State Institutions Should Protect Journalists: KPC President Farhan
By Ghulam Mustafa Institutions run by the government should not only be supportive but should help in providing a security blanket for journalists, President Karachi…
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A Journalist, Blogger Murdered In June 2019
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2019 A journalist and a blogger were killed while 15 other information practioners faced, arrest, attacks and verbal threats…
E-Bulletin For June 2019
Media Monitoring June 2019 June 05: Unidentified men attack Mir Altaf, reporter of Mehran TV in Jhol City in District Sanghar, Sindh, at his residence….
E-Bulletin For May 2019
Media Monitoring May 2019 May 03: Daily Jang newspaper reporter Matloob Hussain Mousavi, who went missing on 30 April, returned hoem safe and sound. May…
Shahzaib Gillani Case & Misuse of Cybercrime Law
Ghulam Mustafa It was a sunny and warm afternoon – but the air conditioner had ensured that the temperature was bearable. Sitting behind the elongated…
“Just Need Justice From The Govt”
Gohar Ali Khan Much like most of the country is not safe for journalists – so is the southern district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province…
Journalist Killed In Sindh Province
FN Threat Data Analysis – May 2019 A journalist was murdered, another survived attempt to murder while seven other cases of arrests, offline harassment, verbal…
E-Bulletin For April 2019
Media Monitoring Report April 2019 April 06: Senior journalist Shahzeb Jillani, who works for Dunya News TV channel, booked under cybercrimes law for alleged hate-speech…
E-Bulletin For March 2019
Media Monitoring Report March 2019 March 15: Hassan Abbas, senior journalist of Daily Express newspaper is assaulted by police official and was stopped from coverage…
E-Bulletin For February 2019
Media Monitoring Report February 2019 Feb 10: Federal Investigation Agency arrests Rizwan ur Rehman Razi of DIN News TV channel in Lahore for allegedly uploading…
April 2019: Dangerous Month For Journalists
FN Threat Data Analysis – April 2019 One journalist in a remote town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was killed while twelve other cases of abduction,…
State Of Press Freedom In Pakistan
Iqbal Khattak Main theme for this year’s edition of World Press Freedom Day, falling on 3 May, is relationship between the press and democracy. The…
Online Harassment: Women Journalists Need Protection
Gharidah Farooqi Social media has changed life. It has changed the world – for better or worse. Today is the age of social media. World,…
Journalists Faced Abduction, Legal Case, Attacks, Verbal Threats During March 2019
FN Threat Data Analysis – March 2019 Fifteen cases of kidnapping, attacks, verbal threats and legal cases against journalists and human rights defender were documented…
Two Journalists Go Missing; Another Booked Under PECA Law
Freedom Network is extremely worried for two missing young journalists – reporter Matloob Hussain Mosavi and TV cameraman Syed Ali Mubashir Naqvi – who were…
Online Harassment Of Journalist Gharidah Farooqi Condemned
ISLAMABAD: Female TV journalist Gharidah Farooqi is harassed, intimidated and threatened for her online opinion and “facts” she believes a journalist should be reporting. “Open…
Attacks, Injuries, Verbal Threat & Legal Case Reported Against Nine Journalists In February 2019
FN Threat Data Analysis – February 2019 Nine journalists faced attacks, legal case, received injuries and verbal threat during February 2019 under Pakistan Press Club…
Lahore Police Stop Journalists From Coverage
Police in Lahore city used violence to bar journalists from covering production of a journalist to a lower court on February 23 snatching cameras and…
E-Bulletin For January 2019
January 2019 Jan 01: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has put 30-day ban on the broadcast of a Neo TV’s programme “Harf-I-Raz” for violating the…
‘Feudal Mindset’ Undermining Press Freedom In Sindh: Jokhiyo
Journalist Akhlaq Jokhiyo has become symbol of resistance to pursue independent and public interest journalism in interior Sindh province of Pakistan. He paid a cost…