Freedom Network [FN] expressed concern over attack on a newspaper’s office in Mirpur town in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on March 7 ransacking the office and threatening the chief editor his articles. “The regional government must ensure that freedom of expression is protected in Kashmir and perpetrators of the attack are ... Read More »
Pakistan Media Mapping – February 2014 Feb 04: Two-member ministerial committee constituted by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a day after killing of three media assistants working with Express News channel in Karachi on January 17 met with representatives of media owners, working journalists and civil society with Interior Minister ... 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 »
Pakistan Media Mapping – January 2014 Jan 01: A TV journalist dies of bullet wounds Aab Takk bureau chief Shan Odho succumbed to his bullet wounds at a government hospital in Larkana district of Sindh province after he received bullet on December 31. 2013. TV Reporter Shan Odho dies ... Read More »
The action of government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to withdraw security from launch ceremony of book of blogger Malala Yousafzai is clear breach of right of freedom of expression, Freedom Network [FN], Pakistan’s first media watchdog organization, said Wednesday (Jan 29, 2014). “Book is source of knowledge and university ... Read More »
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 out a comprehensive plan for safety and security of media organizations, media-practioners, representative offices of regional unions of journalists and press clubs across the country. ... Read More »
The Coalition on Media Safety (COMS) has demanded that federal and provincial governments to designate contact persons on violence against media so that media professionals, civil society organizations and concerned citizens may be able to get information on progress regarding specific cases of violence against media personnel. The ... Read More »
The ghost of late Minhaj Barna, one of the most towering trade union leaders of journalists and other newspaper employees in Pakistan, looms large when even years after his death, the Special Branch of the Punjab provincial government is looking for him – just like they used to when he ... Read More »
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 journalist community wondering which group has carried it out and why. It did not take longer to know who was behind the attack. Banned ... Read More »
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