Charsadda Reporter Under “Death Threat”
A journalist in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was hurled at death threats after his report on a sexually assaulted girl was published. …
Category Archives: Impunity
A TV Journalist Dies Of Bullet Wounds In Sindh
KARACHI: Freedom Network [FN] demanded investigation to know motives of death of TV journalist Shan Dahar, 40, working for new private TV channel Abb Takk…
FN Welcomes UN Resolution Making Nov 2 Int’l Day To End Impunity
Freedom Network [FN] welcomes the news that the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has passed, by consensus, a resolution on the safety…
Unanimous Resolution Seeking Public Prosecutor Office
At a special meeting, the journalist community, political parties and civil society members unanimously endorsed Saturday demand for setting up office of special prosecutor to…
Call For Combating Impunity In Pakistan With Special Prosecutors
ISLAMABAD: Freedom Network [FN], Pakistan’s first media watchdog organization, has demanded of all the four provincial governments and administrations in other special zones to each…
Unannounced Censorship In Pakistan
Exclusive Blog for Freedom Network “Don’t try to become a journalist. It’s a dangerous profession in Pakistan”. These were the words of my late…
Concern Over Decree Encouraging Attacks On Media
Freedom Network [FN] expressed Tuesday concern at circulation of an old Fatwa, or religious decree, attributed to Pakistani Taliban-linked clerics encouraging attacks on media for…
Killing The News To Stay Alive
It is not easy to be a journalist in Pakistan’s volatile southwestern province Baluchistan. More than two dozen journalists have either been killed in…
‘Criminals’ Kill Reporter For Covering Crimes In Karak
Ayub Khattak, a journalist in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s southern Karak district, was shot dead outside his home on Friday (11 October 2013) days after he filed…
Special Meeting On Media Threats In Baluchistan Soon
Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rasheed has announced that a special meeting of key media stakeholders will be convened with Baluchistan Chief…
Pakistan To Support UN Plan To Fight Impunity Against Media
The Steering Committee of Pakistan’s National Coalition on Media Safety (NCOMS) endorsed on 8 October 2013 the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of…
New Anti-Impunity Collaborative Platform
Leading media stakeholders in Pakistan are gathering next week in capital city Islamabad to join hands for the challenging task of combating impunity of crimes…
‘Karachi Police’ Kidnap, Detain Investigative Journalist
An investigative journalist, who writes for The Friday Times, was forced to leave Karachi after nine-ten hours ordeal he underwent following his kidnapping by what…
Missing Baluch Journalist Found Dead in Karachi
Freedom Network is appalled by murder of missing Baluch journalist Abdul Razik Baluch in Karachi on Wednesday (21 August 2013) after reported missing since 24…