Freedom Network, Islamabad-based Pakistani media watchdog organisation, releases Safety Advisory to sensitise journalists, photographers, cameramen, media assistants and their organisations on need to take measures…
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2018 Seven cases of abduction, arrest, physical attack, verbal threats and break-in against journalists were documented during June 2018…
FN Threat Data Analysis – April-May 2018 Twenty-three cases of attempt to assassinate, arrests/detention/harassment, physical attacks, attack on home, verbal threats, censorship and legal cases…
ISLAMABAD, May 1, 2018: An award-winning Pakistan-based media rights watchdog Freedom Network has recorded over 150 cases of attacks and violations against media and its…
Just months before the nation goes to general elections this year, mainstream as well as regional media is witnessing increased censorship brought together through court…
FN Threat Data Analysis – March 2018 A total of 15 cases of murders, kidnapping, arrest, detaining, harassment, assault, attack on home, legal case, attack…
PESHAWAR, 20 March 2018: Journalists are barred from visiting or reporting Orakzai tribal district for last five months and local tribal journalists’ pleas to lift…
Two Sindhi journalists were reported missing after people in plain clothes and police uniforms whisked them away from interior Sindh province where feudal, tribal chieftain,…
FN Threat Data Analysis – February 2018 Fifteen cases of attempt to assassinate, abduction, harassment, attacks, verbal and written threats against journalists and censorship of…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has sent journalist Arshad Aziz Malik a “supply order” to seek “million saplings” – a move the resident editor of Jang newspaper…
FN Threat Data Analysis – January 2018 Nine cases, including failed attempt to abduct journalist, abduction of tribal journalist’s brother, shutdown of Radio Mashaal, harassment…
Senior journalist Taha Siddiqui escaped an attempt to abduct him by unidentified armed men in Islamabad, increasingly becoming unsafe city for journalists in the country….
Freedom Network Threat Data Analysis – December 2017 Eight journalists, all from electronic media, were attacked and injured in line of duty and all of…
Freedom Network welcomes unanimity reached among key stakeholders to protect journalists and media workers emphasizing the need for safety-focused law with federal government scrapping its…
Mass Media Threats in Balochistan FN Threat Data Analysis – October-November 2017 Twenty-one journalists, including investigative reporter, cameramen and photojournalists, were attacked and injured, two…
Paramilitary force detained five tribal journalists and a press club employee after a magnetic bomb was discovered beneath the car they were riding in Landikotal…
Journalists Risk Lives and Livelihoods in Pakistan Special Report on Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in Pakistan – 2017 Crimes against journalists are a thriving…
Update – October 17, 2017 The two missing tribal journalists – Shah Nawaz Tarakzai and Islam Gul Afridi – returned home on October 16, 2017, after abduction on…
September 2017 Freedom Network Data Analysis Fourteen journalists and media assistants were victims of attacks, arrests, verbal threats and legal cases during September 2017 across…
August 2017 Data Analysis of Threats to Media and its Practioners Two journalists were reported “missing” in Sindh province, nine journalists assaulted or injured, two…