Indian Journalist Sudhir Dhawale After His Release From Prison
After languishing in jail for 40 months, Mumbai-based journalist and activist Sudhir Dhawale has walked free. Dhawale was the only journalist in jail in India…
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Concern At Spate Of Attacks On Pakistan’s Largest Media Group
Freedom Network [FN] is deeply concerned at the spate of attacks on journalists working for Jang and The News and Geo News channel with the…
Monthly E-Bulletin For May 2014
Monthly E-Bulletin For May 2014 May 2: Injured #HamidMir records statement before judicial commission probing attack April 19 attack on Geo News anchor. http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-146439-Injured-Hamid-Mir-shows-up-after-shooting-incident …
Afghan Media And Election Coverage
Few in Afghanistan will question the positive role local media played in bringing seven million voters to the polling stations in the April 5, 2014…
Monthly E-Bulletin For April 2014
Monthly E-Bulletin For April 2014 April 3: Senate standing Committee on Information asks government to set up hotline for journalists with threats to lives…
Am I a traitor?
There are two types of traitors. The first type joins hands with foreign enemies and helps enslave his own people. Among the most prominent names…
State Of Media In Pakistan Report 2014
Media Fight Against Impunity Picks Pace in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, May 2, 2014: Murders of journalists, assassination attempts against senior journalists, fatwas against media, the…
APNS President Calls For Restraint
Hameed Haroon, the President of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), has expressed concern that the freedom of press envisioned in Article 19 of the…
Hamid Mir Speaks Out, Still Holds ISI Responsible
In his first public statement, senior journalist Hamid Mir still held the country’s military-led Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency responsible for attack on him in Karachi…
Analysis: Headlines, Deadlines & Red Lines
Adnan Rehmat ABRAR Tanoli. Ayub Khattak. Shan Dahar. Bakhtaj Ali. Razik Baloch. Almost no-one knows who these persons are, not even a very big…
PEMRA Serves Notice On Geo News For ISI Allegation
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority (PEMRA) late on Wednesday (April 23, 2014) served a show-cause notice on the administration of Geo News for allegedly bringing…
Divided Media Endangering Safety Of Journalists
What happened within the media world in the country after the murderous attack on April 19, 2014, on one of Pakistan’s most powerful voices in…
Hamid Mir Attack Probe: A Litmus Test of Justice For Media
The space is shrinking for independent journalism in Pakistan because of continuous violence against journalists by militants and state agencies. The attack on Hamid Mir,…
Hamid Mir Shot & Wounded In Karachi
Freedom Network [FN] has demanded independent investigation into the attack on senior TV anchorperson Hamid Mir, one of the strongest supporters of press freedom and…
Hamid Mir Is Attacked In Karachi
Senior journalist and Geo news’ ‘Capital Talk’ show host Hamid Mir is attacked in Karachi minutes after reaching from Islamabad on Saturday (April 19, 2014)….
The Pressures Of Censorship And Self-Censorship
Over 100 journalists and media workers, according to Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, have been killed in Pakistan in the new millennium at an average…
When The Suicide Bomber Was looking For Shamim Shahid
Over 100 journalists and media workers, according to Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, have been killed in Pakistan in the new millennium at an average…
Pakistani Media Vs Martial Law
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), though facing some organizational problems these days, has an unprecedented history of struggle from 1950 to date. However, the…
Monthly E-Bulletin For March
Monthly E-Bulletin For March March 01: An anti-terrorism court in Sindh convicts six killers of Geo News report Wali Khan Babar. March 5:…
Protesting Attack On Raza Rumi In Lahore
PESHAWAR: Members of Khyber Union of Journalists and Peshawar Press Club hold protest demonstration on March 29 against the attack on life of TV journalist…