Their Master’s Voice
Hamid Mir I still remember the day when an English daily newspaper, owned by late Salman Taseer, the former governor of Punjab, ran a front-page…
Hamid Mir I still remember the day when an English daily newspaper, owned by late Salman Taseer, the former governor of Punjab, ran a front-page…
Freedom Network spoke to the government to find out how the new code of conduct was formulated for Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) recently…
Haroon Rashid Sometime in 2011 a popular anchor of state-run PTV channel invite me to his primetime talk show. I had by that time taken…
The Supreme Court indicted 5 January 2015 ARY News anchorperson Mubashar Lucman and channel’s CEO Salman Iqbal in a ‘contempt of court case’ relating to…
December 2014 Dec 01: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists observe countrywide protest against attacks on DunyaNews, DawnNews and Abbtak TV channels’ DSNG vans in…
There is a general sense in Pakistan’s two smaller provinces – Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – and the border regions with Afghanistan that the mainstream…
Freedom Network [FN] welcomes release of Pakistani journalist Faizullah Khan by an Afghan High Court after his conviction on account of “illegal stay” in Afghanistan….
Freedom Network [FN] is alarmed at speed the electronic media regulatory body PEMRA is suspending lincences of free-to-air private independent news and entertainment channels as…
Freedom Network [FN] is alarmed at the precedent of limited duration banning of the broadcast operations of independent 24/7 Geo News channel because it reflects…
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…
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,…
Why should Najam Sethi, one of the most prominent names in Pakistani journalism, have to accept the position of a ‘caretaker’ of a non-journalism…
—————————————————————————————————————– Freedom Network presents a special, exclusive series authored by seasoned journalist and analyst Haroon Rashid that takes a close look at how advancing…
The two-member ministerial committee of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has met media houses’ representatives, working journalists and media development and safety expert to thrash…
Three years have passed since the murder of Geo TV journalist Wali Khan Babar in Karachi. While no justice has been found in Babar’s case,…
—————————————————————————————————————– Freedom Network presents a special, exclusive series authored by seasoned journalist and analyst Haroon Rashid that takes a close look at how advancing…
Police described it as “cracker bomb attack” on Express Media group’s offices in Karachi on December 2 but its effects were felt widely among the…
—————————————————————————————————————– Freedom Network presents a special, exclusive series authored by seasoned journalist and analyst Haroon Rashid that takes a close look at how…
A rare debate on media ethics has erupted within the media sector in Pakistan based on a controversy over privileged video reporting access to a…