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Press Council of Pakistan, Women’s Empowerment Group sign accord promoting media ethics on portrayal of women

January 15, 2013

KARACHI: Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) and Women’s Empowerment Group (WEG) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to become strategic partners to collaborate on interventions on social development and media ethics related to human rights, while emphasising women rights particularly. As per the signed MoU, scope of intervention of both parties includes creating public awareness, involving in research and media

Journalists condemn killing of colleagues in Quetta blasts

January 12, 2013

PESHAWAR: Journalists in the provincial metropolis on Friday staged protest to condemn the killing of media men in the deadly blasts in Quetta. The protest was jointly arranged by Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) and Peshawar Press Club (PPC) on the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. Three journalists working for Samaa television including Saifur Rahman Saif, Imran Sheikh

Three media professionals killed, three injured in bomb blasts in Quetta

January 11, 2013

Three media professionals were killed and three others injured in bomb blast in Quetta, the capital of the restive Balochistan province of Pakistan. The journalists were reporting on an explosion that had occurred about a few minutes earlier, when the second bomb exploded, killing and injuring many, including the journalists. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a militant group has claimed the responsibility for blasts

At least 93 lives lost in Quetta explosions

January 11, 2013

By: Saleem Shahid QUETTA: As many as 81 people were killed and 121 injured in suicide and car bomb blasts in Quetta’s Alamdar Road area on Thursday night. Earlier in the afternoon, 12 people lost their lives when a bomb went off near a vehicle of the Frontier Corps at Bacha Khan Chowk. A cameraman and a reporter of a

Chairman barred by Supreme Court still running PEMRA, calls meeting

January 9, 2013

By: Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: It’s not only the top constitutional office holders who are flouting the judgements of the superior judiciary, a junior Pemra official, who was given a look after charge of Pemra chairman by PPP government and was removed by Supreme Court two-weeks ago, has started using powers of the Pemra Chairman in blatant violation of December 20,

Pakistan Broadcasters Association pledges collective resistance to pressure

January 9, 2013

KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association adopted in its board meeting on Monday a ‘media protection policy’ that could lead to ‘collective boycott and collective legal action’ against ‘illegal’ shutdown of news channels for not following ‘advice of political parties and pressure groups’. “In the past channels have been shut down using force and coercion because media had not followed ‘advice’

Filtration system being put in place to reopen YouTube

January 9, 2013

By: Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Tuesday the government would reopen YouTube after completion of work on a filtration mechanism. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority directed internet service providers and mobile phone firms to unblock YouTube on Dec 29 but within an hour the prime minister re-imposed the ban because the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims”

‘MQM will continue to raise voice for journalists’ right’

January 7, 2013

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Co-ordination Committee Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar has said that the MQM would continue to raise its voice for the rights of the journalists’ community as they also belonged to the poor and middle class segments of the society. He expressed these views at a reception given in honour of office-bearers and workers of Pakistan Federal

No chance of localised version of YouTube anytime soon

January 5, 2013

By: Farooq Baloch KARACHI: In all likelihood, YouTube will remain inaccessible in Pakistan for the foreseeable future. Islamabad’s negotiations with Google – the internet giant that owns YouTube – may prove fruitless unless Pakistan ensures legal support to the regulation of digital content, The Express Tribune has learned. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has been in talks with Google for

Press Council of Pakistan, Women’s Empowerment Group sign accord promoting media ethics on portrayal of women

Journalists condemn killing of colleagues in Quetta blasts

Three media professionals killed, three injured in bomb blasts in Quetta

At least 93 lives lost in Quetta explosions

Chairman barred by Supreme Court still running PEMRA, calls meeting

Pakistan Broadcasters Association pledges collective resistance to pressure

Filtration system being put in place to reopen YouTube

‘MQM will continue to raise voice for journalists’ right’

No chance of localised version of YouTube anytime soon

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