• February 27, 2024
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) calls for the immediate release of journalist and YouTuber Asad Ali Toor, who was arrested on February 26 by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) allegedly in connection with an “explicit and malicious campaign against Honorable Judges of [the] Supreme Court of Pakistan.” The repeat issuance of summons to a journalist, hours-long […]

• February 27, 2024
• Freedom of Expression

Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, Murtaza Solangi, expressed regret on February 20 over what he termed “false and baseless” allegations made by a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist, Mobeen Azhar, regarding an interview appointment. According to Associate Press of Pakistan (APP), Solangi said that he is no stranger to giving an interview to the media […]

• February 27, 2024
• Freedom of Expression, Social Media

X, formerly known as Twitter, continues to be disrupted in Pakistan for the tenth consecutive day. The outage coincides with restrictions imposed on virtual private networks (VPNs), further limiting access to social media platforms in the country. The disruption has sparked concerns over freedom of expression and access to information, with users unable to utilize […]

• February 27, 2024
• General News

In Sukkur, journalists and other media workers held a protest demonstration outside the Khairpur Press Club on February 24, 2024, pledging to escalate their efforts in seeking justice for their esteemed colleague Jan Mohammad Mahar, who was murdered on the night between Aug 13 and 14, 2023 by unknown assailants near Saint Saviour School in Sukkur. […]