Sindhi Journalist Found Dead In Mysterious Circumstances
FN Threat Data Analysis – February 2020 A senior journalist in interior Sindh was found dead in mysterious circumstances while a tribal journalist receiving life-threatening…
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DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – February 2020
A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and regulations Digitalization in governance and…
New Rules To Regulate Social Media Platforms Harmful To Free Speech
The Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules, 2020, believed the Federal Cabinet has approved secretly, have destined Pakistan to live without Internet freedom, citizens’ privacy…
Tightening State Controls Harming Pakistani Media
M. Ziauddin In its 72 years of mostly perilous existence, the Pakistani media has seen it all. From special coercive laws to blatant censorship of…
Police Register 17 Cases Against One Journalist In Sindh
FN Threat Data Analysis – January 2020 The Sindh High Court ordered local police to not register any case against a journalist without the court’s…
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – January 2020
A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and regulations Digitalization in governance and socio-economic…
Citizens Groups, Journalists’ Body & Others Reject PEMRA’s Draconian Proposed Draft Regulations On Web TV & Other Allied Attempts
PUBLIC STATEMENT BY CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS On government attempts to curtail freedom of expression, right to information and digital rights; and appropriation of internet and…
E-Bulletin For December 2019
Media Monitoring December 2019 Dec 04: A few dozen unidentified people stage protest against Dawn newspaper outside its Islamabad bureau over publication of news report…
27-Year-Old Woman Journalist Killed For Pursuing Journalism Carrier
FN Threat Data Analysis – October-November 2019 Twenty-two cases of threats, including murder of 27-year-old woman journalist, disappearance of citizen journalist, verbal and written life…
Mob Besieging Dawn Offices In Islamabad Is Condemned
ISLAMABAD, 04 December 2019: National media watchdog organization Freedom Network is alarmed at the nature of protest against senior Dawn management including its well-respected editor…
Sindh To Legislate On Combating Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists And Media
KARACHI: 13 November 2019: Sindh Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mr Saeed Ghani announced Tuesday (12 November 2019) that Pakistan People’s Party’s government in the province…
E-Bulletin For October 2019
Offline Media Monitoring Oct 01:PEMRA bans analyst HafeezullahNiazi for 30 days over defamatory comments against Azam Swati. https://www.dawn.com/news/1508396/pemra-bans-analyst-hafeezullah-niazi-for-30-days-over-defamatory-comments-against-azam-swati Oct 04: Media bodies, APNS, CPNE, PBA…
100% Impunity For Killers, 0% Justice For Pakistan’s 33 Murdered Journalists In 2013-19
New report reveals how the legal system has failed the murdered journalists of Pakistan none of whom have received justice High impunity – of 33…
11 Cases Reported Against Journalists During September 2019
FN Threat Data Analysis – SEPTEMBER 2019 Punjab, Sindh and federal territory Islamabad witnessed all the 11 cases, including murder, detention, written and verbal threats,…
Freedom Network & IRADA React Strongly To Govt Proposal For Special Media Trials
ISLAMABAD, 18 September 2019: The federal government’s announcement of setting up special tribunals for taking up complaints against media without prior consultations with primary stakeholders…
Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists Goes Unchecked In Pakistan
FN Threat Data Analysis – August 2019 A journalist in Punjab province was killed at doorstep while two others survived attempted murder in Balochistan and…
E-Bulletin For August 2019
Media Monitoring August 2019 Aug 04: Court issued a notice to anchorperson Najam Sethi on defamation suit filed by PM Imran Khan for passing derogatory…
Access To Information In Tribal Districts Hindering Journalism
Ibrahim Shinwari Things have not changed much for journalists reporting for different media organizations from the newly merged tribal districts as they still face difficulties…
Media in former FATA region needs support
By Ibrahim Shinwari With the newly merged seven tribal districts still in transition after the passage of 25th Constitutional Amendment in May 2018, the local…
Censorship, Online & Offline Harassment Of Journalists
FN Threat Data Analysis – July 2019 Five cases of attacks, injuries to two journalists, a legal case against a journalist and offline and online…