Tag: Journalists
Two journalists arrested in Myanmar, face official secrets charges
YANGON: Myanmar’s government said on Wednesday that police had arrested two journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
The reporters had been working on stories...
Hundreds of govt servants continue working as journalists: report
KARACHI: More than 500 government employees, especially teachers, continue to work as journalists, despite the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) orders, in violation of the...
Journalist bodies call for instant restoration of TV transmission
LAHORE: Journalist bodies on Saturday demanded the immediate restoration of all private TV channels across Pakistan, a private news channel reported.
Pakistan Federal Union of...
Bilawal says PPP has been made target of history’s worst media...
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has said that PPP has been made a target of the worst media trial in history...
MPAs lament traffic congestion outside the Punjab Assembly
PA unanimously passes resolution in solidarity with journalists
LAHORE: The last sitting of the 32nd session of Punjab Assembly (PA) was marred with traffic congestion at Mall...
Journalists stage hunger strike against deadly attack on Ahmad Noorani
In a show of solidarity with their colleague and senior reporter Ahmad Noorani, journalists continued to protest across the whole country against the attack...
Polio awareness workshop for journalists held in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: An orientation-cum-consultation awareness workshop on polio was held for senior journalists on Thursday.
The participants were updated on the ongoing efforts for the eradication...
First ever bill for safety, protection of journalists soon
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday said that the government was in the process of promulgating the first-ever...
CM announces grant for colony in Multan for journalists
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during a meeting with Multan Press Club executive body and resident editors, announced two grants of Rs 53...
Three journalists arrested over Venezuela prison report
CARACAS: An Italian, a Swiss and a Venezuelan journalist have been arrested as they prepared a report on a prison in northern Venezuela, human...
Genuine issues of journalists to be resolved on priority basis: Info...
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that genuine issues of the journalist community would be resolved on a priority basis.
He...
Pyongyang ‘sentences’ four South Korean journalists to death
It is not the first time Pyongyang has declared a death sentence on South Korean citizens.
Anonymous SMS threatens hundreds of journalists in Iran
Hundreds of journalists in Iran have received an anonymous text message warning against contact with “hostile” organisations outside the country, the ISNA news agency...
Iran sentences four journalists to jail time: state media
Four Iranian journalists have been given jail sentences of between five and 10 years for acting against national security, their lawyers told state media...
Erdogan wants to broaden definition of terrorists to include journalists
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday it was necessary to broaden the definition of terrorists to include journalists, who are equally guilty.
Speaking after...
115 killings make Pakistan fourth deadly country for journalists
Pakistan is only behind Mexico, Philippines and Iraq in the list of most deadly countries for journalists, according to a International Federation of Journalists...
Turkey prosecutors seek life terms for two anti-Erdogan journalists
Turkish prosecutors demanded life sentences for two top journalists from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper on charges of revealing state secrets with a report that...
