Pakistan: Journalist shot dead in Shorkot
Islamabad: Unidentified people shot dead Shorkot Press Club president and senior journalist Muhammad Younis in Shorkot city of Pakistan on Saturday.
Pakistan's media regulatory authority sends notice to ARY News over ‘fake news’ attributed to envoy
Islamabad: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) last week issued a show-cause notice to ARY News where it claimed the channel had aired 'fake and unverified' news about the stance of Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed, regarding the controversial letter, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan govt's controversial ordinance: Media organizations walk out of meeting with MIB officials
Islamabad: Media representatives and journalist organizations recently walked out from a meeting with officials of Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and vowed not to hold any further engagement with the ministry until it removes a controversial ordinance.
Islamabad/IBNS: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has issued a show-cause notice to Channel 24, a Pak Urdu news channel, for allegedly airing hate speech, inciting violence and being offensive to commonly accepted standards of decency in the programme 'Najam Sethi Show', according to the Dawn newspaper.
Jamaat-e-Islami KP chief Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has slammed PM Imran Khan and his government and said it has turned Islamabad insecure for journalists.
Pakistan: HRCP voices concern over climate of fear, violence and censorship in media
Islamabad: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday said it is gravely concerned over the growing climate of fear, violence and censorship that currently underpins freedom of expression and opinion in Pakistan.
Pakistani media is witnessing disappearing freedom: Leading newspaper
Islamabad: A leading Pakistani newspaper has described the falling down of Pakistan in the World Press Freedom Index as a state where the nation is witnessing a 'disappearing freedom' state.
Writer Zahid Khan slams Pakistan govt over media crackdown
Islamabad: Writer Zahid Khan has slammed PM Imran Khan and his government over the crackdown on the media in the country.