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…
Category Archives: News
Freedom Network & IRADA React Strongly To Govt Proposal For Special Media Trials
ISLAMABAD, 18 September 2019: The federal government’s announcement of setting up special tribunals for taking up complaints against media without prior consultations with primary stakeholders…
Online Harassment Of Journalist Gharidah Farooqi Condemned
ISLAMABAD: Female TV journalist Gharidah Farooqi is harassed, intimidated and threatened for her online opinion and “facts” she believes a journalist should be reporting. “Open…
Lahore Police Stop Journalists From Coverage
Police in Lahore city used violence to bar journalists from covering production of a journalist to a lower court on February 23 snatching cameras and…
Armed Men Raid Karachi Press Club
Several armed men in plainclothes late Thursday night – 08 November 2018 – raided Karachi Press Club harassing journalists and forcibly taking photos and examining…
Safety Advisory For Pakistani Journalists Covering #Elections2018
Freedom Network, Islamabad-based Pakistani media watchdog organisation, releases Safety Advisory to sensitise journalists, photographers, cameramen, media assistants and their organisations on need to take measures…
FN Slams Ban On Journalism In Orakzai Tribal Region
PESHAWAR, 20 March 2018: Journalists are barred from visiting or reporting Orakzai tribal district for last five months and local tribal journalists’ pleas to lift…
KP Govt Letter Asking Journalist To Make Saplings’ Supply Termed “Harassment”
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has sent journalist Arshad Aziz Malik a “supply order” to seek “million saplings” – a move the resident editor of Jang newspaper…
Taha Siddiqui Escapes Abduction In Islamabad
Senior journalist Taha Siddiqui escaped an attempt to abduct him by unidentified armed men in Islamabad, increasingly becoming unsafe city for journalists in the country….
Five Tribal Journalists Detained In Landikotal
Paramilitary force detained five tribal journalists and a press club employee after a magnetic bomb was discovered beneath the car they were riding in Landikotal…
Young Journalist Booked Under Cybercrimes Law After Critical Posts On Facebook
Young journalist Zafarullah Achakzai is handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on June 28, 2017, to try him under Prevention of Electronic Crimes…
An Expanding Digital Society: FN Launches Research On State Of Online Freedom In Pakistan
With the turn of the Century and the new Millennium, Pakistan has revolutionized itself by way of digital communications. Growth in telecom industry, convergence of…
‘Mehfooz Sahafi’ – Pakistan’s First Website In Urdu On Journalists’ Safety
ISLAMABAD – August 31, 2016 – Pakistani media rights watchdog Freedom Network has launched a dedicated website – Mehfooz Sahafi – the first ever in…
Journalist’s Father Murdered For Son’s Reporting In Sindh Province
KARACHI: Sarwar Nanori, father of Shaukat Nanori, working for Sindh News channel in Khairpur district of Sindh province, was murdered on July 28 and his…
Pakistani Civil Society Organizations Join RSF Call For Erol Release
A group of Pakistani civil society organizations, media rights groups and journalist institutions have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) call for release of its representative…
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…
FN Calls On KP Govt To Protect Hangu Journalist
Freedom Network has called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to order Hangu district administration to protect a senior journalist from any harm banned…