• September 27, 2023
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Ausaf Broadcasting News (ABN) Bureau Chief Khalid Jamil was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on September 20. Jamil was taken into custody by FIA officials from his residence in New Town, Islamabad, for allegedly knowingly misinterpreting and disseminating “anti-state narrative” in his recent posts on social media. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered […]

• September 27, 2023
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) welcomes the return of anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan over four months after he was initially arrested, released, and then went missing. We urge a complete investigation into his disappearance and whereabouts over the past four months. On September 25, the Sialkot Police confirmed the release of the media person, stating that he had […]

• September 24, 2023
• FOE, Freedom of Expression, General News

ISLAMABAD: A local court in Islamabad on Sunday sent journalist Muhammad Khalid Jamil to jail on a 14-day judicial remand in a case pertaining to spreading “provocative narrative against the state institutions through social media platforms”. The journalist was presented in an Islamabad district and sessions court today after completion of a two-day physical remand. […]

• September 24, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

Anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan — who had been missing for more than four months — is now “safe at home”, Punjab Inspector General (IG) Dr Usman Anwar confirmed to Dawn.com on Monday. Sialkot District Police Officer (DPO) Hassan Iqbal and Riaz’s lawyer, Mian Ali Ashfaq, also confirmed the development to Dawn.com. Riaz — a YouTuber […]

• September 23, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan has more than 2600 km long border with Afghanistan and 1468 km of it with Balochistan province of Pakistan. Along this long border with Balochistan province, four provinces of Afghanistan are located, including Helmand, Kandahar, Nimroz and Zabul. From where various border trades are carried out through specific routes. These four provinces have been […]

• September 22, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

Report: (Irfan Athar Mangi) Pakistan is considered among the countries that are considered dangerous and unsafe for journalists in terms of restrictions on expression. In Pakistan, journalists are killed even while performing their duties and it becomes difficult for the heirs of such slain journalists to get justice. According to Freedom Network’s ‘Annual Impunity Report’ […]

• September 12, 2023
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Two journalists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district faced legal actions, including arrest and registration of cases against them. On August 30, Daily Mashriq’s Bureau Chief Fayyaz Zafar was arrested by the Swat police under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). The next day, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against another journalist, Daily […]

• September 10, 2023
• Freedom of Expression, General News

KHAR: The members of the journalist community in Bajaur on Saturday condemned the attack on the Miranshah Press Club and the manhandling of a journalist, Noor Bahram. In a statement, Bajaur Press Club President Hasbanullah asked the government to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice and provide protection to the journalists working under […]

• August 4, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cybercrime wing has arrested a blogger, Husnain Rafique, over misleading social media posts against the armed forces, ARY News reported on Thursday. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) spokesperson confirmed that the cybercrime wing arrested a blogger namely Husnain Rafique who allegedly ran propaganda against the armed forces via a social […]

• August 3, 2023
• Freedom of Expression, General News

PESHAWAR: On the fateful evening of January 17, 2012, tragedy struck the journalism community in Pakistan when an unknown gunman opened fire on Mukarram Khan Atif, a 40-year-old senior journalist and correspondent for the US-based Pashto language “Deewa Radio,” as well as a reporter for the private TV channel “Dunya News.” Atif’s life was cut […]

• August 2, 2023
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by injuries to Geo News cameraperson Samiullah Khan while on duty when a suicide blast at a workers’ convention for the political party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F), killed 54 people and injured 83 others on July 30 in the Bajaur district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. We pray for the speedy and complete […]

• July 31, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

One of the injured includes Geo News cameraman Samiullah and has been shifted to the district headquarters hospital in Lower Dir as he is said to be in critical condition. The cameraman has sustained injuries on his head and his chest. Source: Geo News

• July 30, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan is one of the countries where journalism is dangerous because there is no punishment for those who torture journalists and no decision is taken in such cases. Taking into account this situation, laws on protection of journalists and other mass media workers and ensuring freedom of speech were adopted and have been waiting to […]

• July 26, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

On September 29, 2012, Abdul Razzaq, who lives in Khuzdar district, Balochistan, received the news that his brother, Abdul Haq Baloch, had been killed by unknown individuals. Abdul Razzaq shares that his brother had been a journalist for ten years and was working with a private TV channel at the time of his death. “A […]