Serious Threats To Journalists in March 2020
FN Threat Data Analysis – March 2020 Arrest of an editor-in-chief of the country’s largest media group in alleged land scam, killing of a journalist’s…
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E-Bulletin For February 2020
Media Monitoring Report – February 2020 Feb 01: PEMRA slaps Rs.1 million fine on Channel 92 for “maligning” advisor to PM Imran Khan. https://www.dawn.com/news/1531876/pemra-slaps-rs1-million-fine-on-channel-92-for-maligning-sapm-zulfi-bukhari Feb…
E-Bulletin For January 2020
Media Monitoring Report – January 2020 Jan 03: Sindh High Court stops police from registering cases against a journalist without court’s permission. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2129389/1-shc-bars-police-registering-cases-journalist-without-courts-permission/ Jan 08:…
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…
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…
E-Bulletin For November 2019
Media Monitoring November 2019 Nov 01: FN Annual Impunity Report 2019 released: “33 journalists killed in Pakistan in past six years,” the report says. https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=01_11_2019_005_001…
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…
Growing State Targeting Of Dissent Online And Chilling Free Speech
Nighat Dad Online spaces have often been touted as “ungovernable” given their decentralized and democratized content generation models. This ungovernability is, however, grossly exaggerated in…
Surviving An Insidious Law Aims At “Silencing Journalists”
Shahzeb Jillani The pressure had been building up. Family members were approached. Polite and ‘friendly’ advice was conveyed that I needed to watch out. Somebody…
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,…