• June 5, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom in over 100 countries, in a letter to Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, on Friday called for withdrawal of Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Ordinance 2021, says a press release. The letter says that IPI […]

• January 16, 2015
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

KARACHI: A protest organised by Islami Jamiat Talaba’s Karachi chapter on Friday turned violent when a clash took place between protesters and police. Security forces resorted to aerial firing, tear gas and water cannons to push back the charged mob. Three party workers, who were affected by tear gas, have been transferred to the nearest […]

• January 7, 2015
• Freedom of Expression

In wars, the first casualty is always said to be the truth. And the consequence of this has always been found to be horrendous for the people who get caught in the cross-fire. The Middle East is still paying a heavy price in life and property for the 2002 ‘discovery’ of the non-existent weapons of […]

• December 29, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

Police in northwestern Pakistan say they have detained a key militant commander who is accused in the 2012 killing of a reporter for Voice of America’s Deewa Radio. Deputy Inspector General of the Mardan region, Mohammad Saeed Wazir, told VOA Deewa Radio that police arrested Pakistani Taliban commander Irfan Khurasani and two of his associates […]

• July 8, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Monday said that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) had issued notices to cable operators to ensure smooth and unchanged transmission of TV channels within 15 days in line with the Supreme Court’s order. If the cable operators did not follow the rules, […]

• March 30, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) on Saturday submitted a resolution in the National Assembly Secretariat regarding a terrorist attack on TV anchor Raza Rumi. Shazia Mari, Dr Nafisa Shah, Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Imran Laghari and Dr Azra Fzal submitted the resolution. According to the resolution, “this House vociferously condemns the terrorist attack on senior Pakistani […]

• March 9, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the thrashing and torturing of a Mirpur-based journalist, allegedly done by workers of a political party. Mehmood Mirza, the editor of an Urdu daily, was allegedly attacked and dragged out of his office in Mirpur by workers of a political party after they stormed the […]

• November 25, 2013
• Protest Letters by PPF

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression concerned over the recent attack on Honduran journalist, Nery Adalberto Recarte on November 11, 2013 and supports call for implementation of protective measures Quoting the information from Inter American Press Association (IAPA), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in […]

• October 14, 2013
• Freedom of Expression

LAKKI MARWAT: Local journalists held a protest demonstration on Sunday to condemn the killing of their colleague Ayyub Khattak in Karak and attacking another journalist Sardar Shafiq in Abbotabad. Led by Hafiz Minhajud Din, Patron-in-Chief Lakki Marwat Press Club the protesters started a march from main lorry adda and converged at Kargil Chowk. They carried […]