Media under attack
Ashiq Jatoi, a senior journalist representing a TV channel, Sindh TV, had never thought that while reporting on miseries of the poor, kidnappings and police encounters, he would himself become…
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Aspiring citizen journalists lauded for digital storytelling
KARACHI: Journalists in Pakistan continue to face immense challenges in the quest to seek the truth. From receiving death threats to reporting in perilous, war-torn regions and facing censorship issues,…
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Only real journalism can counter fake news, says DW-TV DG
Addressing a lecture on the subject ‘Digital Journalism in the Age of Fake News’ at Habib University, Deutsche Welle TV Director General Peter Limbourg said on Friday that social media…
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Dawn Editor receives prestigious Press Freedom Award
NEW 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”….
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PFUJ elections on November 30 in Karachi
KARACHI — The biennial elections of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) for the next two-year term will be held in Karachi on November 30. According to a press release…
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Requests for suspension of accounts based on Facebook’s standards: PTA
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has clarified that it forwards requests for suspension of Facebook accounts based on the latter’s community standards. The PTA said in a statement on…