PFUJ to celebrate 2020 as year of press freedom
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), which has completed 70 years of its existence, will celebrate 2020 as the “Year of Press Freedom and Protection of Economic Rights”…
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PML-N assails Imran over remarks about media
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan and accused him of calling the media a mafia. In a series of tweets, PML-N spokesperson…
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Press freedom in 2019
BY all appearances, the significant decline in journalist killings around the world this year — the lowest level it has been in 20 years — is an encouraging development. However,…
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BBC program Sairbeen to fall silent after five decades
ISLAMABAD — The closing down of BBC’s flagship news program – Sairbeen – after five decades has evoked nostalgia on social media as the people remembered how the families would…
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Five sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi murder
RIYADH — Five people have been sentenced to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but two top figures investigated over the killing have been exonerated, Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor…
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Controlling the pen: 50 journalists booked in ‘fake cases’ of kidnapping, extortion
KARACHI: What happens if you expose the white collar crimes of influential people? If you’re a journalist in rural Sindh, you might end up being charged with kidnapping for ransom…