PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR – September 2020
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR A monthly report on trends relating to state of journalism and media rights, policies and practices Tracking: Media related laws, policies and…
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Social Media Activist Shot Dead In Balochistan
A social media activist in Barkhan district of restless Balochistan province was shot and dead on 23 July 2020 (Thursday evening) and a provincial government…
E-Bulletin For May 2020
Media Monitoring May 2020 May 07: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority suspends license of NEO TV after the expiry of its show-cause notice period…
Tightening State Controls Harming Pakistani Media
M. Ziauddin In its 72 years of mostly perilous existence, the Pakistani media has seen it all. From special coercive laws to blatant censorship of…
Access To Information In Tribal Districts Hindering Journalism
Ibrahim Shinwari Things have not changed much for journalists reporting for different media organizations from the newly merged tribal districts as they still face difficulties…
Media in former FATA region needs support
By Ibrahim Shinwari With the newly merged seven tribal districts still in transition after the passage of 25th Constitutional Amendment in May 2018, the local…
Censorship, Online & Offline Harassment Of Journalists
FN Threat Data Analysis – July 2019 Five cases of attacks, injuries to two journalists, a legal case against a journalist and offline and online…
New Coalition Launched To Combat Impunity Of Crimes Against Journalists
ISLAMABAD, August 8, 2019: A new initiative has been launched to facilitate establishment of a collaborative national safety mechanism to combat impunity of crimes against…
A Journalist, Blogger Murdered In June 2019
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2019 A journalist and a blogger were killed while 15 other information practioners faced, arrest, attacks and verbal threats…
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,…
State Of Press Freedom In Pakistan
Iqbal Khattak Main theme for this year’s edition of World Press Freedom Day, falling on 3 May, is relationship between the press and democracy. The…
Online Harassment: Women Journalists Need Protection
Gharidah Farooqi Social media has changed life. It has changed the world – for better or worse. Today is the age of social media. World,…
Online Harassment Of Journalist Gharidah Farooqi Condemned
ISLAMABAD: Female TV journalist Gharidah Farooqi is harassed, intimidated and threatened for her online opinion and “facts” she believes a journalist should be reporting. “Open…
Lahore Police Stop Journalists From Coverage
Police in Lahore city used violence to bar journalists from covering production of a journalist to a lower court on February 23 snatching cameras and…
We Are Against Integrated Media Regulatory Authority: Arif Nizami
Arif Nizami is a senior Pakistani journalist and editor. Here he talks exclusively to FN on the latest developments in the media landscape, especially PTI…
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…
Second Journalist Killed For Reporting On Drug
Hours after his story on arrest of alleged drug dealer was published in K2 Times newspaper in Haripur district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, young…
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…
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…