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,…
Tag Archives: Pakistan
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…
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….
Press Freedom: Challenges For Pashtoon Belt In Balochistan
Hameedullah Sherani Journalists in Balochistan are facing multiple threats – be it in Baloch or Pashtoon areas. Freedom of expression has become scarce and threats…
Journalists Face 15 Cases Of Assassination Bid, Abduction, Attacks, Harassment & Threats
FN Threat Data Analysis – February 2018 Fifteen cases of attempt to assassinate, abduction, harassment, attacks, verbal and written threats against journalists and censorship of…
E-Bulletin For January 2018
January 2018 Jan 04: Federal Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb informs Senate Sub-Committee on Information and Broadcasting that her government decided…
‘Banned Group’ Ends Three-Month Media Boycott In Balochistan
Adnan Aamir On 19th January, banned Baloch insurgent group “Baloch Liberation Front (BLF)” announced to end its media boycott in Balochistan, its spokesperson Gohram Baloch…
Key Media Stakeholders Agree To Draft New Journalists Protection Law
Freedom Network welcomes unanimity reached among key stakeholders to protect journalists and media workers emphasizing the need for safety-focused law with federal government scrapping its…
“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…