Tag: Journalists

Call me in 30 minutes: PM Khan puts French President Macron...

French President Emmanuel Macron was put on hold by Prime Minister Imran Khan after the former dialed an unscheduled call during the premier’s meeting...

UK encourages journalists to apply for Chevening fellowship

ISLAMABAD: British High Commissioner Thomas Drew is encouraging journalists from across Pakistan to apply for the UK government’s prestigious Chevening South Asia Journalism Programme (SAJP)...

Leading journalists join call for EU copyright reform

Producers of creative content must be paid fairly in a digital world PARIS: Leading journalists from more than 20 countries joined a call for European...

Journalists pledge to line up nutrition on top agenda

PESHAWAR: Role of media for highlighting the impact of malnutrition was discussed in a meeting organised by the Scaling Up Civil Society Alliance Pakistan and...

Russia holds funerals for journalists shot in C Africa

MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday held funerals for three journalists killed in the Central African Republic who were investigating a shadowy Russian mercenary group for...

British govt offers Chevening scholarships to professionals

ISLAMABAD: The UK government’s global scholarship programme funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and partner organisations has offered scholarships for master’s degrees for individuals...

Info minister urges journalists to focus on authentic reporting

KARACHI: Sindh Caretaker Minister for Information Jameel Yusuf has urged professional journalists to focus on research and training for proper authentic reporting as they...

CPNE passes resolution against media repression

ISLAMABAD: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), while declaring the current situation of press freedom in the country “complicated and unsatisfactory”, has said that editors...

IPI concerned about stifling of media in Pakistan ahead of polls

Letter sent to PM, CJP, political leaders highlighting threats faced by media KARACHI: All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) here Tuesday expressed concern over prevailing...

Journalist mysteriously goes missing

LAHORE: Colleagues of a senior journalist have reported of his disappearance here in Lahore after workhours late Friday night. Owner and editor of daily Mubasreen’s Gulzar...

Journalist union denounces ISPR remarks

LAHORE: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Wednesday expressed strong reservations “over the dubbing of some senior journalists as ‘anti-state elements’” by...

Journalists visit Working Boundary

SIALKOT: A group of journalist from nation media visited the border villages in the Charwa sector, Harpal and other sectors of Working Boundary on Thursday. Indian...

Scars on journalists lashed by Zia brighter than any medal: Farhatullah...

ISLAMABAD: Former senator Farhatullah Babar has said that no medal and no award conferred on anyone in the cause of freedom of expression is...

Journalists sign declaration condemning ongoing censorship fiasco

LAHORE: Over fifty working journalists, editors, columnists, media persons and media freedom organisation representatives on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the ongoing curbs on freedom...

Journalists to start protest in Islamabad for wage award: report

ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the journalists' union and their colleagues from all over the country have started to come to Islamabad on call of Afzal Butt group-led...

Fellowship programme announced for journalists

ISLAMABAD: Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP), led by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and Stanley Foundation announced a fellowship program for journalists in 2018. According to...

Editors Guild of India warns govt against punishing journalists for ‘fake...

NEW DELHI: The Editors Guild of India on Tuesday condemned the "arbitrary" penalties proposed by the Indian information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry on journalists publishing...