• November 3, 2013
• Freedom of Expression

Former Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed on Saturday said an unholy alliance of judiciary and army against democratic forces in past badly damaged the reputation of two respected institutions. He expressed these views while addressing as chief guest in a programme organised by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Karachi Press Club at KPC to observe […]

• October 30, 2013
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has demanded to journalists’ and international human rights organisations’ access to the drone-hit areas. Thus, the government, security agencies and militants must respect freedom of the press, and allow media, national and international human rights organisations to visit areas hit by drone attacks since 9/11, to meet the aggrieved […]

• October 29, 2013
• Front Page, General News

KARACHI: Rana Azeem and Amin Yusuf were elected president and secretary general of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists for the years 2013-2015 on Saturday. They secured 119 and 121 votes while their rival candidates Afzal Butt and Khurshid Abbasi bagged 118 and 118 votes, respectively. Announcing the results after tabulation, PFUJ election committee chairman Sajid […]

• October 28, 2013
• Front Page, General News

KARACHI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Election Committee has announced Rana Azeem and Amin Yousaf as president and general secretary of the body after elections. The Afzal Butt group has refused to accept the results when the election committee chairman Sajid Ali Sajid announced the results in front of the delegates who had […]

• October 13, 2013
• PPF Activities

KARACHI: A meeting of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) on Saturday reviewed arrangements for elections of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the biennial delegates meeting (BDM) in Karachi from Oct 24 to 26. The meeting constituted a reception committee for facilitating delegates attending the BDM from all over the country, according to […]

• September 5, 2013
• PPF Activities

ISLAMABAD: The founding leaders of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) — I.H. Rashid, Minhaj Barna and Nisar Usmani — devoted their lives to freedom of expression and improved the working conditions in media houses. This was stated by speakers at a gathering titled ‘Lest we forget’ arranged at the PFUJ office on Wednesday […]

• May 29, 2013
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

NEW YORK: Pakistani authorities should identify the motive behind the fatal shooting of a local crime reporter and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Two assailants shot Ahmed Ali Joiya, 25, in the Bahawalnagar village market in Punjab province on May 24, according to local news reports. Two street […]

• April 1, 2013
• Media and Governance

Islamabad: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) expresses deep concern over the decision of the BBC Urdu Service management to layoff “forcibly” majority of its reporters in Pakistan. “The decision is autocratic, arbitrary, unfair, without any justification and based on prejudice,” said PFUJ President, Secretary General Amin Yousaf. Source: Business recorder

• March 26, 2013
• General News

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan has appreciated the efforts by professional bodies of the journalists for welfare of their community. This he said while talking to the delegation of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) at Governor House here on Monday. Tahir Najmai and Amin Yousuf led the […]

• January 29, 2013
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: After assurances that their major demands would be addressed within a week, media persons from all parts of the country here on Monday deferred their sit-in in front of the parliament house to February 7. The sit-in was organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) demanding the government arrest […]

• January 28, 2013
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Karachi: Trade unions, federations, labour-supporting organisations and civil society organisations have supported the demands of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to arrest the culprit killers of the journalists and delaying tactics to set up the 8th Wage Board and non-payment of salaries to the media persons by various media organisations. In a joint […]

• January 12, 2013
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

PESHAWAR: Journalists in the provincial metropolis on Friday staged protest to condemn the killing of media men in the deadly blasts in Quetta. The protest was jointly arranged by Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) and Peshawar Press Club (PPC) on the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. Three journalists working for Samaa television including […]

• January 10, 2013
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has given a call of a sit-in outside the Parliament House in Islamabad on January 28, 2013 against the government’s failure to arrest the killers of journalists, delaying tactics to set up the 8th Wage Board and non-payment of salaries to media persons by various media organizations. This decision […]

• January 7, 2013
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Co-ordination Committee Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar has said that the MQM would continue to raise its voice for the rights of the journalists’ community as they also belonged to the poor and middle class segments of the society. He expressed these views at a reception given in honour of office-bearers […]