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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘Karachi Police’ Kidnap, Detain Investigative Journalist
An investigative journalist, who writes for The Friday Times, was forced to leave Karachi after nine-ten hours ordeal he underwent following his kidnapping by what…
Missing Baluch Journalist Found Dead in Karachi
Freedom Network is appalled by murder of missing Baluch journalist Abdul Razik Baluch in Karachi on Wednesday (21 August 2013) after reported missing since 24…