Applications sought for RMNP Sadiq Press Freedom Award 2017

Pakistan is still rated one of the most dangerous place for journalists in the world to practice journalism, where eighteen journalists and one media worker had been killed since January 2012 to 30th April 2013.Ten journalists and one media workers lost their lives in 2012 while eight were killed during current year through specific targeting…

Chanigoth(rural Pakistan): A condolence reference was held in canal rest house , which was organised by Chanigoth Press Club in the memory of the late journalist Malik Mazhar Rasheed Misson founder president Press Club Mubarakpur & Coordinator RMNP who passed away in Saudi Arabia on 21st June.It was chaired by the President Rural Media Network…

The Rural Media Network Pakistan (RMNP ) board meeting held under the chairmanship of its president Ehsan Ahmed Sehar has  turned down the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) unanimously. RMNP called PMDA “an unconstitutional and draconian law against the freedom of press and expression.RMNP board meeting believes that  the proposal is aimed at tightening…

RMNP coordinator and leading press freedom advocate Mazhar Raheed Misson passed away in Makkah Mukarma during his stay in Saudi Arabia for Umrah.He was President Press Club Mubarakur & correspondent Daily Jang.He remained associated with profession of journalism for more than thirty years.First of all he started World Press Freedom Day celebration in rural Pakistan…

Armed Taliban militants raided the house of Zalmai Lotfi, the head of Enikaas TV, on August 20. The International Federation of Journalists and its Afghanistan affiliate the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) condemn the attack and calls on Taliban leaders to respect the media. According to the AIJA, Taliban militants raided the home of Zalma at around 10 am, searched for…