* Report says laws authorise govt to curb freedom of speech * Claims govt making threats, derogatory comments against journalists WASHINGTON: Although the already outspoken Pakistani media have grown more diverse, they continue to face a range of pressures and harassment from both the government and other sources, according to the annual state of freedom […]
KARACHI, Jan 16: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors has condemned the federal government move of stopping government advertisements to ‘Dawn’ and rejected pressure tactics to seek changes in newspapers’ editorial policies. In an emergency session on Tuesday, a standing committee of the CPNE said it was against the use of advertisement as a lever […]
Most senior journalists that The News spoke to on Monday endorsed a recent report prepared by a Fench organization, Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF, or Reporters Without Borders), and opposed the promulgation of the two ordinances through which the media (electronic media in particular) was gagged by the regime. They said that the ban imposed on […]
Fair and free elections will not be possible in Pakistan next month without a free media, which does not exist because of continuing media restrictions imposed by President Pervez Musharraf, say Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members. “Despite claims to the contrary by the government, the Pakistani media continues to work under severe […]
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), for the ‘fourth phase’ of its campaign, decided to launch a country-wide signature campaign entitled, “Free media for fair polls,” from Monday, January 14 to January 25. It directed all its affiliated unions as well as international media bodies to get maximum signatures from editors, media owners, journalists […]
ISLAMABAD: The protests of the twin cities journalists against the media curbs continued on the 69th day on Saturday. The journalists staged the protest outside the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club camp office on the call of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ). Politicians, lawyers, students and civil society members joined the protests to express their solidarity with […]
Karachi: Sindh High Court has directed federal government’s law officer to file comments on identical petitions filed by Independent Media Corporation and Bird (Pvt) against the ban on transmission of Geo TV channels. The court fixed January 21 for next hearing, observing that the petitions be placed before the same division bench that had previously […]
SUKKUR: Members of the standing committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Friday visited the Sukkur Press Club, where they lit candles in front of a big portrait of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed, kept on a platform of the club. On arrival at the club, they were warmly welcomed and given a round […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Thursday called for the suspension of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) until the redress of media organisations’ complaints against it. A PFUJ press release said there were fears that the Pemra officials would try to influence television channels into toeing the official […]
* RSF calls for repealing ordinances on print and broadcast media * Govt rejects RSF report terming it unrealistic and unreasonable PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: International media rights group Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) said on Wednesday that media was “not free” to provide coverage of the elections scheduled for February 18 because of “a climate of censorship” that […]
Despite President Pervez Musharraf’s reassuring statements, Pakistan’s media are not free to provide proper coverage of the legislative elections scheduled for 18 February because of a climate of censorship that is sustained by the permanent threat of fines, closures of news media and arrests of journalists, Reporters Without Borders said today. The government has introduced […]
PESHAWAR, Jan 9: Owners of various video centres in the city on Wednesday received threatening letters, asking them to close their businesses. The owner of a video centre in the Sufaid Dheri area said that militants identifying themselves as local Taliban had asked him to stop dealing in CDs and video cassettes business. They threatened […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday remanded the case against suspension of transmission of Geo Television to the Sindh High Court with the direction to decide it on merit within a month. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Justice Muhammad Moosa K Leghari and Justice Chaudhry Ejaz […]
Karachi (PPI)- The International Federation of Journalists has announced its full support to its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists PFUJ in its campaign against draconian laws imposed on, November 3 to gag the press. Particularly affected are electronic media and broadcasters, with the closure of 45 private TV channels and two FM radio […]
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