PPF secretary general Owais Aslam Ali speaks at the programme. PPI
KARACHI: To mark World Press Freedom Day (May 3) and to launch a policy paper on the Draft for Protection of Journalist and Media Professionals Bill, 2020, an event was held by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and the Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) at the Karachi Press Club on Monday evening.
Ghazala Fasih, who moderated the programme, in her introductory remarks said the history of the constitutional freedom of the press in the country is one of great struggle. It’s been 73 years since Pakistan came into being. Journalism played an important part in the freedom movement of the country. Unfortunately, after independence, the vision that Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had for journalism was overlooked (usey nazar andaz ker dia gaya).
Freedom of press termed essential for democracy
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KARACHI: To mark World Press Freedom Day (May 3) and to launch a policy paper on the Draft for Protection of Journalist and Media Professionals Bill, 2020, an event was held by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and the Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) at the Karachi Press Club on Monday evening.
Ghazala Fasih, who moderated the programme, in her introductory remarks said the history of the constitutional freedom of the press in the country is one of great struggle. It s been 73 years since Pakistan came into being. Journalism played an important part in the freedom movement of the country. Unfortunately, after independence, the vision that Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had for journalism was overlooked (usey nazar andaz ker dia Gaya).
May 4, 2021
KARACHI: To mark World Press Freedom Day (May 3) and to launch a policy paper on the Draft for Protection of Journalist and Media Professionals Bill, 2020, an event was held by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and the Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) at the Karachi Press Club on Monday evening.
Ghazala Fasih, who moderated the programme, in her introductory remarks said the history of the constitutional freedom of the press in the country is one of great struggle. It’s been 73 years since Pakistan came into being. Journalism played an important part in the freedom movement of the country. Unfortunately, after independence, the vision that Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had for journalism was overlooked (usey nazar andaz ker dia Gaya).
Labour leaders and trade unionists address the press conference at the Karachi Press Club on the eve of May Day. Photo by writer
KARACHI: “Laws are made to be implemented, not to be stored inside cupboards,” said Habibuddin Junaidi, president, Peoples Labour Bureau, Sindh. He was speaking at a joint press conference on labour issues called by labour activists and trade union leaders in connection with May Day at the Karachi Press Club on Friday.
“The PPP government has passed some very fine labour-friendly laws such as the Sindh Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Sindh Home-Based Workers Act, the Sindh Covid-19 Emergency Relief Ordinance, etc, but non-implementation of these laws is [a matter of concern], especially in the private sector,” he said.
Residents demand immediate halt to KMC operations along Gujjar, Orangi nullahs
Karachi
April 17, 2021
The Karachi Bachao Tehreek has demanded immediately halting the “illegal anti-encroachment operation” at the Gujjar and Orangi nullahs.
Addressing a news conference at the Karachi Press Club on Friday, its members also demanded that the people affected by the operation be provided with alternative accommodation as per a Supreme Court order, and not a Rs90,000 cheque.
Since February, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s (KMC) anti-encroachment department has illegally demolished thousands of leased houses constructed at a little distance from Gujjar and Orangi storm water drains, they said, adding that thousands of such more houses were to be demolished by the corporation in the future.