PM Shahbaz Sharif Urged To Amend Flawed Journalists’ Safety Law
Press Statement ISLAMABAD, 22 August 2022: The Pakistan Journalists Safety Coalition (PJSC) has declared the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Act 2021 passed by…
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PM Khan’s Govt Unleashes Scathing Attack On Asma Shirazi
Federal ministers and special assistant of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet joined hundreds of thousands of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party activists on Twitter to hound…
No Progress Yet On Absar & Toor Attacks; Hamid Mir Still ‘Under Censorship’
ISLAMABAD, 29 June 2021: It has been more than a month now since YouTuber Asad Ali Toor was attacked inside his apartment and broadcast journalist…
Freedom Network Rebuts False Allegations & Hate-Speech Targeted At It
Press Statement ISLAMABAD, 07 June 2021: Freedom Network, a bona fide Pakistani organization registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), refutes the…
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…
New Coalition Launched To Combat Impunity Of Crimes Against Journalists
ISLAMABAD, August 8, 2019: A new initiative has been launched to facilitate establishment of a collaborative national safety mechanism to combat impunity of crimes against…
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…
Journalists Unsafe in Pakistan: Afzal Butt
Afzal Butt, the president of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), has acknowledged that journalists are not safe at all in this country. “They face…
The Challenges Blighting Pakistan’s Radio Industry
Haroon Rashid Close to the end of 2015 Pakistan has more than 140 functioning FM radio stations in the private sector. With TV completely…
Role Of Global Media: Fighting Or Promoting Violence?
Haroon Rashid Terrorism has dominated our TV screens for several decades now. The last 14 years in Pakistan were full of blasts and blood on…
Worsening Media Regulatory Environment In Pakistan
Muhammad Aftab Alam Since April 19, 2014 – when Hamid Mir was attacked in Karachi – the overall state of media regulatory environment and media…
Govt Considering Censoring TV Channels For ‘Unwanted Content’
Freedom Network has expressed serious concern at a report that the federal government is going ahead with changes in regulatory framework for controlling contents on…
Politics Dominate TV Debates, Gallup Survey Reveals
ISLAMABAD: A new survey of seven talk shows on Pakistani TV news channels has revealed ‘politics’ remained the main staple for discussions (45%) with the…
E-Bulletin For January 2015
January 2015 Jan 05: Supreme Court indicts ARY TV channel anchor Mubashar Lucman and CEO Salman Iqbal in ‘contempt of court’ case. http://www.dawn.com/news/1155189/sc-indicts-ary-ceo-anchorperson-in-contempt-case Jan 08:…
Forgetting Safety Basics, Again?
Story of an AFP photojournalist By Mazhar Abbas A bullet was found in an envelope in his car parked outside the Karachi Press Club in 2007….
Crisis of credibility: Blatant Disregard For Ethics Makes Professionalism Prime Casualty of Pakistani media
A round-up of trends and impact of the plummeting ethical standards of media in 2014 By Haroon Rashid When it comes to ethics, Pakistani…
E-Bulletin For December 2014
December 2014 Dec 01: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists observe countrywide protest against attacks on DunyaNews, DawnNews and Abbtak TV channels’ DSNG vans in…
‘Violation Of Digital Privacy Ends Up Hurting All Rights’
Ben Wagner, an internationally renowned expert on digital and privacy rights and surveillance issues, sat down with Freedom Network in Islamabad, Pakistan, in the fall…
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…
Smaller Provinces’ Complaint Against Mainstream Media
There is a general sense in Pakistan’s two smaller provinces – Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – and the border regions with Afghanistan that the mainstream…