Journalists Abducted, Arrested, Detained & Harassed
FN Threat Data Analysis – September 2021 Journalists were abducted, detained, arrested, attacked and harassed as eight cases of threats against journalists were monitored and…
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Two Journalists Escape Attempts On Lives
FN Threat Data Analysis – August 2021 Two journalists in Sindh province escaped attempt-to-kill as nine different threat categories in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Islamabad and…
In Five Out Of Seven Cases Taken Place Against Journalists Involved State Actors
FN Threat Data Analysis – July 2021 Seven cases of threats ranging from detention to injuries, offline harassment and legal cases against journalists Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,…
Rajanpur Journalist Thrashed For Reporting ‘Funds Embezzlement’
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2021 A journalist in Rajanpur district in south Punjab faced “serious consequences’ for reporting alleged embezzlement in government development…
YouTuber Attacked Inside Home, Hamid Mir Censored
FN Threat Data Analysis – May 2021 Geo TV channel censored its renowned anchorperson Hamid Mir for his remarks while YouTuber and journalist Asad Ali…
21 Cases Of Murder, Legal Cases, Harassment & Verbal Threats Against Journalists During April 2021
Among the 21 cases reported included seven legal cases – the highest number. In Freedom Network’s annual State of Press Freedom Report 2021, legal cases against journalists emerged as the biggest threat.
A Journalist Investigating Extrajudicial killing Murdered In Sindh
FN Threat Data Analysis – March 2021 A young reporter Ajay Kumar Lalwani was shot dead in Sindh province and another was detained in Karachi…
Digital Journalist Wounded In Balochistan Grenade Attack
FN Threat Data Analysis – February 2021 A digital journalist escaped attempt of murder in Balochistan and a mob attacked head offices of Jang newspaper…
Social Media Activist Goes Missing In Karachi
FN Threat Data Analysis – January 2021 A social media activist is among 14 other journalists who faced different categories of threats, including kidnapping, detention,…
Two Journalists Murdered In December 2020
FN Threat Data Analysis – December 2020 A Christian journalist in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and district correspondent in Bahawalpur were murdered as 18 other cases…
Police Harass Journalists To Frustrate PDM Protest
FN Threat Data Analysis – November 2020 Numerous reports of attacks and harassment against journalists and media came about in November 2020. Four journalists reportedly…
Six Journalists Escape Assassination Bids During October 2020
FN Threat Data Analysis – October 2020 Various reports of threats, attacks and harassment against journalists and media organizations in Pakistan were reported during October…
Woman Journalist Among Two Killed
FN Threat Data Analysis – September 2020 A woman journalist is among two journalists killed and 13 other journalists faced different kind of threats ranging…
Journalists Survive Murder & Kidnapping Attempts
FN Threat Data Analysis – August 2020 Two journalists, including an editor of local newspaper in Peshawar, escaped attempt to murder as 12 cases of…
Abducted Matiullah Jan Returns Home After 12 Hours
FN Threat Data Analysis – July 2020 A social media activist who was asking hard questions through his Facebook and Twitter accounts was shot…
PM Khan Adviser Dr Gill “Abuses” Journalist For Hard Questions
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2020 Twelve cases of attempt to murder, detention, arrests, torture, offline, online harassment and legal cases against journalists…
Eight Cases Of Threats, Including Murder, Targeting Journalists In May 2020
FN Threat Data Analysis – May 2020 A second journalist was murdered in Sindh province this year as eight cases of different threat categories against…
Two Journalists Escape Attempts On Their Lives
FN Threat Data Analysis – April 2020 Two journalists escaped attempt on their lives as a total of 15 violations, including arrests, detention, offline…
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…
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…