Freedom Network

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 »

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] expressed Tuesday concern at circulation of an old Fatwa, or religious decree, attributed to Pakistani Taliban-linked clerics encouraging attacks on media for coverage of ongoing militancy in Pakistan.   “We are concerned at the circulation of the fatwa (edict) with pictures of Mr Hasan Nisar and Mr ... Read More »

The Steering Committee of Pakistan’s National Coalition on Media Safety (NCOMS) endorsed on 8 October 2013 the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and Issue of Impunity and issued a comprehensive ‘Islamabad Declaration’ outlining a set of action items and recommendations for key stakeholders on combating impunity ... Read More »