FN At 10: In Pursuit Of Safety Of Journalists In Pakistan
By Iqbal Khattak Looking back the past decade, it becomes evident that attacks on journalists were considered routine in Pakistan, both by the media and other…
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Threats, Attacks Against Journalists Jump By More Than 60%, Reveals Freedom Network Annual Report
PRESS RELASE – Freedom Network Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2023 ISLAMABAD, 01 May 2023 – At least 140 cases of threats and attacks against journalists,…
Journalist Escapes Assassination Attempt In Punjab
FN Threat Data Analysis – December 2022 A journalist survived attempt on his life, another injured for his reporting while police arrested A Gwadar journalist…
PM Shahbaz Sharif Reaffirms Commitment To Protecting Journalists
Press Release ISLAMABAD (13 December 2022) – Independent media watchdog organisation Freedom Network and multi-stakeholders advocacy entity the Pakistan Journalists’ Safety Coalition (PJSC) organised the…
Two Journalists Murdered, Three Others Escape Attacks On Life
FN Threat Data Analysis – July 2022 Two journalists were murdered, two others, including a woman journalist, escaped assassination attempts and as many injured in…
Newly Arrived Afghans Need Humanitarian Information: Research Study
Press Release ISLAMABAD, 01 June, 2022: A research study conducted by Pakistan-based media watchdog Freedom Network in cooperation with DW Akademie, has found an urgent…
Exiled Afghan Journalists In Pakistan: In Need For Humanitarian Assistance, Reveals New Study
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – 18 May 2022: A research study conducted by Pakistan-based media watchdog Freedom Network in cooperation with DW Akademie, has found an urgent…
A Journalist Killed For His Reporting In Punjab
Threat Data Analysis – April 2022 A journalist in Punjab province succumbed to his bullet wounds after he was hit in head while doing professional…
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR – November 2021
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR – November 2021 A monthly report on trends relating to state of journalism and media rights, policies and practices Tracking: Media related…
Pakistan Silencing Online Journalists Through Legal ‘Victimization’
Freedom Network Annual Impunity Report 2021 November 2 – International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists ISLAMABAD (November 1, 2021) – A chilling…
PMDA To Be ‘New Headquarter of Censorship’ in Pakistan: Briefing Paper
ISLAMABAD, 28 September 2021 – The federal government’s proposal to create a single centralized media regulator will adversely impact digital media, socio-political narratives and public…
In Five Out Of Seven Cases Taken Place Against Journalists Involved State Actors
FN Threat Data Analysis – July 2021 Seven cases of threats ranging from detention to injuries, offline harassment and legal cases against journalists Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,…
Rajanpur Journalist Thrashed For Reporting ‘Funds Embezzlement’
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2021 A journalist in Rajanpur district in south Punjab faced “serious consequences’ for reporting alleged embezzlement in government development…
No Progress Yet On Absar & Toor Attacks; Hamid Mir Still ‘Under Censorship’
ISLAMABAD, 29 June 2021: It has been more than a month now since YouTuber Asad Ali Toor was attacked inside his apartment and broadcast journalist…
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – May 2021
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – May 2021 A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and…
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR – April 2021
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR – April 2021 A monthly report on trends relating to state of journalism and media rights, policies and practices Tracking: Media related…
Tribal journalists’ challenges stay despite political reforms in ex-FATA
Gohar Ali Reforms in former tribal areas, known as ‘Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), merging the seven border districts with northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province appear…
21 Cases Of Murder, Legal Cases, Harassment & Verbal Threats Against Journalists During April 2021
Among the 21 cases reported included seven legal cases – the highest number. In Freedom Network’s annual State of Press Freedom Report 2021, legal cases against journalists emerged as the biggest threat.
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – March 2021
A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and regulations Digitalization in governance and…
A Journalist Investigating Extrajudicial killing Murdered In Sindh
FN Threat Data Analysis – March 2021 A young reporter Ajay Kumar Lalwani was shot dead in Sindh province and another was detained in Karachi…