When Minhaj Burna Was Banned
The ghost of late Minhaj Barna, one of the most towering trade union leaders of journalists and other newspaper employees in Pakistan, looms large when…
Category Archives: News in Spotlight
December 2013 Media Review
Police described it as “cracker bomb attack” on Express Media group’s offices in Karachi on December 2 but its effects were felt widely among the…
A TV Journalist Dies Of Bullet Wounds In Sindh
KARACHI: Freedom Network [FN] demanded investigation to know motives of death of TV journalist Shan Dahar, 40, working for new private TV channel Abb Takk…
Alliance Condemns Attack On Express Group Offices
Alliance for Access, a nationwide coalition of civil society organizations, corporations, media houses, telecommunication companies, academics, and student groups to promote open access in Pakistan,…
November 2013 Media Review
Attacks on journalists, curbs on online freedom and passage of Right-to-Know Bill by the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Legislative Assembly were hallmark of media safety review…
FN Welcomes UN Resolution Making Nov 2 Int’l Day To End Impunity
Freedom Network [FN] welcomes the news that the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has passed, by consensus, a resolution on the safety…
TV Reporter, Charged With ‘Terrorism’ In Kohat, Freed on Bail
TV Journalist Farhan Ahmed Bangash has walked into free world after a high court judge in Peshawar ordered January 1 his release from prison…
Unanimous Resolution Seeking Public Prosecutor Office
At a special meeting, the journalist community, political parties and civil society members unanimously endorsed Saturday demand for setting up office of special prosecutor to…
A Widow’s Fight Against Impunity
Grief-stricken Reshma came to the Supreme Court in Karachi last month carrying a poster-sized photograph of his slain husband Munir Ahmed Sangi, lying in a…
Call For Combating Impunity In Pakistan With Special Prosecutors
ISLAMABAD: Freedom Network [FN], Pakistan’s first media watchdog organization, has demanded of all the four provincial governments and administrations in other special zones to each…
Freedom Network Joins ‘Alliance For Access’
KARACHI: Freedom Network [FN], Pakistan’s first media watchdog organization, joined November 7 the Alliance For Access, a nationwide coalition of civil society organizations, corporations, media…
October Attacks Review
October proves one of the deadliest months for journalists’ safety in Pakistan. A working journalist and a media assistant were killed, a district reporter remains…
Concern Over Decree Encouraging Attacks On Media
Freedom Network [FN] expressed Tuesday concern at circulation of an old Fatwa, or religious decree, attributed to Pakistani Taliban-linked clerics encouraging attacks on media for…
‘Criminals’ Kill Reporter For Covering Crimes In Karak
Ayub Khattak, a journalist in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s southern Karak district, was shot dead outside his home on Friday (11 October 2013) days after he filed…
Special Meeting On Media Threats In Baluchistan Soon
Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rasheed has announced that a special meeting of key media stakeholders will be convened with Baluchistan Chief…
Pakistan To Support UN Plan To Fight Impunity Against Media
The Steering Committee of Pakistan’s National Coalition on Media Safety (NCOMS) endorsed on 8 October 2013 the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of…
New Anti-Impunity Collaborative Platform
Leading media stakeholders in Pakistan are gathering next week in capital city Islamabad to join hands for the challenging task of combating impunity of crimes…
PTA Bans Website Of Gay People In Pakistan
Increasing restrictions on online freedom of expression (FoE) in Pakistan is becoming order of the day as the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), monitoring Internet, blocked…
Wali Khan Babar’s Murder Mystery
The murder case of a young Pakistani journalist, Wali Khan Babar, has all the elements of an edge of the seat suspense drama, albeit one…
MQM Serves Notice On NYT Editor, Publisher & Reporter
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) served the New York Times editor, publisher and reporter a defamation notice of US$ 10 million for the article in the…