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Five journalists among nine people arrested in Karachi for protesting police raid on largest newspaper group

(PPF/IFEX) – Police in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, raided and threatened to seal the printing press of the Jang Group, Pakistan’s largest media house, on 5 November 2007, after the management refused to follow verbal orders from government officials to stop printing the daily “Awam”, one of the group’s evening newspapers. According to the Jang […]


Journalists continue protest

PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The journalist community held a protest camp for the second day here on Thursday against the imposition of emergency rule, ‘assault on the judiciary’ and ‘chaining of the press’ through new laws. The Khyber Union of Journalists set up a four-hour token protest camp outside the Peshawar Press Club on Shershah Soori […]


Pakistan in Crackdown on Press, New Rules Set Newspapers And Tv Back 20 Years

Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns a crackdown by the security forces on the privately-owned news media. Dozens of journalists have been detained, attacked or prevented from working. Transmission equipment has been seized from several broadcast media. New regulations on newspapers and broadcast media promulgated on 3 November are a death warrant for some of the […]


Curbs imposed on media

ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday promulgated two separate ordinances to impose curbs on print and electronic media. Under the ordinances which amend the Press, Newspapers, News Agencies and Books Registration Ordinance, 2002, and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, 2002, the print and electronic media have been barred from printing and […]


Police raid Aaj TV station

ISLAMABAD (November 04 2007): Police raided the offices of the Aaj television channel in Islamabad early on Sunday and attempted to confiscate broadcasting equipment, a senior producer said. The move came after President Pervez Musharraf imposed a state of emergency and imposed tough new curbs on the media, including that they are not allowed to […]


PEMRA blocks private TV transmissions

* Police raid Aaj TV offices in Islamabad PESHWAR/KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) pulled all national and international private news channels off the air except the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) in the NWFP at 6pm on Saturday. The government also blocked transmissions in major cities and telephone services in Islamabad were cut, […]


Restrictions on media

ISLAMABAD – With the imposition of emergency in the country, newspapers were barred from printing material aimed at ridiculing and defaming the head of state, members of Armed Forces or executive, judicial or legislative organs of the state and the declaration of the newspaper or any other publication could be suspended up to 30 days […]


When channels were off, the Internet was on

Karachi: As soon as the news of emergency broke out, various internet blogs and discussion forums got busy in expressing opinions. Writers seemed to be quite confused and worried as to what actually had happened in the country. Metroblogging Karachi says: “BBC reports Pakistan has declared ‘State of Emergency’ while CNN reports ‘Martial Law’ declared […]


Curbs imposed on media

ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday promulgated two separate ordinances to impose curbs on print and electronic media. Under the ordinances which amend the Press, Newspapers, News Agencies and Books Registration Ordinance, 2002, and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, 2002, the print and electronic media have been barred from printing and […]


Govt to ensure press freedom in NWFP, FATA: Durrani

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcast­ing Muhammad Ali Durrani Tuesday said that the writ of the state and the right to report are indispensable components of a progressive society and the government would make no compromise if any group of individuals challenges civil liberties. “Freedom of expression is the hallmark of our government […]


Music shop owner torches 10,000 CDs

KOHAT, Oct 28: A music shop owner ‘voluntarily’ set on fire more than 10,000 CDs in the presence of a large number of people here on Sunday after receiving death threats from the local Taliban. Syed Raza said he had received several letters in which he had been warned that his shop would be blown […]


Illegal radio station restarts broadcasting messages

LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Oct 24: Mufti Munir Shakir, a controversial religious leader, has restarted broadcasting messages from his illegal FM station in the Khyber Agency. Sources in Bara said the location of the newly-established FM radio station is not known as yet. However, residents of Bara started aerial firing in jubilation, which lasted for […]


Journalists that were in the line of fire

Karachi:October 18 left in its wake untold stories in the lives of family members whose loved ones either left for eternal bode or were left on crutches. Among these affected are the mediafolk on the beds of the Aga Khan Hospital. Although their management did a lot for their treatment, anxiety still prevails as a […]


Journalists demand life insurance, job security

Karachi:A nation-wide convention of journalists that discusses strategies regarding reviewing service structure and modes of employment set with the employer, was demanded by a forum of journalists which was called to condole the death of a cameraman, Arif Khan, who was killed in the bomb blast while covering PPPÂ’s rally. The resolution was tabled by […]