The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued notices to respondents in a case regarding legislation for the protection of journalists’ rights. Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the cases filed by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), and Islamabad High...
Read More“I was threatened on August 25, 2021 after publishing the story of harassment of female students by a professor at the University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.”, said Faiza Gilani, reporter of Country News from Muzaffarabad. Gillani added that she reported the incident to a nearby...
Read MoreMinister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday condemned Sheikh Rashid Ahmed s misbehaviour with a reporter of a private news channel during his media talk earlier in the day. Marriyum Aurangzeb, in a news statement, said the persons like Sheikh Rashid restored to attack...
Read MoreThe Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has chalked out a plan to hold nationwide demonstrations, as well as a sit-in opposite Parliament House in Islamabad, in protest against the federal government’s anti-media measures. Afzal Butt, the PFUJ president, and secretary General Arshad Ansari said in...
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2023: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has issued the “Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2022”. According to the report, freedom of media in Pakistan faced exacerbating scenarios of jeopardy in 2022 whereas freedom of speech was continuously suppressed and sabotaged. According to...
Read MoreMinister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi informed the Senate on Friday that 42 journalists were killed in the country over the past four years. Data from the information ministry, available with Dawn.com, showed that 15 of the journalists hailed from Punjab, 11 from Sindh, 13...
Read MoreAn Islamabad sessions court on Wednesday granted bail to Bol News journalist Shahid Aslam, who was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from Lahore last week for his alleged part in leaking personal tax data of former army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa. In...
Read MoreThe election of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in April 2022 brought initial hopes for an improved climate for press freedom in Pakistan, however the country’s journalists continue to face physical attacks, harassment, and arrests, according to data collected by IPI on press freedom violations in...
Read MoreData compiled by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) shows that a total of 21 journalists have been killed in Balochistan since 2002. Balochistan is considered the most dangerous province in the country for journalists. It is generally believed that during coverage of violent incidents, journalists are...
Read MoreReporters without Borders (RSF) condemns a Pakistani businessman’s “unacceptable” threats against a newspaper editor in response to a story implicating him in a prominent corruption scandal, and calls on Pakistan’s government to guarantee the journalist’s safety. The threats were made in a phone call that Hamza...
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