April 2019: Dangerous Month For Journalists
FN Threat Data Analysis – April 2019 One journalist in a remote town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was killed while twelve other cases of abduction,…
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E-Bulletin For September 2018
September 2018 Sep 06: A group of journalists from Charsadda Press Club visited the office of Deputy Commissioner Mian Abdul Qadir Shah to inquire about…
Afghanistan – A Hard Country For Journalists
Anees Ur Rehman Journalists in Afghanistan work under extremely difficult circumstances and regularly face violence, threats, and intimidation that prevent them from carrying out their…
13 Cases of Murder, Harassment, Arrest, Threats And Attacks Against Journalists In August 2018
FN Threat Data Analysis – August 2018 Thirteen cases of murder, attack, arrest, harassment, verbal threats, censorship, legal casea, attack on home and robbery against…
Reporting Takes Young Journalist’s Life In Punjab
Young journalist Abid Hussain in Dewan Sahib town in Borewala tehsil of Vehari district in Punjab province succumbed to injuries a day after he was…
E-Bulletin For July 2018
July 2018 July 01: Neo TV reporter Zhakir Abbasi received minor injuries after workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf attacked journalists covering Workers’ Convention of the party…
Nine Cases Of Violations Against Journalists During July 2018
28 TV channels served notices for ECP CoC ‘Violations’ FN Threat Data Analysis – July 2018 Nine cases of abduction, arrest/harassment, attack, verbal threats, censorship,…
RSF, FN Urge Caretaker PM To Ensure Media Covers #Elections2018 Freely
PARIS, July 2: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its local partner in Pakistan, Freedom Network (FN), sent a joint letter to caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul…
Safety Advisory For Pakistani Journalists Covering #Elections2018
Freedom Network, Islamabad-based Pakistani media watchdog organisation, releases Safety Advisory to sensitise journalists, photographers, cameramen, media assistants and their organisations on need to take measures…
“Journalists’ Safety First:” PFUJ Secretary-General
Ghulam Mustafa Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has always been at the forefront of striving to win rights for journalists. Whether be a dictatorship or…
Seven Cases of Abduction, Arrest, Attack and Threats In June 2018
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2018 Seven cases of abduction, arrest, physical attack, verbal threats and break-in against journalists were documented during June 2018…
E-Bulletin For May 2018
Media Monitoring – May 2018 May 03: Pakistan People’s Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says his party will “end impunity” for crimes against journalist as…
Attack On Journalist In Zhob
By Hameedullah Sherani Journalist Assad Betani was beaten up by allegedly dozen of workers of Pakistan Muslim League – Q on April 7, 2018, in…
Hafiz Hasnain: Jailed for Okara Farmers’ Coverage
Journalist Hafiz Hasnain Raza has spent almost 23 months behind bars since he was arrested on 26 April 2016 under terrorism charges for covering farmers’…
Chronicles of Shame: The Changing Threat Patterns and Demographics of Pakistani Media Landscape
ISLAMABAD, May 1, 2018: An award-winning Pakistan-based media rights watchdog Freedom Network has recorded over 150 cases of attacks and violations against media and its…
Pakistan Is Censoring Media Massively
Just months before the nation goes to general elections this year, mainstream as well as regional media is witnessing increased censorship brought together through court…
FN Slams Ban On Journalism In Orakzai Tribal Region
PESHAWAR, 20 March 2018: Journalists are barred from visiting or reporting Orakzai tribal district for last five months and local tribal journalists’ pleas to lift…
E-Bulletin For February 2018
February 2018 Feb 04: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party’s chairman Imran Khan threatens journalist upon asking question https://www.dawn.com/news/1387163/imrans-threatening-one-liner-startles-journalists Feb 05: Journalist Ghulam Akbar survives attack on his life…
Life as a Woman Journalist in Pakistan: Threats, Harassment And Rejection
ADNAN REHMAT This book has been produced by Freedom Network, a Pakistani civil liberties group working on freedom of expression and access to information issues….
No Enabling Environment For Women Journalists In Pakistan: Asma
Award-winning journalist and TV anchor Asma Shirazi has said women journalists face safety and security issues and they are not provided equal opportunities in Pakistan…