HYDERABAD, Jan 4: A large number of journalists and activists of different organisations held a demonstration outside the press club here in protest against attack on the offices of the daily Awami Awaz allegedly by SNF activists, which was followed by Mumtaz Bhutto’s arrest. Veteran politician Jam Saqi said that Mumtaz Bhutto had become so […]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 4: At least seven people, three of them policemen and two journalists, were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the Government Polytechnic College near an imambargah on Multan Road. The suicide attack followed an explosion of low intensity. About 25 people were injured, most of them […]
KARACHI, Jan 2: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has condemned the act of violence in the offices of daily Awami Awaz in Karachi by armed gunmen of the Sindh National Front who threatened the staff with ‘dire consequences’. An emergency meeting of the committee held here on Friday was informed by Dr Jabbar Khattak, the […]
KARACHI, Jan 2: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has condemned armed attack on the offices of Sindhi daily Awami Awaz by activists of the Sindh National Front (SNF) and demanded action against those responsible. “The year 2009 began with the attack on media and that too by activists of a political party, which is […]
HYDERABAD, Jan 2: Journalists held a demonstration outside the press club here on Friday in protest against an attack on the head office of daily Awami Awaz in Karachi. They condemned the threats hurled at the paper’s Managing Editor Dr Khair Mohammad Juno and Chief Editor Dr Jabbar Khatak allegedly by armed activists of the […]
On January 1, over thirty armed men belonging to a political party, Sindh Nationalist Front (SNF), stormed into the offices of Sindhi language daily “Awami Awaz” and threatened its staff with dire consequences. The intruders who were led by Anwar Gujjar, Media Coordinator, of SNF held the staff hostage for about half an hour and […]
KARACHI- A group of over 30 armed people allegedly belonging to the Sindh National Front (SNF) intruded on Thursday into the offices of Sindhi daily Awami Awaz and threatened its staff with dire consequences. Gun-wielding goons inquired about the whereabouts of Chief Editor Awami Awaz Dr Jabbar Khattak. They used abusive language against him and […]
ISLAMABAD (January 01 2009): Police have unleashed violence on women activists, who were staging a peaceful protest demonstration in Rawalpindi against continuous gas load shedding. The protesters blocked the Islamabad Highway at Karal Chowk near Benazir Bhutto international airport (BBIA) on Wednesday morning. No high-level police official or anybody from the district administration came on […]
MIRPURKHAS- A private TV channel cameraman was manhandled and held hostage by officials of Regional Utility Store Corporation, when he went to Marvi godown to shoot the distribution of the Urea fertilizers to the growers. Report said that Noor Nabi Chandio, cameraman of private TV channel went to Marvi godown where hundreds of abadgars were […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the life-threats to senior journalist Ansar Abbasi and termed this a result of Ansar’s investigative stories starting from land scam involving religious parties to award of illegal marks to the daughter of the chief justice. A press release issued by PFUJ Secretary General Mazhar […]
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Pakistan, especially Punjab, remained a dangerous place for journalists in 2008. Twelve media men were killed and 208 cases of abuses were recorded over the past year, according to a report issued by a media development organisation. Violence against media personnel continued unabated with three journalists killed in Punjab and three others […]
Reporters Without Borders is extremely worried by threats and physical attacks against Pakistani journalists in the northwestern Tribal Area of Bajaur, where fighting is continuing between the Taliban and the security forces. A fatwa has been issued against two journalists and a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at a press club. “The Tribal Areas are being […]
ISLAMABAD: The wife of Rauf Klasra, special correspondent of The News, has received threatening call from some unknown caller in a bid to stop the journalist from filing hard-hitting stories and writing columns in ‘Jang’. This is the first time that any family member of a journalist has received such a call. The call, made […]
PESHAWAR: Two journalists associated with The News escaped a kidnapping attempt on the Kohat Road on Wednesday night. The reporters “Javed Aziz Khan and Qaiser Khan Afridi” were on their way home on the Kohat Road when they noticed a white Corolla car, with three men on board, chasing their vehicle. After noticing the suspicious […]
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