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Islamabad Capital Territory The Islamabad Capital Territory ( ur, , translit=Vafāqī Dār-alhakūmat) is the only federal territory of Pakistan. Located between the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it includes the country's capital city of Islamabad. The terr ...

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Journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

, membership = , membership_year = , language = Urdu, English , owner = , sec_gen = , leader_title = Focal Person , leader_name = Faisal Bin Naseer , leader_title2 = Registrar , leader_name2 = Dr. Rafique Ahmad Soomro , leader_title3 = , leader_name3 = , leader_title4 = , leader_name4 = , board_of_directors = , key_people = , main_organ = , parent_organization = , subsidiaries = , secessions = , affiliations = Ministry of Information & Broadcasting , budget = , budget_year = , revenue = , revenue_year = , disbursements = , expenses = , expenses_year = , endowment = , endowment_year = , funding = , staff = , staff_year = , volunteers = , volunteers_year = , students = , students_year = , awards = , website = , remarks = , formerly = , footnotes = , bodystyle = The Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) is a federal government agency of Pakistan responsible for maintaining

press Press may refer to: Media * Print media or news media, commonly called "the press" * Printing press, commonly called "the press" * Press (newspaper), a list of newspapers * Press TV, an Iranian television network People * Press (surname), a famil ...

speech Speech is a human vocal communication using language. Each language uses Phonetics, phonetic combinations of vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if ...

and expression freedom for

newspapers A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...

, editors,

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

s, and news websites and agencies in the country. It also prevents violation of ethical code to maintain an independent press ecosystem. The agency is tasked with preventing fake news and review any development in journalism ethics and standards with prime focus on

code of ethics in media The code of ethics in media was created by a suggestion from the 1947 Hutchins Commission. They suggested that newspapers, broadcasters and journalists had started to become more responsible for journalism and thought they should be held accountable ...

. It also prevents constitutional rights of the

general public In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

, in addition to implementing ethical code of practice with 17 points in journalism. It also receives complaints concerning violation of ethical code practice. It is tasked with to enforce ethical code practice across the country and to conduct inquiry through a commission appointed for hearings and decisions based on received-complaints.

Press Council Ordinance, 2002

The

president of Pakistan The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.constitution of Pakistan The Constitution of Pakistan ( ur, ), also known as the 1973 Constitution, is the supreme law of Pakistan. Drafted by the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, with additional assistance from the country's Pakistani political parties, opposition ...

Membership

Its chairperson is appointed by the president in his own discretion. However, nominated person should be a retired judge of the

Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

or with equivalent qualification. The council also nominate its 4 members from the

All Pakistan Newspapers Society All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) is an organization of major Pakistani newspapers, their publishers, companies, and corporations. It includes the Jang Group of Newspapers, Dawn Group of Newspapers, and Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Newspapers. ...

(APNS), 4 from the

Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has worked since its foundation in 1957 as the combined body of newspaper editors in Pakistan

(CPNE) and 4 members from professional bodies of journalists. Vice-chairperson is nominated from Pakistan Bar Council, and one member is nominated any member of the Higher Education Commission and the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

. Its membership also consists of an educationist associated with

mass media Mass media refers to a diverse array of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place include a variety of outlets. Broadcast media transmit information ...

who is formally nominated by the council. It also contains one women member from the National Commission on the Status of Women in Pakistan.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Press Council of Pakistan Pakistani journalism organisations Pakistan federal departments and agencies Mass media complaints authorities Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Pakistan) Organisations based in Islamabad