PPF welcomes safe return of Pakistani journalist who went missing in Kabul; urge an investigation into incident

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) welcomes the safe return of Pakistani journalist Anas Mallick who had gone missing in Kabul, Afghanistan, a day earlier. World Is One News (WION) Bureau Chief for Pakistan Mallick, was said to have been missing for many hours before his safe...

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Journalist Anas Mallick safe in Kabul: Pakistan envoy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani journalist Anas Mallick, who had gone missing in Kabul a day ago, is “safe”, Pakistani envoy Mansoor Ahmed Khan said on Friday after talking to him on the phone. “Regarding reports about Pakistani journalist Anas Mallick, I have just talked to him on phone...

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Pakistan Federal Union Of journalists (PFUJ) condemns police attack on journalist covering teacher’s protest

Senior photojournalist Faisal Khan was covering the protest of the teachers when the Punjab police baton charged him. News Analysis, Top News, PFUJ condemns police attack on journalist covering teacher’s protest, photojournalist Faisal Khan, Rawalpindi police torture, Teachers protest in Rawalpindi.   Source: Asia Think Tank...

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Journalist escapes ‘life bid’ in Nowshera

NOWSHERA: A local journalist on Wednesday narrowly escaped bid on his life when unknown car riders allegedly tried to crush him to death. Shaheen Shah, a local journalist and general secretary of the Nowshera Press Club, told the police that he was coming to press club...

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Journalist verbally assaulted by police during by-election coverage

While covering by-elections in the Punjab province, a reporter for ARY News was verbally assaulted by Lahore’s capital city police officer. Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the incident. Journalists should be allowed to work without such challenges and their role in ensuring free and fair...

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Journalists Who Were Harassed, Manhandled and Forced out of Work during Imran Khan’s Rule

Imran Khan claimed that he never issued orders against any journalists and only found out about a journalist’s disappearance or treatment in Cabinet meetings. On July 16th  2022 at a seminar on media freedom in Islamabad, former PM and PTI Chairman Imran Khan claimed that he...

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Imran’s statement on media freedom flies in face of reality: PFUJ

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has described the statement of former Prime Minister Imran Khan claiming that he did not have any hand in stifling the media as against facts and reality. In a statement issued on Sunday, PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and...

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Imran Khan’s regime was darkest period for media: Marriyum Aurangzeb

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb Saturday said that Imran Khan’s era was the darkest period for media. Addressing a news conference, the minister alleged Imran Khan is a habitual liar and a failed person, he only knows how to lie. She pointed out...

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Journalists picked up during PTI govt were not on my orders: Imran

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday distanced himself from restraints put on media freedom during his government, saying that any journalists picked up by the authorities were not on his directives. Addressing a seminar on media freedom in Islamabad, he said: "[When I was the prime...

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Pakistan: PPF welcome safe return of Aaj News Assignment Editor Nafees Naeem; urge investigation into his abduction

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) welcomes the safe return of Aaj News Assignment Editor Nafees Naeem, a day after he was abducted by unidentified individuals in plain clothes. The circumstances of his abduction and return remain unclear. We urge the authorities to conduct an investigation and...

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