• March 4, 2022
• Right to Information

ABBOTTABAD: The province’s first appellate forum regarding the decisions of the Right to Information Commission became functional here on Thursday. RTI information commissioner Riaz Khan Daudzai took up several complaints on the occasion and directed public information officers of the Abbottabad and Haripur police department, Mansehra mineral development department and Abbottabad district education office to […]

• March 4, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday submitted a resolution to the National Assembly Secretariat, seeking to disapprove the controversial ordinance promulgated by the government last month putting curbs on media freedom by amending the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) 2016. The resolution was submitted by Marriyum Aurangzeb, the PML-N information […]

• March 4, 2022
• General News

A Media Freedom Round Table Conference organised by the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) rejected all “black laws” against the media, including the PECA Ordinance. Participants of the conference said that this was not the first time that the government was trying to suppress freedom of the press, freedom of expression and access to […]

• March 3, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Wednesday that he agreed to the opposition’s demand of withdrawing the PECA ordinance following the deliberations and finalisation of draft by joint action committee members. The PTI minister said this while speaking in a private news channel when the news anchor asked him […]

• March 3, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: After the former Lahore High Court bar president, different journalist associations of Pakistan have also challenged the recently promulgated Pakistan Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act ordinance 2022 (PECA) in the Islamabad High Court. The challenged law has triggered protests from media bodies and civil society who have termed it a “draconian law”. The journalist associations, […]

• March 2, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: A Foreign Policy magazine report, published recently, says the government of Pakistan is bent upon tightening its control over media, censor and punish journalists through new laws via oversight bodies, in order to enhance its power. The report titled “Pakistan’s new media crackdown threatens press freedom,” says the government of Pakistan wants to stifle […]

• March 2, 2022
• General News

KARACHI: The widow of slain Nazim Jokhio on Tuesday approached the Sindh High Court against an inordinate delay in filing the final charge sheet in a case pertaining to the murder of her husband by the prosecution before an antiterrorism court. Shereen Jokhio filed a petition before the SHC stating that on Feb 8, a […]

• March 2, 2022
• General News

LARKANA: Police claimed to have killed a suspected robber, who had gunned down journalist Athar Mateen in Karachi a few days ago, in an alleged encounter in Larkana on Tuesday. Police said acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Qambar and Karachi police intercepted the suspect at Noor Wah point, but he resorted to […]

• March 2, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: After receiving threats from unknown persons in the recent past, Dawn Islamabad’s crime reporter found his car locks tampered with. Munawer Azeem had been receiving threats from people who had been claiming to be personnel of Islamabad police. After the matter was taken up with the senior officials of the Islamabad police, some unknown […]

• March 2, 2022
• General News

LAHORE: A delegation of All Pakistan Newspapers Society, Pakistan Broadcasters Association, Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Editors called on Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervez Elahi at assembly chamber on Tuesday. Chaudhry Pervez Elahi while talking to the delegation said that Pakistan Muslim […]

• March 2, 2022
• advertising, Broadcasting, Freedom of Expression

LAHORE: On the concern shown by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has banned the advertisement of unapproved, under process and illegal housing schemes located in Lahore district. In a notification issued on February 25, Pemra asked all broadcast and print media and distribution service operators not to entertain […]

• March 1, 2022
• Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by Prime Minister Imran Khan’s labeling Pakistani media and journalists in Pakistan as “mafias” and “blackmailers”. We urge the prime minister to reconsider the use of such rhetoric inciting hate against the media and undermining their credibility without any basis. The prime minister claimed that the draconian amendments to […]

• March 1, 2022
• Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly condemns the attack on ARY News host and journalist Iqrarul Hassan and his team by officials of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Such an attack on members of the media by a state agency is not only condemnable but alarming. It is a reminder of the overreach state authorities in Pakistan […]

• March 1, 2022
• General News

An anti-terrorism court on Monday remanded a man charged with killing a journalist in police custody till March 11. Ashraf was produced before an administrative judge to seek his police remand for interrogation. According to the police, the man, along with his absconding accomplices, was involved in murdering journalist Athar Mateen. Separately, a prosecution witness […]