WPFD2016: Journalists Set Minimum Benchmark For Own Safety
Five of Pakistan’s biggest press clubs and other platforms including four regional and a central union of journalists in partnership with Pakistan Press Club Safety…
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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…
E-Bulletin For April 2016
April 2016 April 8: Report of Judicial Commission investigating attack on TV journalist Hamid Mir is leaked giving ISI a ‘clean chit.’ April 9: Plainclothed…
WPFD2016 Adopts Declaration on Press Freedom, Access To Information & Cultural Diversity
More than 1000 media practitioners and stake holders, including representatives of governments called on UNESCO’s 195 Member States to “reaffirm that press freedom and the…
2016 RSF World Press Freedom Index – Leaders Paranoid About Journalists
Most of the movement in the World Press Freedom Index unveiled today by Reporters Without Borders is indicative of a climate of fear and…
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…
E-Bulletin For March 2016
March 2016 March 04: Unidentified mob ransack Hyderabad Press Club. March 4: Supporters of Mumtaz Qadri attack office of Aaj TV in Karachi for lack…
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…
Media Leaders Recommend Action Points To Protect Journalists
PARIS: Media leaders from around the globe gathered February 5 at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris to strengthen the safety of journalists enlisting possible actions…
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…
E-Bulletin For December 2015
December 2015 Dec 01: Three, including two policemen and an employee, injured in hand-grenade attack on DIN News channel’s office in Lahore and Islamic State…
‘International Declaration & Best Practices’ To Promote Journalists’ Safety Launched
GENEVA, Dec 9, 2015 – The International Press Institute (IPI), Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN), Geneva Global Media and the Geneva Press Club presented 9…
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…