Media Monitoring November 2018
Nov 01: Journalists of Rawalpindi and Islamabad protested in front of the Parliament House to protest termination services of journalists and workers by different media organizations https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=01_11_2018_005_003
Nov 01: The proposed legislation will deprive the press of the rights won by it over the past 70 years
https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=01_11_2018_008_005
Nov 01: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has rejected the proposal to set up a centralized regulatory authority for print, electronic and social media
https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=01_11_2018_005_007
Nov 02: Governments around the world, including Pakistan are failing to investigate the murder of journalists according to International Press Institute’s Death Watch
https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=02_11_2018_003_008
Nov 04: The opposition and treasury members of the Balochistan Assembly expressed concern over the laying off of journalists and other people who were working for news organization across the country
https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=04_11_2018_003_010
Nov 05: Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the government has decided to regulate the social media as it is going unchecked and bringing it within the ambit of law is a challenge https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/389903-social-media-to-be-regulated-fawad
Nov 06: Kamran Gul crime reporter from Daily Akhbar I Shahar attacked in his office and beaten by armed men causing him minor injuries. https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=06_11_2018_181_006
Nov 09: The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered PEMRA to ensure that editorial monitoring must be maintained by television channels before airing programmers. https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=09_11_2018_003_008
Nov 09: Several gunmen in plain clothes entered the Karachi Press Club and harassed journalists and searched different rooms. https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=09_11_2018_005_010
Nov 10: Journalists stages a protest against trespassing of Karachi Press Club by armed men of a security agency in plain clothes and vowed to resist attempts to harass free media
https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=10_11_2018_005_003
Nov 11: Nasrullah Khan Chaudhry associated with Urdu daily Nai Baat was detained by security personnel during raid on his home in Karachi. https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=11_11_2018_005_001
Nov 16: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that federal cabinet has decided to release all outstanding amounts to the media organizations at the federal level
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/394504-media-houses-to-get-all-outstanding-dues-fawad
Nov 16: The Supreme Court withdrew its notice issued to Jang group on misreporting of court proceedings. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/394479-sc-accepts-jang-group-s-apology-withdraws-notices
Nov 20: Charge sheet filed against journalist Nasrullah in anti-terrorist court in Karachi.
https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=20_11_2018_005_008
Nov 21: Principal accused in the murder of young journalist Mansoor Khan was arrested after 28 years in Peshawar, police say. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/396740-principal-accused-in-journalist-s-murder-case-arrested
Nov 27: National Action Committee established to fight for the media workers rights, including delay in salaries, retrenchment and freedom of the press
Nov 29: Anti-terrorist court granted bail to journalist Nasrullah Khan detained on charge of “fanning religious disharmony.” https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=29_11_2018_005_006