The following are remarks made by the Balochistan information minister, Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal, at a public dialogue on media safety at a meeting of Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety (PCOMS) in Quetta on November 15, 2014. People have a right to freedom of expression and this right needs ... Read More »
A Baloch journalist is reported missing from Balochistan’s Quetta capital city since 7 November 2014 (Friday), his family confirms to Freedom Network [FN] on 11 November 2014. “We don’t know who may have taken him away,” Imam Bukhsh Bugti, uncle of missing journalist Manzoor Ahmed Bugti, 24, who works ... Read More »
His Excellency, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister, Islamic Republic of Pakistan Subject: Urgent government action to combat impunity against journalists in Pakistan Dear Sir, On the eve of November 2, the International UN Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, first of all, let us ... Read More »
The murder of two journalists within days of each other in Punjab province of Pakistan, a region not known for similar high levels of violence as in the other provinces, comes as a deep shock for the media community in the country. The two latest fatalities in the first week ... Read More »
An Afghan journalist working for Voice of Germany (VoG) Pashto Service in Quetta, provincial capital of southwestern Balochistan province, has been forced to leave Pakistan after receiving threatening phone calls. The calls from unidentifiable and identifiable telephone numbers warned him against filing reports that “go against our policies.” Habibur ... Read More »
Updated on 01 September 2014 The ongoing clashes between police and anti-government protesters in the capital Islamabad is a cause of concern for civil society including media rights organisations such as Freedom Network [FN]. A number of private news channel crews, including technical and non-technical support staff, have been ... Read More »
Freedom Network [FN] joins families, colleagues and friends of journalist Irshad Mastoi, reporter Abdur Rasool and media assistant Muhammad Younas in mourning their brutal murder in the office of Online news agency in Quetta, provincial capital of violence-hit Balochistan where journalism has become the deadliest profession to pursue. “Our deep condolences ... Read More »
The third bomb blast outside the residence of Jamshed Baghwan, bureau chief of Express News channel in Peshawar, since March 2014 is a serious matter of concern, Freedom Network, Pakistan’s first media watchdog organization, [FN] said Wednesday (02 July 2014) in its press freedom alert. “Jamshed Baghwan and ... Read More »
Freedom Network [FN] is deeply concerned at the spate of attacks on journalists working for Jang and The News and Geo News channel with the latest victim being the resident editor of daily Jang in Multan, Zafar Aheer, on May 31, 2014. “These attacks are well organized and ... Read More »
Freedom Network [FN] has demanded independent investigation into the attack on senior TV anchorperson Hamid Mir, one of the strongest supporters of press freedom and freedom of expression in Pakistan, who received three bullets after failed attempt to target-kill him in Karachi on Saturday (April 19, 2014). “The investigation ... Read More »
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