Poor State of Gender In Journalism in Pakistan
Freedom Network marks the International Women’s Day paying tributes to female journalists for continuing to work in one of the most dangerous countries for journalists…
Freedom Network marks the International Women’s Day paying tributes to female journalists for continuing to work in one of the most dangerous countries for journalists…
February 2015 Feb 08: Altaf Hussain throws a veiled threat at TV anchors amidst controversy over Baldia factory fire. http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=09_02_2015_003_004 Feb 10: Online newspaper BalochHal…
Authorities in Pakistan’s Mohmand tribal district along the border with Afghanistan served Thursday (February 26, 2015) a notice on president of Ghalanai Press Club seeking explanation why…
Pakistan and Afghanistan share commonality in terms of threats to media and its practioners and both countries are making efforts to mitigate these problems. Can…
Saleem Samad A secular and democratic Bangladesh has promulgated a new draconian law Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (Amendment) Ordinance-2013 which empowers law enforcers to…
A little known group ‘Shura-e-Fidayaan Islam’ or ‘Council of Suicide Bombers of Islam’ has sent Quetta Press Club a “threatening letter” to demand that four…
The Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria that include media pluralism and…
ISLAMABAD: A new survey of seven talk shows on Pakistani TV news channels has revealed ‘politics’ remained the main staple for discussions (45%) with the…
January 2015 Jan 05: Supreme Court indicts ARY TV channel anchor Mubashar Lucman and CEO Salman Iqbal in ‘contempt of court’ case. http://www.dawn.com/news/1155189/sc-indicts-ary-ceo-anchorperson-in-contempt-case Jan 08:…
Story of an AFP photojournalist By Mazhar Abbas A bullet was found in an envelope in his car parked outside the Karachi Press Club in 2007….
Freedom Network – www.fnpk.org – releases annual media report PRESS RELEASE ISLAMABAD, January 25, 2015: The year 2014 was the worst ever in…
A round-up of statistics of press freedom violations, including attacks on media practitioners and media houses in Pakistan in 2014 By Aurangzaib Khan The…
A round-up of threats against media and attacks against journalists in Pakistan in 2014 By Iqbal Khattak Media in Pakistan continued to operate…
Key findings of the state of media safety in Pakistan in 2014 through a mapping of the UN Journalist Safety Indicators and recommendations for collaborative…
A round-up of trends and impact of the plummeting ethical standards of media in 2014 By Haroon Rashid When it comes to ethics, Pakistani…
By Nighat Daad Pakistan, like many other countries in Global South, has seen an increase in the use of internet usage over the past…
The Supreme Court indicted 5 January 2015 ARY News anchorperson Mubashar Lucman and channel’s CEO Salman Iqbal in a ‘contempt of court case’ relating to…
December 2014 Dec 01: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists observe countrywide protest against attacks on DunyaNews, DawnNews and Abbtak TV channels’ DSNG vans in…
Ben Wagner, an internationally renowned expert on digital and privacy rights and surveillance issues, sat down with Freedom Network in Islamabad, Pakistan, in the fall…
Freedom Network, Pakistan [FN] joins media defenders in the condemnation of manhandling of one of the country’s most senior journalists, Mazhar Abbas, in Karachi on…