Tribal Journalist Zaman Mehsud Killed In Tank
Senior tribal journalist and ‘monitor’ for Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) for militancy-infested South Waziristan Muhammad Zaman Mehsud succumbed to his wounds hours after…
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E-Bulletin For October 2015
October 2015 Oct 01: Newsweek Pakistan says hackers disrupt its website. http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINKCN0RV4KK20151001?irpc=932 Oct 07. The Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Mumtaz Qadri, who had…
Online Freedom 2015: Pakistan – The State Of Insecurity
Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net report, conducted in 60 countries, examines the civil liberty, freedom and censorship trends in Pakistan over the past year….
Hamid Mir Attack: Open Letter For Chief Justice Of Pakistan
A group of Pakistani and international organizations defending freedom of expression and media freedoms in an open letter to the authorities in Pakistan have expressed…
E-Bulletin For September 2015
September 2015 Sept 01: Balochistan government claims to have arrested two killers of journalists Irshad Mastoi, Abdur Rasool and media assistant Muhammad Younas. http://www.dawn.com/news/1204232/two-killers-of-journalists-arrested-in-quetta Sept…
FN Calls On KP Govt To Protect Hangu Journalist
Freedom Network has called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to order Hangu district administration to protect a senior journalist from any harm banned…
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…
Renewed Attacks On Journalists & Media Workers In Pakistan – 2 killed, 2 Injured
There seems to be a spurt in attacks on journalists and media workers in Pakistan that has seen one killed and two injured within two…
‘PEMRA CoC Is MoU Between TV Channels And Govt’
Freedom Network spoke to the government to find out how the new code of conduct was formulated for Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) recently…
PEMRA COC Aims Censorship In Pakistan
Freedom Network has expressed serious concern over some aspects of the recently introduced code of conduct for media on August 20 by the Pakistan’s Electronic…
E-Bulletin For August 2015
August 2015 Aug 03: Man denied bail in Facebook hacking case in Peshawar. http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=04_08_2015_182_009 Aug 11: Joint Action Committee of media rights groups, telecom industry,…
PEMRA Issues New Code Of Conduct For Electronic Media
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued Friday (August 2015) a new code of conduct for electronic media introducing new measures to audit contents and…
E-Bulletin For July 2015
July 2015 July 01: AJK government lifts ban Geo News channel in the region. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-326712-Ban-on-Geo-in-AJK-lifted July 07: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa increases annual…
Men In ‘Police Uniform’ Kidnap Geo News Bureau Chief In Karachi
Unknown motorists, some dressed in ‘police uniform,’ kidnapped Fahim Siddiqui, the Karachi-based Bureau Chief of Geo News TV channel, from Karachi’s North Nazimabad area on…
E-Bulletin For June 2015
June 2015 Late journalist Zafarullah Jatak June 01: Azad Kashmir government bans Geo News channel in the Pakistan-administered region over a map controversy not showing…
Journalist Zafarullah Jatak Killed In Balochistan Province
Freedom Network expressed indignation over murder of a young journalist in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province where impunity of crimes against media and journalists has…
Travails Of Live Media Coverage In Pakistan
Haroon Rashid Sometime in 2011 a popular anchor of state-run PTV channel invite me to his primetime talk show. I had by that time taken…
E-Bulletin For May 2015
May 2015 May 01: PEMRA issues notices to 14 TV channels over live speech of Altaf Hussain who criticized army after a police official charged…
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…
FN Welcomes UN Security Council Resolution On Journalists Safety
Freedom Network welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s resolution 2222 (2015) calling for protection of journalists worldwide, including Pakistan, in armed conflict. “This resolution is…