State Of Media In Pakistan Report 2014
Media Fight Against Impunity Picks Pace in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, May 2, 2014: Murders of journalists, assassination attempts against senior journalists, fatwas against media, the…
Category Archives: Punjab
The Pressures Of Censorship And Self-Censorship
Over 100 journalists and media workers, according to Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, have been killed in Pakistan in the new millennium at an average…
Pakistani Media Vs Martial Law
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), though facing some organizational problems these days, has an unprecedented history of struggle from 1950 to date. However, the…
TV Journalist Survives Attempted Murder Bid In Lahore
Senior journalist and TV anchor Raza Rumi, working with Express News channel, escaped attempted target-killing on Friday (March 28, 2014) in what appears sequence of…
February 2014 Media Mapping
Pakistan Media Mapping – February 2014 Feb 04: Two-member ministerial committee constituted by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a day after killing of three media…
DT Columist Dr Saulat Nagi Escapes Unhurt After Attempt On His Life
Freedom Network was relieved at unhurt escape of Daily Times columnist Dr Saulat Nagi who had attempted bid on his life when two unidentified men…
Journalists Are Not Supposed To Be Politicians
“No sir, this is not my job!” I was expecting this polite but firm response from the highly respected journalist Mr Rahimullah Yusufzai, when he…
When Minhaj Burna Was Banned
The ghost of late Minhaj Barna, one of the most towering trade union leaders of journalists and other newspaper employees in Pakistan, looms large when…
Benazir Bhutto And Pakistani Media
“Mazhar, I was shocked to see the list of journalists on the payroll of intelligence agencies. It included names of people, whom I thought were…
Missing Link Between Ethics & Safety
The buzz about journalists’ safety is louder now than ever before as serious threats continue to originate and impact from all sides in Pakistan with…
Alliance Condemns Attack On Express Group Offices
Alliance for Access, a nationwide coalition of civil society organizations, corporations, media houses, telecommunication companies, academics, and student groups to promote open access in Pakistan,…
November 2013 Media Review
Attacks on journalists, curbs on online freedom and passage of Right-to-Know Bill by the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Legislative Assembly were hallmark of media safety review…
Unannounced Censorship In Pakistan
Exclusive Blog for Freedom Network “Don’t try to become a journalist. It’s a dangerous profession in Pakistan”. These were the words of my late…
Freedom Network Joins ‘Alliance For Access’
KARACHI: Freedom Network [FN], Pakistan’s first media watchdog organization, joined November 7 the Alliance For Access, a nationwide coalition of civil society organizations, corporations, media…