Journalists strike over unpaid salaries
Journalists in Pakistan are facing financial instability with reports that some have not been paid for over three months, while others have had their salary cut between 10-40 percent in…
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National and regional experiences can enrich SDG monitoring of journalists’ safety
New possibilities to strengthen the monitoring of attacks on journalists were explored this week at a side-event held at the UN within the context of the High-Level Political Forum reviewing…
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Friends and colleagues remember Idrees Bakhtiar and Anil Datta
KARACHI — Friends and colleagues gathered at the Centre for Excellence in Journalism on Friday to remember Idrees Bakhtiar and Anil Datta, veteran journalists who passed away recently. The News’…
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PBC asks Pemra to ensure media coverage of lawyers’ protests
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) vice chairman Syed Amjad Shah has asked the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) chairman to ensure media coverage of the ongoing lawyers’ protests over…
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CPJ honours Editor Dawn Zaffar Abbas with press freedom award
Editor Dawn Zaffar Abbas has been awarded the 2019 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for “extraordinary and sustained achievement in the cause of…
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Three TV channels taken down after airing opposition leader’s live speech
Three television channels in Pakistan were taken off air after broadcasting an “unedited live telecast” of an opposition politician on Saturday July 6. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins…