PESHAWAR: Media workers held a demonstration here on Monday to protest against the sacking of journalists and delay in payment of salaries by various media houses and urged the government to help release their dues. They set up a protest camp at the press club and raised slogans against the media outlets that had failed to pay salaries to their
ISLAMABAD: Angry supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) attacked the Geo, The News and Jang offices in Islamabad. The working staff of Geo, The News and Jang faced the worst kind of fear and panic as PTI and PAT supporters continuously pelted stones at the Jang Building located on Fazl-e-Haq Road. The windows of the
ISLAMABAD: At least 28 journalists, cameramen and media workers were injured in attack by Punjab police n Islamabad on August 31. The police attack came during clashes between personnel of law enforcement agencies and activists of two political parties, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) The media persons came under attack while they were covering heavy police teargas
ISLAMABAD: As the Sunday morning sun rose on Constitution Avenue, journalists and camerapersons from various private TV channels were among the restless crowds of protesters, recording and relaying footage and information to their headquarters in real time. But as protesters surged forward for the umpteenth time, pelting police with stones and whatever they could lay their hands on, fresh orders
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday directed the Ministry of Information, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and the cable operators to file comments on applications of Jang, Geo and The News employees against non-restoration of Geo News, Geo Tez, Geo Kahani and Geo Entertainment transmission by the cable operators. Jang Employees Union’s President Shakeel Yameen Kanga, The
KARACHI: At least one dozen journalists and their supporting staffers belonging to different news channels have braved harassment and manhandling at the hands of angry cadres of a ruling party and two opposition parties, while covering their protest rallies and sit-ins on the Constitution Avenue of the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad. These claimants of democracy and the rule of law
PTI workers manning security arrangements at the Parliament House sit-in did more harm than good to their party’s image in acting the way they did against an Aaj TV, team at the daily evening event on Sunday. Behaving badly a bunch of them demanded to check the channel’s digital satellite news gathering (DSNG) van. Upon denial they climbed on to
New York: The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on all sides to respect the role of journalists and media workers covering an anti-government demonstration in Pakistan. Journalists from various news outlets have been attacked while covering the “Freedom March”, according to news reports. “We note that the organizers of the ‘Freedom March’ have condemned these attacks but they must do
ISLAMABAD: A PPP Member National Assembly Ejaz Jakhrani has bitterly criticised restrictions on Geo despite orders by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Talking to newsmen here he said curbs on Geo are not acceptable under any circumstances and they must be removed forthwith. It is surprising that other channels are available but Geo is being banned. Jakhrani also condemned manhandling
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