Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors voices concern at curbs on media freedom
KARACHI: Arif Nizami and Dr Jabbar Khattak, the president and the secretary general respectively of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), have...
No compromise on media freedom, says CPNE
President of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Arif Nizami and Secretary General Dr Jabbar Khattak have said certain unsocial elements are hampering distribution of newspapers and transmission of electronic media at...
APNS concerned over threats to press freedom
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has expressed strong apprehensions over the emerging serious threats to the press freedom in the ongoing transition towards the 2018 general elections. While analysing the prevailing state...
Islamabad police only ‘stopped’ journalists’ press freedom rally, officials tell sessions judge
Islamabad police on Saturday told a sessions court judge that its officials had merely “stopped” a group of journalists from marching towards the...
State media censors PM Abbasi’s presser on NSC meeting
ISLAMABAD: State-owned Pakistan Television (PTV) censored Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s press conference on the NSC meeting called over ex-PM Nawaz Sharif’s recent comments regarding the 2008 Mumbai attacks....
Facebook blocks Dawn.com post in Pakistan ‘based on local law’
“Due to legal restrictions in your country, we’ve limited access to your post on Facebook,” the platform shared in an automated message. The post is still accessible...