• May 30, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD—Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry’s comments regarding prominent journalist Syed Talat Hussain and attacks on journalists has angered the journalist community. The minister appeared in the BBC’s HARDtalk on Friday, interviewed by Stephen Sackur. The interviewer asked him about the current situation related to local and foreign media, media operations, and press freedom under […]

• May 30, 2021
• General News

A complaint has been launched with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against journalist Asad Ali Toor by a citizen hailing from Rawalpindi. The citizen said that he watched Toor’s video on social media on May 27, “where he had leveled allegations against state institutions”. “He is working under an organised conspiracy to defame state institutions,” […]

• May 30, 2021
• General News

AFTER having exhausted all other avenues to trace investigative journalist Saleem Shahzad, his brother-in-law reported him missing to the local police station in the small hours of May 30, 2011, exactly 10 years ago this day. He was found the following day. Dead. On the evening of May 29, Saleem Shahzad left his Islamabad home […]

• May 30, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) Vice Chairman Khushdil Khan on Friday strongly condemned the threats against its Journalist Defence Committee. In a statement, the PBC Chairman said he has been apprised of the threats sent to the legal team representing journalist Asad Ali Toor, condemning the “blatant attempts to intimidate and threaten those who work […]

• May 30, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The country’s premier spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has “totally disassociated” itself from the recent attack on a journalist and YouTuber Asad Ali Toor in Islamabad, says a handout issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Saturday. The statement said that a “high level contact” was established between the ministry and the […]

• May 30, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

HARIPUR: The district police officer, Haripur, has sent three constables accused of torturing a journalist to the police lines and initiated a departmental inquiry against them, police said here on Saturday. According to Zaheer Abbas, a Rawalpindi-based cameraman of a private TV channel, he was on way back home after shooting a news package on […]