ISLAMABAD: A large number of journalists held a protest demonstration here on Saturday to condemn the killings of three Express News staffers. The protest was held outside the National Press Club by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and was attended by a large number of journalists […]
PESHAWAR: Protests were held across the region on Saturday against the deadly attack on a team of Express Media Group’s employees, which resulted in the death of three people on Friday in Karachi. Media representative bodies, Peshawar Press Club (PPC) and Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ), held a general body meeting at the press club […]
Condemning the killing of three workers of a private TV channel in Karachi and police atrocity against a local senior journalist, the fraternity on Friday staged a protest demonstration here outside the Press Club. Participants demanded of the Federal and provincial governments to take proactive steps for the protection of working journalists. On the call […]
KARACHI: Journalists, political leaders and civil society activists stood united on Saturday against the attack in which three employees of Express News were killed, demanding the government to take stern action against those responsible for the deaths. The media bodies asked provincial and federal governments to take appropriate measures for the safety and security of […]
General Ziaul Haq once threatened if he hanged a few journalists, no one would dare speak against him. He did in fact get three journalists — Khawar Naim Hashmi, Iqbal Jaffery and Nasir Zaidi — flogged. The fourth one was spared on doctor’s advice because he was physically disabled. A few days ago, Ahmad Raza […]
QUETTA: Journalists staged a walkout from Balochistan Assembly’s proceedings on Saturday to register their protest against the targeted killings of Express News employees. A technician, driver and a guard were shot dead when the channel’s stationary DSNG van was ambushed in Karachi on Friday. Journalists raised slogans against the killings, terming it an attack on […]
By: Rabia Ali KARACHI: Even during his last moments, Waqas Aziz was every bit a hero, showing more concern for others than himself. “Mujhay chore day, un ko dekhay, (Forget about me, take care of them),” the injured technician of Express News told onlookers who were helping him. A while after he was shot in […]
KARACHI: Phones kept ringing in the Express office as citizens called in to denounce the attack on Express News DSNG and the murder of its three workers. Among the callers from various localities of Karachi Faraz from Nazimabad said Taliban want to capture Karachi and they have started harassing people from all walks of life, […]
KARACHI: The journalists’ community denounced the killing of Express News staffers and called for countrywide protests against the deadly attack. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) said in a statement that journalists stood united throughout the country and would not be ‘bogged down by such cowardly acts’. PFUJ President Rana Azeem announced that protest […]
KARACHI: Gunmen riding on motorcycles shot dead three Express News workers on Friday after ambushing a stationary DSNG van in a busy neighbourhood of Karachi. This was the third and most lethal strike on Express Media Group and its staff in the space of five months. In two previous attacks, the main offices of Express […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over arson attack on the office of Tikapur Daily published in Dhangadhi city in far-western Nepal over publishing of a news about a road accident on the first day of 2014. Quoting the information from Freedom Forum, […]
The activists of the political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), manhandled Shams Keerio, Editor of a Sindhi-language newspaper “Daily Aaino” and the joint secretary of Karachi Press Club (KPC) on December 17, 2013 in the city Karachi, the capital of Sindh province. Keerio told Pakistan Press Foundation that the PTI workers were holding a protest demonstration […]
Karachi: In an email sent allegedly by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan media wing, the group claimed responsibility for the recent attack on a media organization in Karachi. They warned that they will now target media houses and hinted at future attacks Express Tribune
Pakistan is considered one of the most dangerous countries for journalists. The lives of journalists are not safe from the unwanted attentions of terrorists or other criminals involved in different activities, especially extortion and kidnapping for ransom. The apathy of the state and media owners is conspicuous for their inability to provide adequate safety to […]
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