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…
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Facebook, YouTube primary sources of news for 40 percent Pakistanis: survey
ISLAMABAD — Facebook and YouTube are the first choices for news for 40 percent of Pakistanis, according to a survey by Gilani Research Foundation. Carried out by Gallup and Ghani…
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Bursaries for journalists to attend IFAD conference
Thomson Reuters Foundation, through International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) funding and support, offers full bursaries for journalists to attend an IFAD conference in Rome — an event on innovative…