• May 29, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) have rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Ordinance 2021 that the federal government intends to impose. The proposed law is draconian in scope and devastating in its impact on the constitutional principles and guarantees […]

• May 29, 2021
• Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has termed the unanimous passage of The Sindh Protection of Journalists and Other Media Practitioners Bill 2021 as a milestone in efforts to provide safety for Pakistani journalists.  PPF also called on the Government to constitute the Commission at the earliest so that work can start on ending the climate of insecurity and […]

• May 29, 2021
• General News

QUETTA—Police have arrested two individuals in Quetta accused of killing local journalist Abdul Wahid Raisani (pictured), the home minister said while answering a question during the provincial assembly session. Mir Ziaullah Langove, in his statement on the assembly floor, hinted that one culprit had fled to a neighboring country. He did name the country. The […]

• May 29, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

The Sindh Assembly passed a landmark law on Friday to promote, protect and ensure the independence, impartiality, safety and freedom of expression for journalists and other media practitioners. Pakistan ranks 145 out of 180 countries on the media rights watchdog, Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) 2021 World Press Freedom Index. Reports of journalists being intimidated, threatened, […]

• May 29, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

Haripur police Friday allegedly manhandled a journalist of a private TV channel for filming a video of the police on Friday, reported 24 News HD TV channel. The police tortured the cameraman of a private TV channel at Khanpur Road of Haripur and snatched his camera as well. The cameraman was filming a video of […]

• May 29, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at rallies organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in the country demanded an investigation into the attack on journalist Asad Ali Toor and immediate arrest of the attackers. Speakers from various political parties, civil society and different walks of life recalled that Mr Toor was severely beaten up by the […]

• May 29, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that attacks on journalists have reduced in Pakistan ever since Prime Minister Imran Khan took over. During an interview with Stephen Sackur for BBC programme “HARDTalk”, which was released on Friday, the minister, who was even termed as “one of the government’s most robust defender”, gave […]