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PPF condemns the targeted murder of television reporter Shahid Zehri

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is saddened by the murder of journalist Shahid Zehri in a targeted bomb attack claimed by the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and strongly condemn this incident. We offer our condolences to Zehri’s family and colleagues. We urge the relevant authorities to ensure timely justice. It is unacceptable that journalists continue […]


پی پی ایف ایوب خان خٹک کو ان کی آٹھویں برسی پر یاد کررہی ہے، صحافی ایوب نے اپنی رپورٹنگ کی وجہ سے جان گنوائی

 اکتوبر 11، 2013 کو کرک ٹائمز کے رپورٹر ایوب خان خٹک کی ہلاکت صحافیوں کے قتل کے ان گنے چنے واقعات میں سے ایک ہے جو عدالت کی جانب سے حملے میں ملوث افراد کو سزا  سنائے جانے پر منتج ہوئے ۔ خٹک کی موت کا باعث بننے والے سانحے اور اس کے بعد پیش […]


PPF remembers Ayub Khan Khattaq on his eighth death anniversary – a journalist who lost life for his reporting

The death of Karak Times reporter Ayub Khan Khattak on October 11, 2013 is one of the rare cases of a journalists murder that resulted in a court sentencing those behind the attack. Looking back at the incident that resulted in Khattak’s death and the case that followed, Pakistan Press Foundation pays tribute to the late journalist. […]


نو سال پہلے فرنٹ لائن پر بچھڑ جانے والے ایک صحافی مشتاق کھنڈ کی یاد میں

7 اکتوبر، 2012 کو صوبہ سندھ کی حکمران جماعت پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کی طرف سے خیرپور میں نکالی جانے والی ایک ریلی پر دس مسلح افراد  نے فائرنگ کی۔ ڈان کے مطابق اس فائرنگ سے کم از کم چھ افراد ہلاک اور چار دیگر زخمی ہوئے تھے۔  دھرتی ٹی وی کے نامہ نگار مشتاق کھنڈ زخمیوں […]


Remembering Mushtaq Khand — A journalist lost on the frontlines nine years ago

On October 7, 2012, ten gunmen opened fire on a rally in Khairpur held by the ruling party of the Sindh province, Pakistan People’s Party. According to Dawn, at least six individuals were killed and four others were injured in the shooting. Dharti TV correspondent Mushtaq Khand was amongst those injured and later succumbed to […]


PPF condemns online campaign against Gharida Farooqi

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the online smear campaign against senior journalist and NewsOne anchorperson Gharida Farooqi. Attacks against journalists in particular gendered attacks online are a worrying trend in Pakistan and must be condemned to ensure the safety of media personnel. According to the Coalition for Women in Journalism, in the last week on […]


PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam re-elected to GFMD Steering Committee

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali was re-elected to the Global Forum for Media Development’s Steering Committee for the Asia region. The new steering committee was elected at the GFMD General Assembly on September 30 and October 1 in Tirana, Albania. During his first term as a member of the GFMD Steering […]


PPF pays tribute to Brohi who lost his life eighteen years ago as a result of his work.  

On October 3, 2003, a reporter for a Sindhi-language newspaper the daily Kawish and for Kavish Television News, Ameer Bux Brohi, was shot dead in Shikarpur in the Sindh province by two unidentified gunmen in front of the local police station. He was shot five times and was rushed to the Shikarpur Civil Hospital by police, where he […]


اکتوبر 3، 2003 کو امیر بخش بروہی کو مسلح افراد نے گولی مار کر ہلاک کر دیا تھا۔ بروہی انسانی حقوق کی خلاف ورزیوں کے متعلق خبریں لکھا کرتے تھے اور اپنے کام کے نتیجے میں اپنی جان سے ہاتھ دھو بیٹھے

 اکتوبر 2003 کو سندھی زبان کے ایک اخبار روزنامہ کاوش اور کاوش ٹیلی ویژن نیوز کے رپورٹر امیر بخش بروہی کو صوبہ سندھ کے شہر شکار پور میں دو نامعلوم مسلح افراد نے مقامی پولیس اسٹیشن کے سامنے گولی مار کر ہلاک کر دیا تھا ۔ انہیں پانچ گولیاں لگیں اور پولیس نے  انہیں فوراً شکار […]


Pakistan Press Foundation commemorates the ninth death anniversary of slain journalist Abdul Haq Baloch

Nine years ago on September 29, 2012, Abdul Haq Baloch 37, correspondent for ARY News and Secretary General of Khuzdar Press Club, was murdered on his way back to home from Khuzdar Press Club after attending a meeting. Four masked men on motorcycles opened fire on his car, approximately 100 yards away from the press […]


بلاگرز اور انسانی حقوق کے محافظوں کے لئے حفاظتی تربیتی ورکشاپ کا انعقاد

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پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن ( پی پی ایف) نے بلاگرز اور انسانی حقوق کے محافظوں کے لئے اسلام آباد میں تین روزہ سکیورٹی ٹریننگ ورکشاپ کے لئے درخواستیں طلب کرنا شروع کردیں۔ اس تربیت میں جسمانی، ڈیجیٹل اور نفسیاتی سماجی تحفظ سے متعلق سیشن شامل ہوں گے۔ اظہار رائے کی آزادی کو لاحق خطرات کے بدلتے […]


Safety Training Workshop for Bloggers and Human rights defenders.

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) invites applications for a three-day security training workshop in Islamabad for bloggers and human rights defenders. The training will include sessions on physical, digital and psycho-social security. A look at the changing landscape of threats to freedom of expression shows that the threats are increasingly becoming more sophisticated. Where once physical […]


Journalist picked up from his home in Karachi and later released

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the detention of senior journalist Waris Raza and welcomes his safe release. We are alarmed by yet another incident of a journalist being picked up without warrants and being held for hours. It is an alarming trend being used to intimidate the media in the country and to silence voices […]


Pakistan Press Foundation remembers “Muhammad Aamir Liaqat” who died nine years ago while covering protests in Peshawar.

On September 21, 2012, a driver for ARY News, Muhammad Aamir Liaquat, was killed in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when police opened fire on demonstrators staging a violence protest outside a cinema against the ‘Innocence of Muslims’ video. Pakistan Press Foundation pays tribute to the work of Liaquat as a frontline media worker. Liaquat received a […]