Women In Media & Digital Journalists In The Crosshairs Of Threat Actors In Pakistan
Freedom Network Annual State of Press Freedom Report 2022 World Press Freedom Day Press Release ISLAMABAD – 28 April 2022: At least 86 cases of…
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TV & Digital Journalists Escape Assassination Attempts
TV & Digital Journalists Escape Assassination Attempts Threat Data Analysis – March 2022 Two electronic media and one digital media journalists – two in Khyber…
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR – March 2022
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR – March 2022 A monthly report on trends relating to state of journalism and media rights, policies and practices Tracking: Media related…
How Pakistan’s Media Reports Minorities: Research Report
Indie digital media start-ups keep public interest journalism and pluralism hopes alive in Pakistan In a country where the freedom of religious expression and…
A Journalist Murdered In Baluchistan & Three Others Escape Attempt To Kill In Islamabad
FN Threat Data Analysis – October 2021 A journalist in Baluchistan was killed in targeted bomb explosion while three others escaped attempt to murder in…
Pakistan Silencing Online Journalists Through Legal ‘Victimization’
Freedom Network Annual Impunity Report 2021 November 2 – International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists ISLAMABAD (November 1, 2021) – A chilling…
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…
Two Journalists Escape Attempts On Lives
FN Threat Data Analysis – August 2021 Two journalists in Sindh province escaped attempt-to-kill as nine different threat categories in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Islamabad and…
Towards Representative Models of Journalists’ Unions, Associations and Press Clubs in Pakistan
Challenges and Solutions of Promoting Labour Rights, Gender Equality and Freedom of Association in Pakistan’s Shifting Media Landscape This baseline research is part of a…
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…
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – May 2021
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – May 2021 A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and…
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…
Tribal journalists’ challenges stay despite political reforms in ex-FATA
Gohar Ali Reforms in former tribal areas, known as ‘Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), merging the seven border districts with northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province appear…
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR – March 2021
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR A monthly report on trends relating to state of journalism and media rights, policies and practices Tracking: Media related laws, policies and…
Dramatic Escalation In Climate Of Intimidation And Harassment Of Media In Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, 30 April 2021: A dramatic escalation in the climate of intimidation and harassment of media and its practioners adversely affecting freedom of expression and access to information environment was discovered, according to media watchdog Freedom Network’s annual state of Pakistan Press Freedom 2021 report.
Medical Assistance helps Dozens Of Pakistani Media Workers Combat Covid-19
ISLAMABAD, 16 March 2021: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Islamabad-based media watchdog organization Freedom Network (FN) joined hands last year to help…
Divisions in Journalist Fraternity
Adnan Aamir Sibi Press Club was conducting its annual elections in January 2021. While the elections were taking place inside the premises of the club,…
Digital Journalist Wounded In Balochistan Grenade Attack
FN Threat Data Analysis – February 2021 A digital journalist escaped attempt of murder in Balochistan and a mob attacked head offices of Jang newspaper…
Journalist Attacked For His Report On ‘Merit Policy Violation’ In Punjab Police
A senior officer of Punjab Police in Lahore in January 2021 hurled direct threat at Geo News channel’s crime reporter Ahmed Faraz for filing a report on “violation” of merit policy in transfers and postings the officer’s wife tweeted.
FN Helps Set Up Association Of Independent Online News Platforms
Representatives of Pakistan’s independent online forums got together in Lahore for a two-day conference this week and unanimously agreed to form an association. It will…