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Farrukh Habib blasts PML-N after another alleged audiotape of Maryam Nawaz, Parvez Rasheed emerges

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Minister of State for Information Farrukh Habib on Tuesday lambasted the PML-N after another audiotape, allegedly of PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and party leader Pervaiz Rashid, was leaked online in which the two purportedly talk about the “bias” of certain journalists. The audiotape, which was shared by ARY News and Samaa TV online, has […]


PPF remembers journalists Muhammad Imran and Tahir Awan, killed during professional duty

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On 4th day of January 2009 Muhammad Imran from Daily Aitadal and Tahir Awan , a freelance reporter for the Apna Akhbar newspapers were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the Government Polytechnic College in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On 4 January at around 18:55, a hand grenade was thrown […]


The killers of slain journalist Shan Dahar are still at large

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At the beginning of 2014, on January 1st Zakir Ali – also known as Shan Dahar –Bureau Chief of Abb Takk Television channel in Larkana district of Sindh was shot by armed men and taken to a local hospital where he remained unattended until he succumbed to his injuries. It has been seven years since the […]


م‍قتول صحافی شان ڈاہر کے قاتل اب تک مفرور ہیں

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2014کے آغاز پر یکم جنوری کو سندھ کے ضلع لاڑکانہ میں اب تک ٹیلی ویژن چینل کے بیورو چیف, ذاکر علی – جو شان ڈاہر کے نام سے بھی معروف ہیں   -انہیں مسلح افراد نے گولی مار دی۔ انہیں مقامی اسپتال لے جایا گیا جہاں انہیں نظر انداز کیا گیا یہاں تک کہ وہ اپنے زخموں کی تاب نہ […]


Karachi Union of Journalists condemns Rangers’ assault on Jang journalist

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The Karachi Union of Journalists has slammed the Rangers assault on a Jang journalist on Friday and asked the DG to take action against the personnel involved in the incident. Waqas A Alam tweeted on Friday that he was stopped by Rangers personnel while on his way to work and did not see that the […]


Protection for Ajay Lalwani’s family ordered by Deputy Inspector General of Police

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SUKKUR: A delegation of the Sukkur Union of Journalists on Wednesday met the newly-posted DIGP Sukkur Tariq Abbas Qureshi and discussed with him the Ajay Lalwani murder case. The delegation informed the DIG that journalist Ajay Lalwani was brutally murdered nine months ago in the Salehpat city of Sukkur by accused Ehsan Shah and Inayat […]


Murder of journalist Aziz Memon: Court summons Pakistan People’s Party MNA, ex-UC Nazim on 15th

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KARACHI: The model court of district Naushero-Feroze, Sindh, has summoned Pakistan People’s Party leaders MNA Syed Abrar Shah and former UC Nazim Shahid Ikram Malik on December 15, 2021, in the murder case of journalist Aziz Memon. Journalist Aziz Memon, associated with a Sindhi-language daily, was murdered on February 16, 2020, and his body tied […]


Dawn photographer beaten up by Rangers in Karachi

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KARACHI: Faysal Mujeeb, a photographer working for Dawn-White Star was manhandled by Rangers personnel while he was covering a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) event in Azizabad on Thursday evening. The event, ‘Yaum-i-Shuhada’ was held near ‘Nine Zero’, formerly the headquarters of the MQM led by its founder leader, Altaf Hussain. Mr Mujeeb said he was […]


TV reporters made hostage at Taunsa Barrage toll plaza

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MUZAFFARGARH — A local toll plaza contractor tortured and mistreated television reporters and camerapersons, heading to cover a provincial minister’s visit. The incident took place when journalists reached the Taunsa Barrage toll plaza. Reportedly, the toll plaza was set up by a local politician illegally. Asif Shehzad and Taimoor Athar, the reporters, working with local […]


Remembering Abdul Razzak Johra — A journalist murdered for reporting on drug dealers

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) pays tribute to the work of Royal TV network reporter Abdul Razzak Johra, who was murdered in Mianwali district in Pakistan’s Punjab province on November 3, 2008. Johra’s case is one of the few cases in Pakistan where the murder of a journalist went to court and the accused were sentenced. […]


Website launched to highlight violence against media

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KARACHI: The team of Editors for Safety (EFS) in collaboration with the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) launched the Pakistan Journalists Memorial website on the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, which is marked on Nov 2, at the Karachi Press Club on Monday. EFS is a collective forum of […]


‘Media continues to face attacks, curbs on free expression’

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ISLAMABAD: Media in Pakistan works within an increasingly repressive environment with attacks on press freedom coming from all fronts and space for free expression continuously shrinking. This abysmal situation was highlighted in three reports released in connection with the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ which is observed on Nov 2. In […]


Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists condemns suspension of BOL News transmission by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority

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ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the suspension of BOL News transmission by PEMRA without any notice or warning. PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary-General Nasir Zaidi, in a joint statement, said that it is “illegal, unlawful and without any jurisdiction” of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority as BOL News transmission has […]


Islamabad police torture 24News TV channel’s team

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Islamabad police have attacked a team of 24NewsHD TV channel covering TLP protest in the federal capital. The 24News TV channel team was covering the protest at Faizabad Interchange on Friday when the police party, led by Inspector Mazhar Siyal, attacked it. The policemen tortured the cameraman Nafees Arayen and also snatched his mobile phone. […]