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…
Category Archives: Islamabad
Monthly E-Bulletin For September 2014
Sept 01: Supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf storm public sector Pakistan Television HQ in Islamabad. Sept 06: Afghan journalist Habibur Rehman…
Freedom Of Expression Taking Harder Hit In Pakistan
The past few weeks have been disturbing for press freedom, and freedom of expression in Pakistan as it takes even a harder hit from politicians…
Afghan Journalist Leaves Pakistan After Threatening Calls
An Afghan journalist working for Voice of Germany (VoG) Pashto Service in Quetta, provincial capital of southwestern Balochistan province, has been forced to leave Pakistan…
Monthly E-Bulletin For August 2014
Aug 04: TTP writes letter to CPJ, RSF enveloping threats to Pakistani media over reporting of military operation in North Waziristan. Aug 05: Journalists…
Police & Protestors Target Media With Violence Leaving Many Crew Members Injured
Updated on 01 September 2014 The ongoing clashes between police and anti-government protesters in the capital Islamabad is a cause of concern for civil…
Pressure On Media Increases as Political Tension Goes On
Freedom Network [FN] has called on leadership of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to restrain party activists and supporters from attacking media-personnel,…
Media Freedom and Credibility Are Casualties Now: Hamid Mir
Life after attempt on life of one of Pakistan’s top journalists The first time I went to meet ace journalist Hamid Mir in…
Media Freedom & Credibility Are Casualties Now: Hamid Mir
Life after attempt on life of one of Pakistan’s top journalists The first time I went to meet ace journalist Hamid Mir in…
Monthly E-Bulletin For July 2014
July 01: Court issues arrest warrant of ARY News channel’s chief executive Salman Iqbal and anchor Mubashar Lucman for not appearing before the court. http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2014/07/140701_pak_issue_warrant_ary_ceo_anchor_mb.shtml…
Monthly E-Bulletin For June 2014
June 2014 June 02: A vehicle of the Jang Group of Newspapers was torched by unidentified miscreants in the Aziz Bhatti Police limits…
Pakistan Suspends ARY News & Geo Entertainment Channels
Freedom Network [FN] is alarmed at speed the electronic media regulatory body PEMRA is suspending lincences of free-to-air private independent news and entertainment channels as…
Court Bars TV Anchor From Show
Islamabad High Court stopped a TV anchor on June 11, 2014, from hosting a talk-show programme on ARY News channel after a petition seeking the…
Concern At Spate Of Attacks On Pakistan’s Largest Media Group
Freedom Network [FN] is deeply concerned at the spate of attacks on journalists working for Jang and The News and Geo News channel with the…
Monthly E-Bulletin For May 2014
Monthly E-Bulletin For May 2014 May 2: Injured #HamidMir records statement before judicial commission probing attack April 19 attack on Geo News anchor. http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-146439-Injured-Hamid-Mir-shows-up-after-shooting-incident …
Monthly E-Bulletin For April 2014
Monthly E-Bulletin For April 2014 April 3: Senate standing Committee on Information asks government to set up hotline for journalists with threats to lives…
State Of Media In Pakistan Report 2014
Media Fight Against Impunity Picks Pace in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, May 2, 2014: Murders of journalists, assassination attempts against senior journalists, fatwas against media, the…
Hamid Mir Speaks Out, Still Holds ISI Responsible
In his first public statement, senior journalist Hamid Mir still held the country’s military-led Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency responsible for attack on him in Karachi…
Analysis: Headlines, Deadlines & Red Lines
Adnan Rehmat ABRAR Tanoli. Ayub Khattak. Shan Dahar. Bakhtaj Ali. Razik Baloch. Almost no-one knows who these persons are, not even a very big…
Hamid Mir Attack Probe: A Litmus Test of Justice For Media
The space is shrinking for independent journalism in Pakistan because of continuous violence against journalists by militants and state agencies. The attack on Hamid Mir,…