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…
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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…
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…
E-Bulletin For June 2016
June 2016 June 01: PEMRA approves to start Direct-to-Home licensing process. http://www.radio.gov.pk/01-Jun-2016/pemra-approves-to-start-direct-to-home-service-licensing-process#.V07yKqJAUvs.twitter June 11: Baloch journalist Manzoor Ahmed is freed from captivity after he went…
E-Bulletin For May 2016
May 2016 May 01: Senior journalist Shoaibul Hassan, who was picked up from his residence in Karachi by plainclothed and police uniform personnel on May…
Judicial Commission Fails To Identify Attackers Of Hamid Mir
A judicial commission set up in Pakistan to investigate a debilitating attack on prominent journalist Hamid Mir has not been able to determine the actual…
Attack On Karachi Press Club
By Ghulam Mustafa Whenever the history of Pakistan’s democracy is drafted, name of Karachi Press Club (KPC) will be penned with golden ink. Journalists, supporting…
Court Order Sentencing Murderer Of Journalist Ayub Khattak To Life Imprisonment
Freedom Network obtained attested copy of the verdict of a court in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into a murder case involving journalist Ayub Khattak,…
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…
Seven Years of Unease For Late Musa Khan Khel family
Essa Khan Khel This year in February we observed the seventh death anniversary of my beloved brother Musa Khankhel Shaheed. We have yet to see…
E-Bulletin For February 2016
February 2016 Feb 02: Several journalists were wounded during clashes between police, rangers and PIA employees in Karachi. Feb 07: Three shots were fired outside…
Hafiz Wazir – Tribal Journalist From South Waziristan
By Iqbal Khattak I met tribal journalist Hafiz Wazir for the first time in October 2003 in Wana, summer headquarters of South Waziristan, the hotbed…
E-Bulletin For January 2016
January 2016 Jan 03: Senate says it will not allow PECB passed without stakeholders’ agreement http://epaper.tribune.com.pk/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201601030026&EN_ID=11201601030016&EMID=11201601030003 Jan 05: Karachi police say they arrested two persons…
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…
Demand For RTI Extension To FATA
Hanif Ullah Anwar Ullah Khan from Bajaur agency is an old hand at journalism. He has the experience of working for both national and international…
The Challenges Blighting Pakistan’s Radio Industry
Haroon Rashid Close to the end of 2015 Pakistan has more than 140 functioning FM radio stations in the private sector. With TV completely…
E-Bulletin For November 2015
November 2015 Nov 2: Private guards attacks journalists in Karachi covering the protest of university students. The Sindh government orders inquiry. Nov 2: PEMRA asks…
Unidentified Gunmen Kill Journalist Hafiz-ur-Rehman In Kohat
Gunmen riding a motorcycle shot and killed journalist Hafiz-ur-Rehman in Kohat city on Sunday – 22 November 2015 – becoming the second casualty this month…
Pakistan’s Largest Press Clubs Band Together To Improve Threat Responses
Five of Pakistan’s largest press clubs came together in Islamabad on November 5, 2015 to launch a new concerted plan supported by International Media Support…
Tribal Journalist Zaman Mehsud Killed In Tank
Senior tribal journalist and ‘monitor’ for Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) for militancy-infested South Waziristan Muhammad Zaman Mehsud succumbed to his wounds hours after…