ISLAMABAD, 30 April 2025: Pakistani media is standing at a crossroad amid an existential threat and increased restrictive environment, deteriorating safety and job security, significant challenges to professional integrity of media and its practitioners, according to Freedom Network’s annual Freedom of Expression and Media Freedom Report 2025. Titled “Free speech and public interest journalism under...
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Indian Government’s Ban on Pakistani Digital Media Outlets is Deeply Concerning: DigiMAP
The Digital Media Alliance of Pakistan (DigiMAP) strongly condemns the Indian government’s move to restrict access to Pakistani YouTube channels, social media platforms, and independent digital media outlets. Among those affected is Naya Daur TV, along with several others that have recently promoted balanced, research-based, and peace-driven narratives. These platforms have resisted parroting state-sponsored views...
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Pak-Kazakh Educational Fair and Vice Chancellors Summit, A Step Toward Global Academic Excellence
Islamabad: In order to promote educational ties between Pakistan and Kazakhstan, a high level delegation of Kazakhstan comprising 25 Rectors and high officials of Kazakhstan universities visited National University of Technology today. The prestigious event was arranged at NUTECH under the supervision of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan. A variety of stalls on educational programmes,...
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PPAF Hosts Delegation from JICA Pakistan to Explore Collaboration Opportunities in Heritage-Based Tourism and Poverty Alleviation
Islamabad; The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) had the honour of hosting Mr. Taiga Yano, Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Pakistan Office, and Ms. Nazia Sehar, Senior Program Manager, at its Islamabad headquarters. The visit was part of an ongoing effort to explore potential avenues for collaboration between PPAF and JICA, aligned...
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Ahmadi Man Killed by Mob Outside Worship Place in Karachi Amid Rising Religious Intolerance
KARACHI, April 18 — A 46-year-old man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community was brutally lynched by a mob allegedly affiliated with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) outside an Ahmadi place of worship in the Preedy area of Karachi on Friday. According to police and community sources, the deceased, identified as Laeeq Ahmed Cheema, was attacked with bricks...
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WJAP condemns FIA’s Witch-Hunt Against Former Senator Farhatullah Babar
Women Journalists Association of Pakistan (WJAP) has expressed deep concern over the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) recent inquiry based on malafide intentions against former senator Farhatullah Babar, a renowned human rights activist based on vague allegations filed by an anonymous complainant . In a statement issued on Saturday , Founder of WAJP Fauzia Kalsoom...
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The Role of Youth for a Peaceful and Prosperous Pakistan
“Empowering the Next generation with the right tools, knowledge, and values for sustainable peace in NMDs of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” By Dr. Qibla Ayaz during One-day seminar on “The Role of Youth for a Peaceful and Prosperous Pakistan in Peshawar” Peshawar, April 10, 2025 “By empowering the next generation with the right tools, knowledge, and values,...
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Targeted assassination plot against Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat President Allama Aurangzeb Farooqi; all programs canceled, security tightened.
Targeted assassination plot against Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat President Allama Aurangzeb Farooqi; all programs canceled, security tightened. Amid the recent wave of terrorism in the country, where scholars and religious figures are being targeted, security agencies have issued a security threat alert for the central president of Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat Pakistan, Allama Ghazi Aurangzeb Farooqi. According...
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Women’s Parliamentary Caucus Hosts Gender-Responsive-Budgeting Session at Islamabad
Islamabad; 19th March 2025; The Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) of the National Assembly, led by its Secretary Dr. Shahida Rehmani, organized a session on the Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) strategy at the Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services (PIPS). The session aimed to develop a strategic approach to promote gender-responsive public service and ensure effective implementation of...
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Stakeholders discuss Child Protection Prevention Framework
ISLAMABAD, Sunday, March 16, 2025: A high-level stakeholders’ consultation on the development of a Child Protection Prevention Framework (CPPF) was held at the Child Protection Institute, organized jointly by Save the Children and UNICEF. The consultation brought together representatives from prominent civil society organizations, NADRA, the legal community, and service delivery organizations, emphasizing the urgent...