Tag: Press

CPNE concerned over Balochistan govt’s economic pressures on press

KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Monday expressed grave concern over the Balochistan Information Department's attempts to harass and pressurise the province's...

Asian diplomats press N Korea to deliver on anti-nuke vows

  SINGAPORE: Asia's top diplomats pressed North Korea on Saturday to turn a pledge to completely dismantle its nuclear arsenal into reality amid concerns that...

Journalists only ‘stopped’, police tell judge

ISLAMABAD: A session court was told by police on Saturday that the department's officials had only "stopped" journalists from going towards the capital's Red Zone...

Cuba media say no thanks to Trump free press initiative

HAVANA: Leading Cuban independent media said they want nothing to do with a Trump administration initiative to foster more such outlets on the communist-run...

The Post: Film celebrating journalism, free press

WASHINGTON: At a time when the media is being accused of peddling "fake news," Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks are bringing Hollywood...

Journalist shot dead in India

NEW DELHI: An Indian soldier shot dead a journalist following a dispute in the country’s third high profile media killing in barely three months,...

Press publishing terror literature sealed in Urdu Bazaar

A printing press in Urdu Bazaar publishing literature for terrorists was sealed by an intelligence agency on Monday. Two people were also arrested from...

41% Pakistanis have confidence in the press

According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by GallupPakistan, 41 percent Pakistanis say they have confidence in the press while 56 percent...

SAFMA, SAMC demand media’s freedom in election coverage

South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) have urged the authorities in the country to ensure media’s freedom in...

OUP holds workshops on O-Level textbooks

As a part of its on-going teacher training programme, Oxford University Press (OUP) is organising a series of workshops for teachers of GCE O...

Protesters in China call for press freedom

Hundreds of press-freedom advocates have gathered outside the offices of a liberal Chinese newspaper at the centre of a censorship row to call for...

Training workshop for journalists from Monday

A five-day training workshop for journalists, being organized by the National Press Club (NPC) Islamabad, will start from Monday, January 7. The workshop, which is...

Kp and Fata journalists visit Lahore Press Club

A 15-member representative delegation of office-bearers from press clubs of 12 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) today visited the Lahore Press Club (LPC). LPC...

Govt believes in freedom of Press: Kaira

Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira says the Government has taken solid steps for the development of media industry. Talking to a delegation of All Pakistan...

Security forces raid Mohmand Press Club

The security forces on Tuesday conducted a raid at the Mohmand Press Club building and arrested two local journalists which triggered protest by the...

Stop press! Superman quits Daily Planet

Journalism is no longer a job for Superman. His alter ego Clark Kent is quitting the Daily Planet, the Metropolis newspaper where he’s worked...

Court orders FIR against land mafia in APP MD case

Deepalpur City Police on Sunday registered a criminal case against three alleged land grabbers in the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Mananging Director (MD),...