• September 1, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

ISLAMABAD: At least 28 journalists, cameramen and media workers were injured in attack by Punjab police n Islamabad on August 31. The police attack came during clashes between personnel of law enforcement agencies and activists of two political parties, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) The media persons came under attack while they […]

• September 1, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

When the PTI and PAT decided to storm the President’s House it was inevitable there would be a police response. What was not expected – and should not be tolerated – was that some journalists were also targeted by the police. As the situation rapidly spiralled out of control, the police must have realised that […]

• September 1, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

Police force on duty in the Red Zone attacked the vehicles bringing in food items and water for the protestors of PTI and PAT activists on Sunday afternoon. As soon as the vehicles carrying food items reached the Red Zone, a contingent of police in full gear attacked them in order to prevent the supply […]

• September 1, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: Angry supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) attacked the Geo, The News and Jang offices in Islamabad. The working staff of Geo, The News and Jang faced the worst kind of fear and panic as PTI and PAT supporters continuously pelted stones at the Jang Building located on Fazl-e-Haq […]

• September 1, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

JACOBABAD: A rally was taken out and a demonstration was held by the Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), led by its President Afzal Butt and General Secretary Khursheed Abbasi, at the Jacobabad Press Club against the killing of journalist Irshad Mastoi and two others in Quetta by unidentified accused. It also condemned the police torture […]

• September 1, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

ISLAMABAD: As the Sunday morning sun rose on Constitution Avenue, journalists and camerapersons from various private TV channels were among the restless crowds of protesters, recording and relaying footage and information to their headquarters in real time. But as protesters surged forward for the umpteenth time, pelting police with stones and whatever they could lay […]

• September 1, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: Terming the mob attack on the Parliament House and the Prime Minister House a dark chapter in the history of democracy, journalists and the civil society organisations on Sunday maintained that the people have seen the real face of Imran Khan and Dr. Tahriul Qadri who are bent upon derailing the democratic process to […]

• August 24, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

KOHAT: Pakistan Rah-e-Haq (PRH) chairman Maulana Ibrahim Qasmi has asked the Pakistan Army to lift the ban on Geo TV and Jang Group and disperse the sit-ins staged by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT). He was speaking at the party’s convention here on Saturday. Maulana Obaidullah, Maulana Hameed, Maulana Haider Wakeel […]

• June 21, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has condemned Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (Pemra) decision to suspend the licence of ARY News for 15 days and fine the channel Rs10 million, without serving it any notice. “It seems to me that Pemra is not aware of its own laws,” Aitzaz said while speaking to […]