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…
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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…
10 Years Of Investigative Journalism In The Arab World
With a hidden camera, female Tunisian investigative journalist Hanene Zbiss, working with support from Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), went undercover for three…
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…
Renaming Of Paris Street After Salim Shahzad Opportunity For Pakistan To Fight Impunity: FN
Freedom Network [FN] has welcomed the decision of Reporters Without Borders to temporarily rename the street on which Pakistan Embassy is located after slain Pakistani…
E-Bulletin For October 2015
October 2015 Oct 01: Newsweek Pakistan says hackers disrupt its website. http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINKCN0RV4KK20151001?irpc=932 Oct 07. The Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Mumtaz Qadri, who had…
The Price Of Fighting Impunity In Pakistan
Seven people, including an eyewitness, prosecution lawyer and police officials, were killed in the course of brining perpetrators of murdering young journalist Wali Khan Babar…
Online Freedom 2015: Pakistan – The State Of Insecurity
Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net report, conducted in 60 countries, examines the civil liberty, freedom and censorship trends in Pakistan over the past year….
Hamid Mir Attack: Open Letter For Chief Justice Of Pakistan
A group of Pakistani and international organizations defending freedom of expression and media freedoms in an open letter to the authorities in Pakistan have expressed…
E-Bulletin For September 2015
September 2015 Sept 01: Balochistan government claims to have arrested two killers of journalists Irshad Mastoi, Abdur Rasool and media assistant Muhammad Younas. http://www.dawn.com/news/1204232/two-killers-of-journalists-arrested-in-quetta Sept…