Judicial Commission Fails To Identify Attackers Of Hamid Mir
A judicial commission set up in Pakistan to investigate a debilitating attack on prominent journalist Hamid Mir has not been able to determine the actual…
Category Archives: Impunity
Life Sentence For Killer Of Journalist In Pakistan
PESHAWAR: A court in Pakistan has awarded life imprisonment and fine of five million rupees ($50,000) to an accused charged with murdering journalist Ayub Khattak…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Renewed Attacks On Journalists & Media Workers In Pakistan – 2 killed, 2 Injured
There seems to be a spurt in attacks on journalists and media workers in Pakistan that has seen one killed and two injured within two…
Men In ‘Police Uniform’ Kidnap Geo News Bureau Chief In Karachi
Unknown motorists, some dressed in ‘police uniform,’ kidnapped Fahim Siddiqui, the Karachi-based Bureau Chief of Geo News TV channel, from Karachi’s North Nazimabad area on…
Journalist Zafarullah Jatak Killed In Balochistan Province
Freedom Network expressed indignation over murder of a young journalist in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province where impunity of crimes against media and journalists has…
Host Of Discussion On Balochistan Shot Dead In Karachi
Freedom Network is shocked at brutal murder of media and human rights activist Ms Sabeen Mahmud who was shot dead in Karachi on Friday –…
One Year After Attack on Hamid Mir: No Findings Yet By Judicial Commission
ISLAMABAD, April 18, 2015: Freedom Network marks the first anniversary of the murderous attack on prominent journalist Hamid Mir with serious concern that findings of…
Balochistan Sets Up Tribunals To Investigate Journalists’ Murders
Balochistan government has constituted two different judicial tribunals to investigate six murder cases of journalists killed in the province since 2011. A statement from the…
Convicted Killer Of Reporter Wali Khan Babar ‘Arrested’
Freedom Network welcomes announcement by paramilitary force in Karachi that ‘convicted killer” of Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar was taken into custody after March…
Chronicles of Shame: Violations Against Pakistani Media And Journalists In 2014
A round-up of statistics of press freedom violations, including attacks on media practitioners and media houses in Pakistan in 2014 By Aurangzaib Khan The…
Pakistan’s Failing Battle To Combat Impunity Against Journalists And Growing Hostile Working Conditions For Practitioners
A round-up of threats against media and attacks against journalists in Pakistan in 2014 By Iqbal Khattak Media in Pakistan continued to operate…
Safer Environment For Journalists And Journalism: Roadmap For Media Safety In Pakistan
Key findings of the state of media safety in Pakistan in 2014 through a mapping of the UN Journalist Safety Indicators and recommendations for collaborative…
PTI Activists Manhandle Senior Journalist, Female Reporters
Freedom Network, Pakistan [FN] joins media defenders in the condemnation of manhandling of one of the country’s most senior journalists, Mazhar Abbas, in Karachi on…
Court Hands Geo Entertainment Channel Owner & Host 26 Years Prison Sentence
The sentence announced by an anti-terrorism court in northern Pakistan against one of the country’s television channels on blasphemy charges will not augur well for…