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Fata journalists protest against arrest of colleagues

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PESHAWAR –  The journalist community on Monday held a protest demonstration against the arrest of their colleague in Khyber Agency and demanded their immediate release. The protest was spearheaded by Tribal Union of Journalists (TUJ) former president Ibrahim Shinwari, the Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) Saiful Islam Saifi, Peshawar Press Club Vice President Faridullah alongwith a dozen of tribal and local journalists . The protesting journalists were holding placards […]


Court moved against Pemra chief

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has been moved to order an action against Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) chairman Absar Alam for suspending the transmission of private news channels unlawfully regarding a police operation against the participants of Islamabad sit-in. Amina Malik of the Civil Society Network made this request in a petition calling […]


Pakistan: Government suspend television news channels, Facebook, You Tube, Twitter, and Daily Motion to prevent coverage of protests.

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On November 25, 2017, Pakistani government suspended all national private news channels, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Daily Motion across the country for over 24 hours, to prevent coverage of police crackdown against protestors in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. A number of journalists were also injured while covering the protests. Around 8,000 security officials took […]


Journalist shot, injured in Kohat

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KOHAT: A journalist was shot and injured in an attack under mysterious circumstances near his house in Garhi Atta Khan area of Kohat city on Friday. Aleem Haider Zaidi, a correspondent of a private TV channel, parked his motorcycle outside his house and fell down as he received a gunshot, according to a statement he […]


Bomb targeting Khyber journalists defused

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KHYBER AGENCY – Bomb disposal squad on Friday disposed of a remote-control improvised explosive device, which was allegedly fixed by militants to target the vehicle of local media person. Sharing the incident details, Tehsildar Tehseenullah said that local journalist Khalil Jibran, along with his four other colleagues, were on the way to Charwazgai checkpoint for the coverage of a […]


Parliament must not fail in protecting journalists: Babar

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ISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar Tuesday said the media persons must avail themselves of the two recent opportunities that opened up last week in the Senate to build a legislative framework for the protection and safety of media persons and to end the impunity with which they are attacked both by state and non-state actors. Addressing […]


Photojournalists attacked by Faizabad protesters

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ISLAMABAD: Protesters at the Faizabad sit-in beat up two photojournalists and tried to snatch their cameras on Wednesday while they were trying to capture images of an attack on police. Muhammad Asim of White Star / Dawn and Jehangir Chaudhary of Daily Jang went through the horrifying experience after a group of protesters, armed with […]


‘Attack on journalists is an attack on the state’

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ISLAMABAD: Former Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairman I. A. Rehman on Tuesday said journalists are the guardian of public interest so whenever a journalist is attacked it should be considered as an attack on society, democracy and the state. He was speaking at a national conference on media safety at a local hotel […]


Journalists’ safety bill rejected

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ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Thursday rejected the government’s bill on the safety of journalists and set up a three-member subcommittee to draft another bill in consultation with stakeholders which will be tabled as a private member’s bill in case the government does not own it. The decision was taken during a meeting of the […]


Ex-CM concerned at closure of press clubs in Balochistan

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ISLAMABAD: Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, a former chief minister of Balochistan and leader of the National Party, on Wednesday expressed concern over forced closure of several press clubs in the province and stoppage of newspaper distribution in Gwadar, Turbat, Khuzdar and some other areas. The distribution of newspapers in southern and central Baloch­istan has remained […]


HRCP, journalists decry curbs on press freedom in Balochistan

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Balochistan has long been a hard place to practise journalism mainly because of a restraining atmosphere for freedom of expression and a restless security situation. However, after recent threats hurled by Baloch militant groups for not giving sufficient space in media, journalist activities and the distribution of newspapers have been suspended and in the entire […]


Journalists in danger

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IN Pakistan, journalists have to face pressures from both state and non-state actors while carrying out their routine duty ie informing the public of the facts. At times, media workers have paid with their lives, sometimes for upsetting powerful quarters by their reporting. Just in the past few days, a well-known journalist was attacked in […]


Enactment of law for protection of journalists urged

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ISLAMABAD: Though the interior minister recently said there is a state within the state in Pakistan, the fact is there are many states within the state and no one knows which one is legitimate, former senator Afrasiab Khattak said on Thursday. The Awami National Party (ANP) leader was speaking at a seminar on ‘International Day […]


Govt asked to protect journalists, arrest attackers

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A seminar at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday condemned the continuing tendency in the country to murder journalists, and urged the government to ensure protection for media persons. The event was organized jointly by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and the Karachi Press Club (KPC) to mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes […]