Press Freedom And Fact-Checking
Malik Ramzan Isra Ultimate freedom for the media has become a distant dream in Pakistan with no-one can speak openly and write anything clearly. Under…
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Research Study On Prevalence & Severity Of PTSD Symptoms Among Journalists In KP
Press Release PESHAWAR: An international research study has reported a high prevalence and severity of PTSD symptoms among journalists working in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province…
State Emerges As Biggest Legal Predator Of Journalists: Freedom Network Research Report
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists – Nov 2, 2020 ISLAMABAD: The state of Pakistan has emerged as the single largest predator…
Closing Spaces: Coercive Cyber Regulations Impede Online Journalism and Free Speech
International Internet Day – October 29 – State of Digital Rights in Pakistan Report 2020 Press Release ISLAMABAD: Pakistan presents a case study of shrinking…
Murders, Abduction & Intimidation Of Journalists Fail To Figure In Over 60 Cabinet Meetings, Imran Govt Admits
Freedom Network files RTI request with Cabinet Division to seek access to information International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) on 28 September Press…
Mobile Internet Suspension: Journalists Suffer In KP Tribal Districts
Ibrahim Shinwari Over four years of suspension of mobile internet service in the newly merged tribal districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have greatly impacted the…
Social Media Streaming Channels in Balochistan
Adnan Aamir Since the start of the latest low-intensity insurgency in 2005, Balochistan has become an information black hole. It has become increasingly difficult for…
E-Bulletin For June 2020
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…
PM Khan Adviser Dr Gill “Abuses” Journalist For Hard Questions
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2020 Twelve cases of attempt to murder, detention, arrests, torture, offline, online harassment and legal cases against journalists…
Journalists Reporting COVID19 Facing Torture & Harassment
Media rights organization Freedom Network condemned the federal and provincial authorities for arresting, threatening, intimidating and harassing journalist doing critical stories on COVID19 in the…
E-Bulletin For May 2020
Media Monitoring May 2020 May 07: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority suspends license of NEO TV after the expiry of its show-cause notice period…
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITORING – May 2020
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and regulations Digitalization in…
Eight Cases Of Threats, Including Murder, Targeting Journalists In May 2020
FN Threat Data Analysis – May 2020 A second journalist was murdered in Sindh province this year as eight cases of different threat categories against…
Second Sindhi Journalist Murdered In Sindh This Year
Sindhi-language journalist, Zulfiqar Mandrani, was shot and killed in Jacobabad district of southern Sindh province on 26 May 2020, local journalists and family confirmed on…
FN Dismayed At Death Of Pakistani Journalist In Sweden, Seeks Justice
ISLAMABAD, 08 May 2020: Freedom Network is deeply concerned at media reports that missing Pakistani journalist Sajid Hussain’s dead body was found in a river…
Freedom Network Annual Press Freedom Report 2020
Over 90 cases of attacks and violations against media in Pakistan in one year: 7 journalists killed, 2 abducted, 9 arrested, 10 assaulted, 23 threatened,…
Court Frees Convicts In Daniel Pearl’s Murder Case
The Sindh High Court verdict on appeals of four convicts of murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl setting three of them free and converting death…
E-Bulletin For March 2020
Media Monitoring Report – March 2020 02 March: Rights groups, including Freedom Network, boycott government consultation over new regulations aiming at taking full control of…
E-Bulletin For February 2020
Media Monitoring Report – February 2020 Feb 01: PEMRA slaps Rs.1 million fine on Channel 92 for “maligning” advisor to PM Imran Khan. https://www.dawn.com/news/1531876/pemra-slaps-rs1-million-fine-on-channel-92-for-maligning-sapm-zulfi-bukhari Feb…
E-Bulletin For January 2020
Media Monitoring Report – January 2020 Jan 03: Sindh High Court stops police from registering cases against a journalist without court’s permission. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2129389/1-shc-bars-police-registering-cases-journalist-without-courts-permission/ Jan 08:…