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…
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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…
Surviving An Insidious Law Aims At “Silencing Journalists”
Shahzeb Jillani The pressure had been building up. Family members were approached. Polite and ‘friendly’ advice was conveyed that I needed to watch out. Somebody…
State Institutions Should Protect Journalists: KPC President Farhan
By Ghulam Mustafa Institutions run by the government should not only be supportive but should help in providing a security blanket for journalists, President Karachi…
Shahzaib Gillani Case & Misuse of Cybercrime Law
Ghulam Mustafa It was a sunny and warm afternoon – but the air conditioner had ensured that the temperature was bearable. Sitting behind the elongated…
Two Journalists Go Missing; Another Booked Under PECA Law
Freedom Network is extremely worried for two missing young journalists – reporter Matloob Hussain Mosavi and TV cameraman Syed Ali Mubashir Naqvi – who were…
‘Feudal Mindset’ Undermining Press Freedom In Sindh: Jokhiyo
Journalist Akhlaq Jokhiyo has become symbol of resistance to pursue independent and public interest journalism in interior Sindh province of Pakistan. He paid a cost…
Karachi Press Club – where a tradition was murdered?
Ghulam Mustafa Located behind the yellow boulders of Zainab Market is an old building – not necessarily a horror house, but for the rich, powerful…
Armed Men Raid Karachi Press Club
Several armed men in plainclothes late Thursday night – 08 November 2018 – raided Karachi Press Club harassing journalists and forcibly taking photos and examining…
FN Concerned At Mysterious Disappearances Of Journalists In Interior Sindh
Two Sindhi journalists were reported missing after people in plain clothes and police uniforms whisked them away from interior Sindh province where feudal, tribal chieftain,…
“19 April 2014”
By Iqbal Khattak National Press Club in Islamabad was witnessing hectic activity on 6 April. A senior journalist, who himself survived a life attempt, was…
Sindh Rangers Tortures Samaa TV Reporter In Karachi
A senior Samaa TV reporter was treated inhumanly after Paramilitary force Sindh Rangers picked him up outside his residence in Karachi on October 18, 2016,…
Journalist’s Father Murdered For Son’s Reporting In Sindh Province
KARACHI: Sarwar Nanori, father of Shaukat Nanori, working for Sindh News channel in Khairpur district of Sindh province, was murdered on July 28 and his…
Judicial Commission Fails To Identify Attackers Of Hamid Mir
A judicial commission set up in Pakistan to investigate a debilitating attack on prominent journalist Hamid Mir has not been able to determine the actual…
Attack On Karachi Press Club
By Ghulam Mustafa Whenever the history of Pakistan’s democracy is drafted, name of Karachi Press Club (KPC) will be penned with golden ink. Journalists, supporting…
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…
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…
Meeting Sabeen The First Time
Iqbal Khattak Before reaching The Second Floor – T2F – I was somehow unwilling to travel through some of the more dangerous routes while leaving…
Host Of Discussion On Balochistan Shot Dead In Karachi
Freedom Network is shocked at brutal murder of media and human rights activist Ms Sabeen Mahmud who was shot dead in Karachi on Friday –…
One Year After Attack on Hamid Mir: No Findings Yet By Judicial Commission
ISLAMABAD, April 18, 2015: Freedom Network marks the first anniversary of the murderous attack on prominent journalist Hamid Mir with serious concern that findings of…