• April 25, 2024
• Social Media

On April 20, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar defended the government’s decision to block access to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), stating that it was necessary for national security and public order. His remarks came amid increasing criticism and a court order questioning the legality of the ban. Dar drew comparisons between Pakistan’s ban and other countries’ actions, suggesting […]

• April 24, 2024
• Access to Information

On April 23, mobile phone services were partially suspended in Karachi, Sindh due to enhanced security measures in place for the visit of Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) confirmed the service outages in specific areas of the city. The PTA released a statement citing directives from the Ministry of Interior, outlining the suspension of cellular […]

• April 23, 2024
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is concerned by threats issued to Roznama Adalat Akhbar’s editor Sherbaz Muneer and journalist Zafar Mughal in Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. We urge relevant authorities to ensure that journalists are able to safely do their work without fear of consequences.  According to Mughal, threats follow a news story published in Daily Adalat […]

• April 22, 2024
• Social Media

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) heard a petition on April 17 challenging the ban on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, with the Interior Ministry stating that the platform’s failure to address concerns about misuse led to its disruption. Interior Secretary Khurram Agha, representing the ministry, submitted a report justifying the ban, stating it was […]

• February 16, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

KARACHI: Five personnel, including an officer of a security agency, have been suspended for torturing television host and journalist Iqrar-ul-Hassan in the Saddar area of the metropolis yesterday, Geo News reported on Tuesday. During the recording of his show “Sar-e-Aam,” the officials had tortured and beat him, inflicting serious injuries. He was rushed to the […]

• January 31, 2022
• General News

SANGHAR: A suspect was arrested in Sindh’s Sanghar district on Sunday after he allegedly gunned down a local “journalist”. According to the police, suspect Ali Murad was taken into custody along with the weapon which he used in the killing of Ghulam Murtaza Shar. Sources told The Express Tribune that the incident took place due […]

• January 30, 2022
• General News

LAHORE : Four accused involved in the murder of a reporter of a private news channel have been arrested while two shooters are still at large, said the CCPO while speaking at a press conference at District Police Line Qila Gujar Singh here on Saturday. The CCPO said journalist Hasnain Shah and accused Amir Butt […]

• January 27, 2022
• General News

LAHORE: The Multan Union of Journalists (MUJ) on Wednesday organised a protest to demand the arrest of suspects involved in an ‘armed attack’ on a journalist in Multan. PFUJ Multan chapter office bearers including its President Malik Shahdat Hussain, general secretary Mazhar Khan and others assembled outside the Multan Press Club and also condemned the […]

• January 27, 2022
• General News

Police in Lahore on Wednesday claimed the arrest of a prime suspect for the murder of a journalist earlier this week. According to police, the reporter, who was gunned down outside the Lahore Press Club, was killed because of a financial dispute with a jeweller in the provincial capital. Law enforcers said they arrested suspect […]

• January 26, 2022
• General News

Police have arrested the prime suspect in connection with the murder of Capital TV crime reporter Hasnain Shah, who was killed by  gunmen outside the Lahore Press Club on January 24.  According to police, Shah was killed because of a financial dispute with a jeweller in the provincial capital, Express Tribune reported.  Shah was struck by seven bullets to his chest after […]

• January 17, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

A decade ago, senior journalist Mukarram Khan Atif, 40, a correspondent for Washington-based Pashto language “Deewa Radio” and a reporter for a private TV channel “Dunya News” was gunned down in Shabqadar area of Charsadda district by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan on Jan 17, 2012, in response to his refusal to give coverage to the Taliban on […]

• January 17, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

ایک دہائی قبل واشنگٹن میں قائم پشتو زبان “دیوہ ریڈیو” کے نامہ نگار اور نجی ٹی وی چینل “دنیا نیوز” کے رپورٹر،  40 سالہ سینئر صحافی مکرم خان عاطف کو 17 جنوری 2012  کو تحریک طالبان پاکستان نے ریڈیو پر طالبان کو ان کے مطلب کی کوریج دینے سے انکار پر ضلع چارسدہ کے علاقے […]

• January 16, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The Islam­abad High Court (IHC) has virtually discarded the opinion of amici curiae about absolving Jang Group’s editor-in-chief Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman and senior journalists Ansar Abbasi and Aamir Ghauri in contempt proceedings related to an affidavit of former Gilgit-Baltistan chief judge Rana Mohammad Shamim and decided to indict them as well as Mr Shamim on […]

• January 14, 2022
• General News

SUKKUR: The Anti-Terrorism Court on Thursday adjourned the case related to the murder of journalist Ajay Lalwani till January 24. Reports said ATC Judge Shakeel Haider, after hearing arguments of the victim’s lawyer, adjourned the hearing till January 24 to indict accused former chairman town committee Sallahpat, Syed Inayat Shah, former SHO Ashiq Mirani and […]