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CPJ slams attacks on Express Media Group in Karachi

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NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined the Alliance for Access-a coalition of Pakistani media groups, academic and student organizations, and telecommunications companies working to promote open access-in condemning Monday’s attack on the offices of Express Media Group in Karachi, according to a CJP press release. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the Express […]


CPNE slams attack on Express offices

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KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) strongly condemned the attack on the Express Media Group building and voiced solidarity with the group. An emergency meeting of the body, presided over by senior vice-president Ilyas Shakir, reassured the group of its support. The meeting decided that a media convention for the protection of editors, […]


A brazen attack on Pakistan’s free media

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The attack on Express Media Group’s Karachi office is a direct assault on ‘freedom of the press’. It is not simply a wake-up call, but perhaps, a final call for the media. Sadly, an attack on one group or journalists has never been considered as an attack on the ‘media Industry’ as in the past. […]


Rallies against attack on media group

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LAHORE: On the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), the journalists community throughout the country on Tuesday held demonstrations and rallies in order to protest against attack on the offices of Express Media Group in Karachi. Giving the government an ultimatum, PFUJ President Rana Muhammad Azeem and Secretary General Amin Yousuf demanded that […]


Attack on Express offices: Journalists boycott Senate proceedings, stage protest

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ISLAMABAD: Journalists staged a walkout on Tuesday from parliament’s press gallery against the previous day’s gun and bomb attack on the Express Media Group’s offices in Karachi. The protesting journalists demanded that the government ensure the protection of media personnel and bring the culprits to book. The Express Media Group’s offices in Karachi have been […]


An attempt at terrorising media

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The freedom of media in Pakistan is a subject that garners much debate and even controversy; whether it is the contention on media’s stability as an institution or the safety of journalists and the press, one fact is obvious: It certainly is not an easy job. It becomes even more significant as an issue considering […]


Journalists protest attack on private channel

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PESHAWAR: Condemning the terrorist attack by a political party’s workers on a private TV channel office in Karachi, the journalist community on Tuesday held a protest demonstration here outside press club. The protesting community demanded the federal and Sindh governments to immediately arrest the culprits involved in the inhuman terrorist attack and award them exemplary […]


Journalists demand security at Tuesday’s protest

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KARACHI/HYDERABAD/SUKKUR: The attack on the offices of the Express Media Group in Karachi was slammed across Sindh by journalists on Tuesday. Members of various journalist unions, such as the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Hyderabad Press Club, Sukkur Union of Journalists (Indus) […]


Two injured in attack on Express Media Group offices in Karachi

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KARACHI: Two staff members were injured on December 2, 2013 when unidentified armed men on motorcycles opened indiscriminate firing and lobbed explosive material at the offices of Express Media Group in Karachi, the capital city of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. The building have the offices of Daily Express Tribune, Roznama Express, Daily Sindh Express and […]


Journalists to protest attack on Express office

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KARACHI: The journalists’ community will hold a countrywide protest against Monday evening’s attack on the Express Media Group office. In Karachi, the representatives and members of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and other supporters will gather outside the press club at 4pm and protest the second attack on the Express media office. The […]


Media offices attacked in Karachi

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Unidentified gunmen fired at the entrance of the offices of ‘Express’ media group in Karachi, the capital city of Sindh province on August 16, 2013, injuring the security guard and a female marketing staff member. The Express group personnel said they were not sure about the reason for the attack as they had not received […]


Act of intimidation: Express offices targeted

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PAKISTAN remains among the most dangerous places in the world for members of the media who have been targeted by a variety of disgruntled elements. The latter have ranged from religious extremists to political militants as well as forces from within the security establishment. Media offices have been attacked and newspaper bundles burnt ‘in protest’ […]