A meeting of journalists discussing media safety and press freedom in Punjab’s Seraiki belt was abruptly ended by the district administration on November 21. The incident was reported in a press release by the Freedom Network, an independent media rights organization. The meeting, attended by journalists from Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, and Layyah, was disrupted by Tehsildar [sub-district […]
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned two journalists, Farhan Gauhar Mallick, owner of Raftar, and Adeel Habib, owner of Siyasat.pk, over allegations of running an “anti-state campaign” on social media. Farhan Gauhar Mallick, a Karachi-based journalist and owner of the digital media platform Raftar, received a notice from the FIA Cyber Crime Circle in Islamabad on November 14. The […]
The recent unrest in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has so far claimed the lives of 73 individuals, resulted in the death of one journalist and an attack on the home of another. On November 21, Janan Hussain, General Secretary of the Parachinar Press Club and a correspondent for News 365, was amongst those killed in a brutal ambush on a convoy of […]
Since November 23, citizens in different parts of Pakistan have been experiencing disruptions in internet access and access to social media platforms. While the government had announced possible closures in specific “high-risk areas” ahead of protests by the opposition political party, the Pakistan Tehreek i Insaf (PTI), the sporadic, widespread, and unexplained service disruptions extend […]
Salahuddin Achakzai, the Chief Editor of Daily Itla-e-Aam, was killed during a jirga in Chaman’s Spain Bund area on November 24. The incident occurred during a reconciliation meeting between Achakzai and Faqir Muhammad Shamkzai. Tensions escalated, leading to an exchange of gunfire that resulted in Achakzai’s immediate death. Two of his associates sustained serious injuries and were transported […]
Citizens across the country faced widespread social media outages and disruptions to internet services. The outages, which began late November 23, have affected major platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram. Downdetector, a global outage-tracking platform, reported a peak of 207 complaints within an hour, with users primarily struggling to send media through WhatsApp. The disruptions were […]
On November 22, the Sindh High Court (SHC) set aside the directives of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) that prohibited the broadcasting of tickers related to court proceedings. The court declared these directives were “unlawful” and inconsistent with the PEMRA Ordinance 2002, citing overreach by the authority’s chairman without the requisite consultation with the Council of Complaints. […]
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