Journalist Rana Tanvir Survives Attack After “Death Threat” Over His Writings
Senior journalist Rana Tanvir, who is taking up issues of religious minorities and human rights in his writings, was run over by a car on…
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Media Threats Analysis: Threats, Assaults, Injuries & Killing In May 2017
Monitoring and Analyzing Threats and Attacks against Media in Pakistan: May 2017 Report by Freedom Network Pakistan Press Club Safety Hub Network, managed by Islamabad-based…
Freedom Network Decries ‘DawnLeaks’ Recommendations
The federal government released on Wednesday – May 10, 2017 – administrative decisions taken after the findings of an Inquiry Committee probing leaks of meeting…
April 2017 Analysis: Eight Cases Of Serious Violations Against Media & Its Practioners
Monitoring and Analyzing Threats and Attacks against Media in Pakistan: April 2017 Report by Freedom Network In March 2017, a total of eight cases of…
Media Analysis March 2017: Murder, Assault And Legal Cases
March 2017 Report by Freedom Network Media Analysis March 2017: murder, assault and legal cases In March 2017, a total of 11 cases…
Media Analysis February 2017: Murder, Arrest And Threats
Monitoring and Analyzing Threats and Attacks against Media in Pakistan: February 2017 Report by Freedom Network In February 2017, a total of 17 cases of…
FoE In Pakistan: 2017 Gets Off To An Ominous Start
Media Analysis January 2017: murder, arrests and fear Killings, Attacks and Threats against Journalists In the context of freedom of expression the year 2017…
Media Analysis December 2016: Abduction And Harassment Continue
Monitoring and Analyzing Threats and Attacks against Media in Pakistan: December 2016 Report by Freedom Network In the month of December 2016 in Pakistan,…
Journalists Demand Early Federal & Provincial Laws On Their Safety
ISLAMABAD: December 27, 2016: The 20,000-strong community of working journalists in Pakistan on Tuesday (December 27, 2016) demanded the federal and provincial governments to expedite…
Threats, Attacks, Harassment Media Faced In Nov 2016
Monitoring and Analyzing Threats and Attacks against Media in Pakistan: November 2016 Report by Freedom Network Media Analysis November 2016: harassment & Intimidation Killings, Attacks…
Media Analysis October 2016: Injuries and Threats Killings, Attacks And Threats Against Journalists
Monitoring and Analyzing Threats and Attacks against Media in Pakistan: October 2016 Report by Freedom Network In the month of October 2016, a total of…
Sindh Rangers Tortures Samaa TV Reporter In Karachi
A senior Samaa TV reporter was treated inhumanly after Paramilitary force Sindh Rangers picked him up outside his residence in Karachi on October 18, 2016,…
Deaths, Injuries, Attacks and Harassment: A Month of Sorrows for Media
Monitoring and Analyzing Threats and Attacks against Media in Pakistan: August 2016 Report by Freedom Network Killings, Attacks and Threats against Journalists In the month…
An Expanding Digital Society: FN Launches Research On State Of Online Freedom In Pakistan
With the turn of the Century and the new Millennium, Pakistan has revolutionized itself by way of digital communications. Growth in telecom industry, convergence of…
‘Mehfooz Sahafi’ – Pakistan’s First Website In Urdu On Journalists’ Safety
ISLAMABAD – August 31, 2016 – Pakistani media rights watchdog Freedom Network has launched a dedicated website – Mehfooz Sahafi – the first ever in…
Bizarre Attack On Media By Political Party Injures Six TV Journalists In Karachi
The journalists of six mainstream independent current affairs televisions channels in Pakistan, the office of one of the channels and the Karachi Press Club, came…
Two TV Cameramen Killed & Reporter Injured In Quetta Blast
Two TV cameraman were killed while a TV reporter was injured in a suicide blast inside a government hospital in Quetta on Monday (August 8,…
Journalist’s Father Murdered For Son’s Reporting In Sindh Province
KARACHI: Sarwar Nanori, father of Shaukat Nanori, working for Sindh News channel in Khairpur district of Sindh province, was murdered on July 28 and his…
Pakistani Civil Society Organizations Join RSF Call For Erol Release
A group of Pakistani civil society organizations, media rights groups and journalist institutions have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) call for release of its representative…
WPFD2016: Journalists Set Minimum Benchmark For Own Safety
Five of Pakistan’s biggest press clubs and other platforms including four regional and a central union of journalists in partnership with Pakistan Press Club Safety…