Pakistan Press Foundation’s (PPF) Secretary-General Owais Aslam Ali said on Sunday that over 50 journalists had become victim of targeted killings in recent years in Pakistan and there was always lack of proper investigation in our society when it came ...
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WASHINGTON: The following release is being issued by the Global Media Forum Training Group: Pakistan’s Asma Shirazi will receive the 2014 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism on October 23rd, at 6 pm, at the National Press Club ...
Read More »Hard work prerequisite for women in media
KARACHI: Participants at a roundtable conference on Wednesday urged better representation of women in Pakistani media, especially in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhua (KP) and Balochistan. The conference, organised by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) at a local hotel to issue ...
Read More »Women have to fight harder… – An interactive session with a Pakistani journalist in India
Gender discrimination cuts across all political and cultural boundaries around the world, as we have seen and studied extensively in India. Knowing this, it was still tremendously surprising to learn how similar the situation is in Pakistan, as a recent ...
Read More »Discourse on women in media: Uks report looks into why female professionals are still sidelined
By: Naveela Khan KARACHI: The media industry has come a long way from when the only place for women in the work field was at the post of a secretary or as arm candy smiling next to the male talk ...
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