of expression of citizens which are being curtailed in the […]

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Enrique Pena Nieto, President of Mexico expressed concern over the killing of Pedro Tamayo Rosas, a Veracruz journalist who was under the protection of state authorities. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged Mexican government to conduct a credible and thorough investigation into the […]

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, expressed concern over the attack on Daya Neththasinghe, an environmental journalist and features editor for Sathhanda newspaper in Galle, Southern Sri Lanka. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the Sri Lankan government to investigate the attack […]