Geo TV and The News International’s London reporter Murtaza Ali Shah and his journalist brother have won a major defamation case at the UK High Court over false and malicious allegations made about them on social media sites, including WhatsApp. In one of the first few...
Read MorePESHAWAR: Women Parliamentary Caucus of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday assured the mediapersons’ bodies of its full support in getting the bill on protection of journalists passed from the provincial legislature. The women legislators made the assurance during a meeting with members of the Pakistan Journalists...
Read MoreKARACHI: 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...
Read MoreISLAMABAD: 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...
Read MoreLeading 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’...
Read MoreISLAMABAD: 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...
Read MoreBAJAUR: 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...
Read MoreKARACHI: The hapless families of the murdered newsmen on Saturday asked the journalists fraternity to step up the fight with the state for ending the unshakeable impunity the murderers enjoy. Unfolding their ordeals in pursuance of justice for their loved ones, who were murdered by the...
Read MoreKARACHI: The Sindh government on Wednesday announced the formation of a 14-member commission for protection of journalists and media practitioners. Information Secretary Abdul Rasheed Solangi briefed the provincial cabinet about the commission and said Sindh was the only province where protection had been given to media...
Read MoreA few days ago Irfan Raza, a journalist from DAWN News, was reportedly abducted from Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and later was recovered from Chakri area in Rawalpindi. The unidentified armed kidnappers took away his vehicle. A few weeks ago, renowned journalist Arshad Sharif was shot...
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