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TopicPakistan media

Topic: Pakistan media

‘Exercise caution’ when discussing country’s foreign policy on TV, Pakistan govt tells its media

Pakistan’s law minister Azam Nazeer Tarar in a press conference this week asked reporters ‘to exercise caution’ while reporting on the ongoing conflict in West Asia.

ISPR censoring media coverage of UAE-Saudi Arabia tensions in Yemen, says US news outlet

While The Express Tribune initially reported on tensions in the Gulf, those articles went missing from its website the next day. It was only Dawn that continued to report on the matter. But even that was selective.

Pakistan’s Asia One hasn’t paid salaries for months. Journalists say ‘we refuse to learn’

Pakistani journalists rallied against Asia One, seen as a front for the country’s Army, after a letter went viral where employees were asking the authorities to pay their dues.

Pakistani media has an Imran Khan problem. You can’t even name him

Journalist Hamid Mir says a ‘de facto’ ban is in place in Pakistani media on any mention of ex-PM Imran Khan. It challenges the ‘very idea of a democratic Pakistan’.

Actress Alizeh Shah caught smoking. Pakistanis accuse her of corrupting culture

Someone recorded TV actress Alizeh Shah smoking in a car. Soon, Pakistani social media was abuzz with users blaming feminism and the showbiz industry.

Hamid Mir’s defiance of military, ISI and emergence of a new ‘General Rani’ in Pakistan

The Pakistani media may never undertake a full-throated challenge to the diktats of the deep state, but sometimes it is angry enough to let out a roar.

Mocking Pakistan army can land you in jail for 2 yrs. What about Imran Khan’s old speeches?

A Pakistani journalist’s book was recently seized from shelves because it had a cartoon on its cover — of Imran Khan playing at Gen Bajwa’s feet.

Pakistan media’s support for #MeToo ends when one of their own is accused

Now, victims of sexual harassment in Pakistan have to be on the ‘right’ side of the media to be heard.

Pak on Art 370 move: Tribune blames Trump’s Kashmir claim, Nation dubs it Frankentstein’s monster

ThePrint takes a look at what Pakistani news media had to say on the Modi govt's move to revoke Article 370 and strip Jammu & Kashmir of its special status.

Pakistani press says India’s claims of victory for UN blacklisting of Masood Azhar false

Chinese tabloid Global Times quoted its Foreign Military spokesperson Geng Shuang as saying that Pakistan has made 'enormous contributions to fighting terrorism'.

On Camera

Mo Salah changed Liverpool beyond football. Hate crimes dropped by 19% after he joined

In a city like Liverpool, Salah became something more than a footballer. 'Salah became so popular that most of the babies born in Merseyside were named after him.'

Centre cuts excise duty by Rs 10/litre to absorb global oil shock, levies export tax to steady supply

Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman & Hardeep Puri say govt effort meant to shield consumers from oil shock. Nayara Energy had raised pump prices Thursday

India’s fourth S-400 system ready in Russia, undergoing final testing before delivery

The system was to delivered in March but will now reach the Indian shores by May, or June. The fifth S-400 will be delivered in the last quarter of this year.

The Vishwaguru delusion, mine vs yours, is ruining our view of the world

One side thinks India is punching way above its weight. The other thinks Modi has undermined India and it punches below its strength. Both are wrong.