Fake News’ and silencing dissent
In 2017, much was made of the role played by the internet and social media in facilitating the spread of ‘fake news’. This concern over the dissemination of false information…
Internet landscape under threat in Pakistan: report
ISLAMABAD: Threats to the internet landscape, including arbitrary administrative shutdowns, misplaced judicial activism against internet freedoms, the rise of cyber-armies, enforced disappearances of activists and the abuse of cybercrime legislation…
Media under pressure
THE nature of the peril may have undergone a change, even if temporary, but journalists around the world continue to work in hostile environments. A number of organisations that fight…
PM Abbasi assures APNS, CPNE of facilitating in discharge of duties
ISLAMABAD- The Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Monday assured the delegations of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) that the government would continue to…
Pemra chief steps down after LHC order
LAHORE: Journalist Absar Alam relinquished his position as chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) shortly after the Lahore High Court (LHC) declared his appointment illegal in a…
Seven Pakstani journalists killed in 2017
97 media workers killed in 2017 a reduction of 24 percent ,says PEC annual report Geneva, December 18 (PEC) – For the first time since 2008 the PEC has registered…