Freedom Network Decries ‘DawnLeaks’ Recommendations
The federal government released on Wednesday – May 10, 2017 – administrative decisions taken after the findings of an Inquiry Committee probing leaks of meeting…
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April 2017 Analysis: Eight Cases Of Serious Violations Against Media & Its Practioners
Monitoring and Analyzing Threats and Attacks against Media in Pakistan: April 2017 Report by Freedom Network In March 2017, a total of eight cases of…
2017 World Press Freedom Index – Tipping Point?
The 2017 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reflects a world in which attacks on the media have become commonplace and…
“19 April 2014”
By Iqbal Khattak National Press Club in Islamabad was witnessing hectic activity on 6 April. A senior journalist, who himself survived a life attempt, was…
E-Bulletin For March 2017
March 2017 March 06: The Supreme Court allowed anchorperson Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain to continue with his controversial show “Aisay Nahi Chalay Ga,” but with…
Media Analysis March 2017: Murder, Assault And Legal Cases
March 2017 Report by Freedom Network Media Analysis March 2017: murder, assault and legal cases In March 2017, a total of 11 cases…
E-Bulletin For February 2017
February 2017 Feb 02: UK watchdog revokes ARY News channel’s license after failing to pay damage suit following the court verdict. http://www.dawn.com/news/1312448/uk-watchdog-revokes-arys-licences Feb 06: Supreme…
Arif Nizami Says Risks To Journalists Be Minimized
Lahore Press Club Safety Hum Manager Faheem Gohar Butt spoke to senior Editor Arif Nizami of Pakistan Today in February 2017 in Lahore. The following…
Media Analysis February 2017: Murder, Arrest And Threats
Monitoring and Analyzing Threats and Attacks against Media in Pakistan: February 2017 Report by Freedom Network In February 2017, a total of 17 cases of…
Their Master’s Voice
Hamid Mir I still remember the day when an English daily newspaper, owned by late Salman Taseer, the former governor of Punjab, ran a front-page…
The Swedish Experience To Make Freedom Of Expression Stronger
Ingrid Teresia During the spring 2017, an exhibition on the Swedish Press Freedom Act will be displayed in Press Clubs around Pakistan. This is made…
UN Secretary General Pledges To Take Action On Journalist Safety
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to take steps to address the urgent issue…
FoE In Pakistan: 2017 Gets Off To An Ominous Start
Media Analysis January 2017: murder, arrests and fear Killings, Attacks and Threats against Journalists In the context of freedom of expression the year 2017…
E-Bulletin For January 2017
Jan 2017 Jan 04: Bloggers Waqas Goraya and Asim Saeed went missing from Lahore. Jan 06: Salman Haider, a professor at Fatima Jinnah University in…
Attacks Diminish Pluralist Online Discourse In Pakistan
Adnan Rehmat The years 2015 and 2016 were bad enough for social media activism in Pakistan – activists Sabeen Mahmud and Khurram Zaki paid with…
Family of US Writer Paul Overby Asking For Information
Paris-based media rights organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called 25 January 2017 for the immediate release of Paul Overby, an American independent writer who was…
Media Analysis December 2016: Abduction And Harassment Continue
Monitoring and Analyzing Threats and Attacks against Media in Pakistan: December 2016 Report by Freedom Network In the month of December 2016 in Pakistan,…
Trauma And Afghan Journalists
By Iqbal Khattak Violence indicators were soon emerged as I stepped out of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, capital of war-battered Afghanistan, trying to…
E-Bulletin For December 2016
December 2016 Dec 02: Muhammad Usman, correspondent of Waqt TV channel and Jehan-e-Pakistan newspaper in Dera Ismail Khan, was detained for hours after military officials…
‘Media Houses Are Not Playing Due Roles In Protecting Journalists’
Former Peshawar Press Club president Syed Bukhar Shah says journalists in Peshawar and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are facing serious challenges of safety…