Three Journalists Murdered In October 2022
FN Threat Data Analysis – October 2022 Renowned investigative journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya after he left Pakistan on safety ground as two…
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DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – April 2021
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – April 2021 A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and…
E-Bulletin For May 2019
Media Monitoring May 2019 May 03: Daily Jang newspaper reporter Matloob Hussain Mousavi, who went missing on 30 April, returned hoem safe and sound. May…
E-Bulletin For March 2018
March 2018 March 02:AnjumMuneer Raja, who worked as sub-editor with Qaumi Pukarnewspaper, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Rawalpindi’s high security zone. https://www.dawn.com/news/1392728/journalist-employed-by-local-daily-shot-dead-in-rawalpindis-high-security-zone March…
E-Bulletin For June 2017
June 2017 June 02: Two unidentified men attacked Zeeshan Ali, an Iranian photojournalist, working for the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) in Islamabad. He was…
FoE In Pakistan: 2017 Gets Off To An Ominous Start
Media Analysis January 2017: murder, arrests and fear Killings, Attacks and Threats against Journalists In the context of freedom of expression the year 2017…
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…
E-Bulletin For April 2015
State of freedom of press and freedom of expression and online freedom in Pakistan during April 2015 April 2015 April 7: Military releases tribal journalist…
Smaller Provinces’ Complaint Against Mainstream Media
There is a general sense in Pakistan’s two smaller provinces – Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – and the border regions with Afghanistan that the mainstream…
FM Radio Stations’ Impact On Tribal Areas
Fazal Rehman Mehsud still sometimes reminiscences about what he calls his good old days when he was working as a producer at a local radio…
Skewed Reporting Of Rape By Pakistani Media
In October 2013, many will still remember, a minor girl was picked up from a hospital courtyard in Lahore in Punjab, raped and then let…
Editorial Compromises Hurting Pakistani Media
Pakistan is one of few Muslim countries where the media has become powerful in recent years and exercises a fair degree of independence in freedom…
Curse Of ‘Event Reporting’ Choking Pakistani Media
When speaking of journalism, one can always find the most lucrative of definitions and imagine a field that is dynamic and purposeful with a degree…
No Military Victories Without Media Support
The Pakistani state has launched its most serious attempt yet to retake North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and clear…
The Question Of Intentions
When it came to media, it seems that former ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, lacked prudence and invested in quick fixes — a seemingly inoperable Right…
Afghan Media And Election Coverage
Few in Afghanistan will question the positive role local media played in bringing seven million voters to the polling stations in the April 5, 2014…
Am I a traitor?
There are two types of traitors. The first type joins hands with foreign enemies and helps enslave his own people. Among the most prominent names…
Divided Media Endangering Safety Of Journalists
What happened within the media world in the country after the murderous attack on April 19, 2014, on one of Pakistan’s most powerful voices in…
Hamid Mir Attack Probe: A Litmus Test of Justice For Media
The space is shrinking for independent journalism in Pakistan because of continuous violence against journalists by militants and state agencies. The attack on Hamid Mir,…
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…