Open Letter to PM Nawaz to End Impunity against Journalists
His Excellency, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister, Islamic Republic of Pakistan Subject: Urgent government action to combat impunity against journalists in Pakistan …
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Not Easy Being A Journalist In Pakistan: Asma Shirazi
Winner of prestigious Peter Mackler Journalism Courage Award for 2014, TV journalist Asma Shirazi speaks exclusively to Freedom Network about the crisis of credibility engulfing…
Curse Of ‘Event Reporting’ Choking Pakistani Media
When speaking of journalism, one can always find the most lucrative of definitions and imagine a field that is dynamic and purposeful with a degree…
Alarm At Pike In Killing Of Journalists In Pakistan
The murder of two journalists within days of each other in Punjab province of Pakistan, a region not known for similar high levels of violence…
Monthly E-Bulletin For September 2014
Sept 01: Supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf storm public sector Pakistan Television HQ in Islamabad. Sept 06: Afghan journalist Habibur Rehman…
Freedom Of Expression Taking Harder Hit In Pakistan
The past few weeks have been disturbing for press freedom, and freedom of expression in Pakistan as it takes even a harder hit from politicians…
Afghan Journalist Leaves Pakistan After Threatening Calls
An Afghan journalist working for Voice of Germany (VoG) Pashto Service in Quetta, provincial capital of southwestern Balochistan province, has been forced to leave Pakistan…
Monthly E-Bulletin For August 2014
Aug 04: TTP writes letter to CPJ, RSF enveloping threats to Pakistani media over reporting of military operation in North Waziristan. Aug 05: Journalists…
Police & Protestors Target Media With Violence Leaving Many Crew Members Injured
Updated on 01 September 2014 The ongoing clashes between police and anti-government protesters in the capital Islamabad is a cause of concern for civil…
Two Journalists, One Media Assistant Shot Dead In Quetta
Freedom Network [FN] joins families, colleagues and friends of journalist Irshad Mastoi, reporter Abdur Rasool and media assistant Muhammad Younas in mourning their brutal murder in the…
Pressure On Media Increases as Political Tension Goes On
Freedom Network [FN] has called on leadership of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to restrain party activists and supporters from attacking media-personnel,…
Media Freedom and Credibility Are Casualties Now: Hamid Mir
Life after attempt on life of one of Pakistan’s top journalists The first time I went to meet ace journalist Hamid Mir in…
Media Freedom & Credibility Are Casualties Now: Hamid Mir
Life after attempt on life of one of Pakistan’s top journalists The first time I went to meet ace journalist Hamid Mir in…
Call To Protect Khuzdar Journalists & Reopen Press Club
Freedom Network [FN] has expressed grave concern at security threats to journalists in Khuzdar district of Balochistan and closure of its press club and has…
Monthly E-Bulletin For July 2014
July 01: Court issues arrest warrant of ARY News channel’s chief executive Salman Iqbal and anchor Mubashar Lucman for not appearing before the court. http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2014/07/140701_pak_issue_warrant_ary_ceo_anchor_mb.shtml…
WorldCall Office Set Ablaze In Karachi For Airing Geo News Channel
Freedom Network [FN] calls the violence against the WorldCall office in Karachi as “a thinly veiled attempt to prevent the resumption of access to the…
No Military Victories Without Media Support
The Pakistani state has launched its most serious attempt yet to retake North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and clear…
Monthly E-Bulletin For June 2014
June 2014 June 02: A vehicle of the Jang Group of Newspapers was torched by unidentified miscreants in the Aziz Bhatti Police limits…
Pakistan Suspends ARY News & Geo Entertainment Channels
Freedom Network [FN] is alarmed at speed the electronic media regulatory body PEMRA is suspending lincences of free-to-air private independent news and entertainment channels as…
Court Bars TV Anchor From Show
Islamabad High Court stopped a TV anchor on June 11, 2014, from hosting a talk-show programme on ARY News channel after a petition seeking the…