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…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
Life Sentence For Killer Of Journalist In Pakistan
PESHAWAR: A court in Pakistan has awarded life imprisonment and fine of five million rupees ($50,000) to an accused charged with murdering journalist Ayub Khattak…
2015: The Year of Censorship in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: If the year 2014 was the most murderous year in Pakistan’s history with 14 journalists and media assistants killed that year, the year 2015…
Hamid Mir Attack: Open Letter For Chief Justice Of Pakistan
A group of Pakistani and international organizations defending freedom of expression and media freedoms in an open letter to the authorities in Pakistan have expressed…
Journalists Face Dangers In Balochistan: Judicial Report
Fear and lack of safety fueling impunity against journalists in Balochistan Judicial commission says Balochistan worst region for Pakistani journalists – says fear and absence…
Men In ‘Police Uniform’ Kidnap Geo News Bureau Chief In Karachi
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…
FN Welcomes UN Security Council Resolution On Journalists Safety
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…
One Year After Attack on Hamid Mir: No Findings Yet By Judicial Commission
ISLAMABAD, April 18, 2015: Freedom Network marks the first anniversary of the murderous attack on prominent journalist Hamid Mir with serious concern that findings of…
Govt Considering Censoring TV Channels For ‘Unwanted Content’
Freedom Network has expressed serious concern at a report that the federal government is going ahead with changes in regulatory framework for controlling contents on…
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…
World Press Freedom Index 2015: Decline On All Fronts
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…
TV Anchor, CEO Indicted In ‘Contempt Of Court’ Case
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…
PTI Activists Manhandle Senior Journalist, Female Reporters
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…
Book ‘Truth Always Prevails’ Disappears From Book Stores In Karachi
Freedom Network [FN] expressed concern at reports that renowned entrepreneur Sadruddin Hashwani’s recently published book ‘Truth Always Prevails,’ has disappeared from leading book outlets in…
Impunity Has Denied Us Justice, Says Family Of Saleem Shahzad
Syed Saleem Shahzad, a prominent Pakistani investigative journalist renowned for his incisive reporting of war and militancy and author of a book on militancy in…
Afghan Court Orders Release of Pakistani Journalist
Freedom Network [FN] welcomes release of Pakistani journalist Faizullah Khan by an Afghan High Court after his conviction on account of “illegal stay” in Afghanistan….