Khyber Union of Journalists | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)

Pakistan Press Foundation

Journalist Faizullah reaches Peshawar

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: Faizullah Khan, a Karachi-based reporter of a private TV channel, arrived here on Monday after his release from a prison in Afghanistan. He was handed over by the Afghan authorities to officials of Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad. They took him to Torkham border crossing where he was received by members of his family, journalists […]


Protest goes on, journalists want curbs on Geo lifted

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: The journalist community remained on protest against closure of Geo TV channel on the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday by staging a camp outside the Peshawar Press Club. Several journalists from the print and electronic media, members of the civil society, political leaders and trade union representatives visited the camp being arranged by the […]


Journalists protest colleague’s murder

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: Journalists from Hazara Division took to the streets on Tuesday, condemning the murder of Ibrar Tanoli and threatened to protest across the province if their demands are not met by March 20. An unidentified assailant shot and critically injured Ibrar Tanoli, a photojournalist, on Sunday. He succumbed to his wounds at Ayub Medical Complex […]


Government asked to ensure protection to journalists

Pakistan Press Foundation

The members of Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) staged a protest here on Thursday to condemn the killing of three workers of a private TV channel in Karachi. The protest was led by KhUJ President Nisar Mehmood, General Secretary Tariq Afaq and other senior media persons. The protestors, tying black strips around their arms, urged […]


K-P Journalists protest against attack on Express Media Group employees

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: Protests were held across the region on Saturday against the deadly attack on a team of Express Media Group’s employees, which resulted in the death of three people on Friday in Karachi. Media representative bodies, Peshawar Press Club (PPC) and Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ), held a general body meeting at the press club […]


Cop tortures journalist inside KP Assembly

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: A policeman on Friday beat Khyber Union of Journalists Senior Vice President Mohammad Naeem black and blue inside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly building here using butt of official rifle. Mr Naeem was later shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital, where doctors said the journalist had a fracture of shoulder and breathing problems mainly due […]


Journalists protest attack on private channel

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: Condemning the terrorist attack by a political party’s workers on a private TV channel office in Karachi, the journalist community on Tuesday held a protest demonstration here outside press club. The protesting community demanded the federal and Sindh governments to immediately arrest the culprits involved in the inhuman terrorist attack and award them exemplary […]


CM facilitates KHUJ journalists for success in PFUJ polls

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has felicitated the Journalists community of the province for the brilliant success of Khyber Union of Journalists (KHUJ) in the elections of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). In a statement, he congratulated senior journalists Shamim Shahid, Zia-ul-Haq, Arshad Aziz Malik, Saiful Islam Saifi and Samin Jan of […]


Journalists hold protest, demand SHO’s suspension

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: Journalists on Thursday staged boycott of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s coverage to protest the police highhandedness against their colleague and vowed to continue protest till suspension of SHO Yakatoot Police Station. The journalists, who had fastened black ribbons on their arms, staged walkout from the assembly proceedings at its very outset when lawmaker Nighat […]


Doctors thrash journalists for exposing their ‘negligence’

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: The doctors at Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) here on Friday allegedly thrashed local journalists and locked them in a room for exposing their negligence in treatment of an injured policeman. The journalists said that they went to the hospital to cover a news story about attack on a police constable. “We saw the injured […]


Journalists condemn killing of colleagues in Quetta blasts

Pakistan Press Foundation

PESHAWAR: Journalists in the provincial metropolis on Friday staged protest to condemn the killing of media men in the deadly blasts in Quetta. The protest was jointly arranged by Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) and Peshawar Press Club (PPC) on the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. Three journalists working for Samaa television including […]