Current News
Journalists condemn kidnapping of colleague
A large number of journalists held a demonstration and staged a sit-in at Clock Tower roundabout here on Tuesday to protest against the kidnapping of a journalist near the local press club on Monday night.
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LHC seeks answer on case against Facebook
The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered on Tuesday the Information Technology Ministry and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority to file their reply on a petition seeking a permanent ban on social networking website Facebook for posting “a blasphemous contest”.
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Geo News reporter attacked by armed persons in Hyderabad
Anwar Kamal, reporter of Pakistan’s leading private TV channel “Geo News” and his driver Nasim Ahmed received bullet injuries when unknown assailants opened fire on their vehicle in Hyderabad, Sindh province, on Saturday, July 24, 2010 night.
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PPF
Activities
Training workshop for Radio Journalists on writing for Radio
Participants in a three day PPF workshop for radio journalists held in Karachi from March 08 to 10 emphasized the commonly held view that in Pakistan, as in most developing countries, radio is considered amongst the most effective mediums of information and entertainment. The government of Pakistan has declared the year 2010 as ‘the year of radio’, and prime minister of Pakistan has announced he will deliver his address to the nation every month on radio.
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Training workshop for Civil Society Organizations on Working with Media (Role of elected representatives, judiciary and media in reducing corruption in the country)
In Pakistan there are large scale misunderstandings and distrust between NGOs and the media, which could be removed if the two sides develop closer interaction and cooperate with each other on the basis of mutual respect and understanding, observed participants of a three-day interactive training workshop on ‘Working with Media’, organized by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) for civil society organizations at Rawalakot from March 04-06, 2010.
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Training Workshop for Journalists on Media and Democratic Governance (Role of elected representatives, judiciary and media in reducing corruption in the country)
The participants of a PPF Media and Democratic Governance held in Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir were of the view that corruption and bribery is amongst the most serious burning issues facing Pakistani society. Misuse of powers, violation of merit, nepotism and culture of commissions and kickbacks in big government contracts have marred the state institutions and whole nation is facing the consequences.
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Training workshop for Civil Society Organizations on Working with Media (Role of elected representatives, judiciary and media in reducing corruption in the country)
There are misconceptions in Pakistani media about civil society organizations, which are the result of gaps of trust between the media and NGOs and which could be removed by developing closer relations between them, observed participants of a three-day interactive training workshop on ‘Working with Media’, organized by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) for civil society organizations at Abbottabad on February 25-27, 2010.
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Training workshop for Journalists on Media and Democratic Governance (Role of elected representatives, judiciary and media in reducing corruption in the country)
Corruption and bribery in Pakistani society is not something developing overnight, but it is the result of distance from democracy, and wrong polices carried out by Pakistani rulers for last 60 years, observed participants of a three-day interactive training workshop for journalists on Media and Democratic Governance at Abbottabad. The workshop with them “Role of elected representatives, judiciary and media in reducing corruption in the country” was held from February 22-24, 2010.
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