Freedom Network [FN] welcomes the verdict of an anti-terrorism court in Sindh province convicting six murderers of Geo News channel’s reporter Wali Khan Babar on Saturday (March 1, 2014). “The court verdict is a move in right direction. We hope pending cases of other killed journalists, which run into ... Read More »
Freedom Network [FN] apprehends that the spate of violence directed at media in Pakistan over recent years may increase with escalation in hostilities between the government forces and Taliban militant groups and urges all stakeholders to ensure that the freedom of the press is not a casualty of the ongoing ... Read More »
Freedom Network was relieved at unhurt escape of Daily Times columnist Dr Saulat Nagi who had attempted bid on his life when two unidentified men opened fire at him at his residence in Model Town, Gujranwala district of Punjab province on Monday night (17 February 2014). “It is a ... Read More »
Ijaz Mengal, brother of underground Baloch journalist Riaz Mengal, was gunned down in Khuzdar district of Balochistan on February 14 and a separatist group claimed responsibility for the attack. “He was killed because of threats I am facing till now,” Riaz Mengal, who is living outside Balochistan for the ... Read More »
Freedom Network [FN] is concerned at attempts by a religious-cum-political organization to dictate editorial decisions of Geo News channel’s newsroom, threatening its controller news with dire consequences after the channel refused to toe the line the organization was imposing regarding live coverage of a protest rally of the organization. ... Read More »
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, his death has not been forgotten. Journalists Beena Sarwar, Umar Cheema, and Malik Siraj Akbar along with CPJ’s Bob Dietz commemorated the anniversary of Babar’s ... Read More »
A journalist in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was hurled at death threats after his report on a sexually assaulted girl was published. “I am under death threat since January 12 following the publication of the girl story on January 11,” Noorul Wahab, who works for Daily Express ... Read More »
KARACHI: Freedom Network [FN] demanded investigation to know motives of death of TV journalist Shan Dahar, 40, working for new private TV channel Abb Takk as correspondent from Larkana district of Sindh province, who was dead in wee hours of Wednesday (January 1, 2014) at hospital in Larkana district in ... Read More »
Freedom Network [FN] welcomes the news that the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has passed, by consensus, a resolution on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity. The resolution includes a call to make the International Day to End Impunity an official UN day, to ... Read More »
At a special meeting, the journalist community, political parties and civil society members unanimously endorsed Saturday demand for setting up office of special prosecutor to tackle issue of impunity of crimes against media in Pakistan. “We all are for it,” the participants at the meeting en block said when ... Read More »
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