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Pakistan: Death threats received journalist.

Pakistan: Death threats received journalist.Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and National Press Club (NPC) strongly condemned death threats by terrorist outfits to Asif Ali Bhatti Reporter of Geo News in Pakistan’s capital city of  Islamabad. Briefing a joint meeting of PFUJ and NPC on November 24, 2019, Bhatti, said

Action against newspaper stalls

Action against newspaper stallsThe joint Karachi police and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) action against newspaper hawkers and their stalls needs to be condemned as reports say that Karachi police ransacked and demolished newspaper stalls in various areas of Karachi and the officials of Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) have taken newspaper sellers

Dawn Editor receives prestigious Press Freedom Award

Dawn Editor receives prestigious Press Freedom AwardNEW YORK: Dawn Editor Zaffar Abbas received the prestigious Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award for 2019 on Friday for his “extraordinary and sustained achievement in the cause of press freedom”. The award is named after Ms Ifill, the first woman of African

APNS condemns police-KMC action against newspaper stalls

APNS condemns police-KMC action against newspaper stallsThe All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has expressed its serious concern on high-handedness of Karachi police who have ransacked and demolished newspaper stalls in various areas of Karachi. The APNS has also condemned the officials of Karachi police and Karachi Municipal

Sri Lankan presidential hopeful sparks bad memories for journalists

Sri Lankan presidential hopeful sparks bad memories for journalistsNo memorial marks where Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge was murdered in 2009, one of dozens of victims of “death squads” allegedly linked to a frontrunner in Saturday’s presidential election. But ex-colleague Dilrukshi Handunnetti needs no

Journalists lament attempts to censor media

Journalists lament attempts to censor mediaLAHORE: Journalists speaking in a session at the Faiz International Festival at Alhamra on Saturday said that journalism was never free in Pakistan and it can enjoy freedom of expression only while sticking to the truth. Truth is powerful and is supported by

Journalist acquitted in cybercrime case

Journalist acquitted in cybercrime caseQUETTA: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday acquitted a journalist in a cybercrime case. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had registered a first information report against Zafarullah Achakzai under the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (2016) in June 2017 for spreading misinformation against the law enforcement agencies

Women reluctant to take up climate journalism: study

Women reluctant to take up climate journalism: studyKARACHI: Despite scientific evidence of apocalyptic times to come due to climate change, fewer journalists — especially women — are writing on issues around environment with the media failing to spur a comprehensive social response in Pakistan. The study