September 2015 Sept 01: Balochistan government claims to have arrested two killers of journalists Irshad Mastoi, Abdur Rasool and media assistant Muhammad Younas. http://www.dawn.com/news/1204232/two-killers-of-journalists-arrested-in-quetta Sept…
Freedom Network has called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to order Hangu district administration to protect a senior journalist from any harm banned…
Haroon Rashid Terrorism has dominated our TV screens for several decades now. The last 14 years in Pakistan were full of blasts and blood on…
There seems to be a spurt in attacks on journalists and media workers in Pakistan that has seen one killed and two injured within two…
Freedom Network spoke to the government to find out how the new code of conduct was formulated for Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) recently…
Freedom Network has expressed serious concern over some aspects of the recently introduced code of conduct for media on August 20 by the Pakistan’s Electronic…
August 2015 Aug 03: Man denied bail in Facebook hacking case in Peshawar. http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=04_08_2015_182_009 Aug 11: Joint Action Committee of media rights groups, telecom industry,…
In an initiative two days before International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (30 August), Reporters Without Borders has referred the cases of missing…
Fear and lack of safety fueling impunity against journalists in Balochistan Judicial commission says Balochistan worst region for Pakistani journalists – says fear and absence…
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued Friday (August 2015) a new code of conduct for electronic media introducing new measures to audit contents and…
July 2015 July 01: AJK government lifts ban Geo News channel in the region. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-326712-Ban-on-Geo-in-AJK-lifted July 07: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa increases annual…
The federal government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif released, for the first time, officials figures of journalists killed, injured or kidnapped in the last five…
Unknown motorists, some dressed in ‘police uniform,’ kidnapped Fahim Siddiqui, the Karachi-based Bureau Chief of Geo News TV channel, from Karachi’s North Nazimabad area on…
June 2015 Late journalist Zafarullah Jatak June 01: Azad Kashmir government bans Geo News channel in the Pakistan-administered region over a map controversy not showing…
Freedom Network expressed indignation over murder of a young journalist in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province where impunity of crimes against media and journalists has…
Haroon Rashid Sometime in 2011 a popular anchor of state-run PTV channel invite me to his primetime talk show. I had by that time taken…
May 2015 May 01: PEMRA issues notices to 14 TV channels over live speech of Altaf Hussain who criticized army after a police official charged…
Freedom Network is alarmed at new measures to officially impose a new regime of censorship for newspapers in Pakistan. Freedom of expression is a universally…
Muhammad Aftab Alam Since April 19, 2014 – when Hamid Mir was attacked in Karachi – the overall state of media regulatory environment and media…
Freedom Network welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s resolution 2222 (2015) calling for protection of journalists worldwide, including Pakistan, in armed conflict. “This resolution is…