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A Kashmiri photographer saves life of an injured girl
AP photographer Yasin Dar carrying injured Kashmiri girl to safety Photo courtesy Faisal Khan It was another day of troubles in the Indian controlled Kashmir. But it was no ordinary moment for a workaholic photojournalist of...April 25, 2017 1767 0 -
How to counter fake news – A panel has a suggestion
Where is fake news? Where is the real news? Irrespective of what side of a debate or subject you are on, real and fake news could exist close to each other. Fake news is common on the...March 13, 2017 1479 0 -
How to be a real journalist in the age of fake news
Image: Reading the newspaper: Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, Credit: Pollinator Wikimedia Commons Trawling aimlessly through my Twitter feed it dawned on me that it sometimes has a lot in common with the Lancashire...March 6, 2017 1373 0 -
The Media’s Trump-inspired Identity Crisis
As the large swath of the USA formerly known by the city elites as “the flyover zone” continues to gloat at Donald Trump’s ascendancy to the White House, the mainstream media are feeling his “shoot the...February 21, 2017 1115 0 -
Washington’s raging fact fight – A perspective
It’s only been a month or so since Inauguration Day. But the Trump White House has already generated quite a few controversies, dominating media coverage in the United States and around the world. What are the...February 18, 2017 894 0 -
Views and News contributor wins Agahi Award
A researched piece on food security and challenges facing Pakistan on the issue has landed Views and News contributor Muhammad Luqman Agahi Award Luqman, who is working full time as senior correspondent for SAMAA TV channel,...December 20, 2016 1037 0 -
More attacks on free Press in Modi’s India as New Delhi bans popular channel
Indian government has slapped a one day ban on NDTV Hindi and News Time Assam for covering terrorist attack on an airbase under the pretext of “security reasons.” On November 2, the information and broadcasting (I&B)...November 7, 2016 910 0 -
‘End impunity for crimes against journalists’
“I pay tribute to the courage of all media personnel who put their lives on the line for the sake of truth,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on the occasion of International Day to End Impunity for...November 2, 2016 1079 0 -
Pakistan NewsGate : Sharif removes information minister to mend fences with military
In a bid to improve civil-military relations, soured by a controversial news item published in an English newspaper, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has removed Pervaiz Rasheed from the post of federal minister for information. The ministry...October 29, 2016 1105 0 -
Human rights, media organizations call for dropping travel ban on Pakistani journalist
Amnesty International, a leading human rights organization, and Committee to Protect Journalists have urged Pakistani authorities to immediately revoke a travel ban on journalist Cyril Almeida, following reports that he was barred from leaving the country...October 12, 2016 911 0