First Pakistani Journalist win BBC most prestigious Award

Posted on February 8, 2012, in Media Awards, with 0 Comments

    ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani journalist, working for British Broadcasting Corporation’s Urdu and World Service, has been honoured with a prestigious BBC award for best reporting in the region. Zulfiqar Ali, senior correspondent of BBC in Islamabad, has been.

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Rocket Hits Journalist Home in NW Pakistan

Posted on February 5, 2012, in Media Abuses, with 0 Comments

A rocket slammed into the house of a journalist in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan tribal region injuring two children, tribesmen said Sunday. Pakistani forces and suspected Taliban militants exchanged fire in the area late Saturday night and one rocket hit.

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Commission unable to find hands behind Saleem Shahzad Killing

Posted on February 5, 2012, in Media Abuses, with 0 Comments

ISLAMABAD: An investigation into the killing of a Pakistani journalist who reported that Islamist militants had infiltrated the military has not been able to find his murderers, an official report shows. Saleem Shahzad, a 40-year-old father of three, vanished in.

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Media Reporters Association Elections held in Lahore

Posted on February 5, 2012, in Journalists Elections, with 0 Comments

LAHORE: Electronic Media Reporters Association (EMRA), the Lahore based  biggest body of reporters of Electronic media arranged its annual elections  in Lahore. Senior journalist Mustafa Kamal was Chief Election Commissioner  for this occasion. According to election results, Tanvir Shahzad (DW).

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Pakistani journalist working for US media shot dead

Posted on February 5, 2012, in Media Abuses, with 0 Comments

17/1/2012 PESHAWAR: Gunmen on Tuesday shot dead a Pakistani journalist working with the Voice of America’s Pashto language radio service as he prayed at a mosque in the northwest of the country, police said. Mukarram Khan Aatif, a 43-year-old correspondent.

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Reuters Institute Journalism Fellowship Program

Posted on February 5, 2012, in Scholarships/ Fellowships, with 0 Comments

Founded in 2006, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at the University of Oxford is a university research centre for international comparative journalism. The institute’s main focus remains on creating an international research centre in the comparative.

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2012 Kyoto Prize Symposium Journalism Fellowship

Posted on February 5, 2012, in Scholarships/ Fellowships, with 0 Comments

January 14, 2012 Point Loma Nazarene University is accepting applications for its 2012 Kyoto Prize Symposium Journalism Fellowship – a fully-funded, comprehensive educational program designed to enhance a journalist’s knowledge in technology, science and the arts. The fellow will participate.

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LADIESFUND® – MISHAL Fellowship Program on Gender Empowerment

Posted on February 5, 2012, in Scholarships/ Fellowships, with 0 Comments

LADIESFUND® and MISHAL have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), for the joint implementationand management of LADIESFUND®-MISHAL Fellowship program. LADIESFUND®, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative has joined hands with MISHAL for promotion of Gender Parity issues in.

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SAMAA’s Morning Show Host “Maya Khan” terminated

Posted on January 25, 2012, in Fired / Hired News, with 0 Comments

The letter which says Maya Khan’s services from Samaa TV will be terminated has been circulating on social media websites and is reportedly signed by CEO Zafar Siddiqui. Dear All Your feedback is appreciated. As a responsible corporate citizen, Samaa.

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Faisla Aap Ka with Asma Shirazi now in Peak timings

Posted on January 5, 2012, in Fired / Hired News, with 0 Comments

SAMAA management has decided to go Asma Shirazi’s Faisla Aap Ka Political base talk show audience base show now on Peak timings from Monday to Thursday at 8:00pm. Program has been changed now. It will be now restricted to only.

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