journalists

Shazia MehboobIslamabad: Two years after Pakistan became the first country in the world to specifically legislate on journalists’ safety, the state is still failing to use this important legal instrument to combat the rising impunity of…

News DeskIslamabad: As the situation of journalists in Pakistan worsens in the run-up to the general elections, 16 media organisations issued a critical appeal to the key mainstream and regional political parties involved in the…

Farooq Mahsud South Waziristan: Women journalists in the southern districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa are dealing with a lack of opportunities and gender discrimination, resulting in a significant shortage of women's voices and perspectives in…

News Desk Islamabad: “Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif must fulfil the promise he made at an international conference in Islamabad in December 2022 to formally operationalise the Federal Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Act,…

News DeskIslamabad: As many as 140 cases of threats and attacks against journalists, media professionals, and media organisations were reported in Pakistan between May 2022 and March 2023. This is an average of around 13 cases a month,…

News DeskIslamabad: Hacking tools from an Israeli company have been used against journalists, activists, and opposition figures in at least ten different countries, including those in North America and Europe.According to new…

News DeskKarachi: In a first, the Pakistan Information Center (PIC) organized a two-day training workshop on mobile journalism in Karachi.The training was organized by the Press Information Department (PID) of the Ministry of…

News DeskIslamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday (6 December) said that his government was committed to ensuring the safety of journalists and would work for the effective implementation of the federal law for their…

APP Quetta: As the sole breadwinner for his 13 members' family, Dil Murad used to earn Rs 200 to Rs 400 per day by collecting rags from trash cans and public dumps as means of subsistence. He was leading a difficult but happy life when…

Zareef BalochQuetta: Yar Mohammad Sakim, a 60-year-old farmer from Kech, is one of the victims of recent Monsoon flood devastations in Balochistan. Sakim’s date palm farms have been ruined which was his major source of income to sponsor…