• March 1, 2022
• Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by Prime Minister Imran Khan’s labeling Pakistani media and journalists in Pakistan as “mafias” and “blackmailers”. We urge the prime minister to reconsider the use of such rhetoric inciting hate against the media and undermining their credibility without any basis. The prime minister claimed that the draconian amendments to […]

• March 1, 2022
• Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly condemns the attack on ARY News host and journalist Iqrarul Hassan and his team by officials of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Such an attack on members of the media by a state agency is not only condemnable but alarming. It is a reminder of the overreach state authorities in Pakistan […]

• March 1, 2022
• General News

An anti-terrorism court on Monday remanded a man charged with killing a journalist in police custody till March 11. Ashraf was produced before an administrative judge to seek his police remand for interrogation. According to the police, the man, along with his absconding accomplices, was involved in murdering journalist Athar Mateen. Separately, a prosecution witness […]

• March 1, 2022
• General News

GUJAR KHAN: The president of Jhelum Press Club was injured in an attack by unknown persons on Monday. Shahbaz Butt was going to the club when he was intercepted by two motorcyclists. Mr Butt, who is associated with a TV channel, told Dawn that the attackers were carrying batons and took him out of his […]

• March 1, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), on Friday, observed a “Black Day” on Monday in protest against the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) Ordinance, 2022, and termed it a “draconian law” and urged the government to take it back. A large number of journalists marched from the National Press Club to the Parliament […]

• March 1, 2022
• General News

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The journalist community on Monday staged a protest against the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), saying that it was a draconian law that needed a serious rethink from the government. Addressing the protest rally held here, Dera Press Club president Ahmad Khan Kamrani, general secretary Muhammad Fazlur Rahman and others said […]

• March 1, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) was not new and it aimed to stop dirt on social media. In his address, he said that there were rumours that freedom of the press was being restricted and people were being silenced through the Act but “I would like to […]

• March 1, 2022
• General News

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif has assured the Joint Action Committee of media that the PML-N will repeal the dark, authoritarian and anti-media laws that violate constitutional freedoms of freedom of expression and access to information. In a meeting with the leaders of the Media Joint Action Committee […]