Journalism is a profession full of challenges, and choosing it as a career means one has to be really ready to face occupational hazards and threats regularly. Reporting an issue in society is not a crime and this is the duty of every citizen. But when journalists report something, especially wrongdoings of some powerful elements […]
LAHORE: If the days of Gen Zia’s oppressive martial law were the darkest chapter in the history of human rights in Pakistan, those very days also belonged to the most brilliant and most resilient resistance, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Chairperson Hina Jillian said on Sunday. She was speaking at a seminar on 75 years […]
More than two dozen personnel of the Punjab police allegedly thrashed journalists covering the PTI’s long march and damaged their equipment in Kamoke. According to Express News, the police assaulted the journalists and broke the camera of a private TV channel for parking vehicles and setting up cameras along the Haqeeqi Azadi March route for […]
KARACHI: The tragic death of Sadaf Naeem, who was covering Imran Khan’s long march for a private TV channel, has once again laid bare the pressures journalists in the field have to face, as well as the lack of professional training available to media practitioners. The incident that claimed the life of a mother of […]
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday appointed a retired judge, Abdul Shakoor Paracha, as chairman of a three-member inquiry commission to probe the mysterious murder of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya. The two other members of the commission are: Dr Usman Anwar, an additional inspector general of police, and Omar Shahid Hamid, a deputy director in […]
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Monday formed a committee to probe the death of a woman journalist during an accident near Sadhoke two days ago while covering the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s long march. Sadaf Naeem was run over by the container of PTI Chairman Imran Khan after she reportedly fell off the vehicle trying to ride […]
For the past several years the International Federation of Journalists ranks Pakistan among the five “most dangerous countries for practice of journalism in the world”, but to little effect. As a report unveiled by the Freedom Network (FN), a Pakistan-based media watchdog, to mark the 10th anniversary — falling on November 2 — of the […]
ISLAMABAD—In a tweet, journalist Imran Riaz Khan said that well-known columnist and media analyst Irshad Bhatti had left Pakistan. He has moved to Norway with his children. Further, Riaz stated in the same tweet that he was still under severe threats and requested people to pray for him. People on Twitter showed mixed responses to […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is horrified at the preventable death of Sadaf Naeem, a female reporter of Channel 5 television channel on October 30 in a tragic accident while covering former prime minister Imran Khan’s Long March. Naeem’s death should serve as a wake up call to governments, media employers, media organizations, and political parties […]
ISLAMABAD. Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has decided to dedicate the “International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists” to Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif who was killed in suspicious circumstances in Kenya. The UN International Day to end impunity for Crimes against Journalists is observed on November 2 each year across the world […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said it is the responsibility of the Punjab government to investigate the killing of an innocent female reporter during the PTI long march or the federal government will fulfil its legal obligation. The minister tweeted that her colleagues had stated that she had been pushed. He demanded that […]
The Pakistani investigative team, sent to Kenya to probe the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif, questioned Khurram Ahmed and his brother Waqar Ahmed, local media reported Sunday. A two-member fact-finding committee was set up by the interior ministry to investigate Sharif’s murder. The team, including Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Director Athar Waheed and Intelligence Bureau’s […]
LAHORE: Sadaf Naeem, a journalist covering Imran Khan’s long march for a private media outlet, was “run over” by the container of the PTI chairman after she reportedly fell off the vehicle trying to get an “exclusive interview” with the former prime minister. Ms Naeem, 35, left her husband and two younger daughters behind. According […]
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Sunday expressed his deep sense of sorrow and grief over the sad demise of Channel-5 reporter Sadaf Naeem. The chief minister said that he was deeply grieved over the death of the reporter, lauding that Sadaf was a professional, hardworking and a competent journalist. He expressed his […]
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