ISLAMABAD: Media persons staged a walkout from the Press gallery of the National Assembly on Monday in protest against the killing of three Express News staffers in Karachi. The boycott was jointly announced by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), National Press Club (NPC) and Parliamentary Reporters Association. NPC President Shehyar Khan, while pointing […]
Sialkot: The government will take effective measures to provide security to journalists, Science and Technology Minister Zahid Hamid said on Sunday. He was addressing the media at Badiana, Pasrur. Hamid said that the media shoud promote a softer image of Pakistan. Hamid presented a cheque for Rs. 0.5 Million to the Badiana Press Club. Express […]
MULTAN: Central President of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has said that journalists are less secured than politicians and their lives are in danger, adding the government should take measures to protect their lives. He was talking to the media men where they observed hunger strike at the call of PFUJ in front of Multan […]
The members of Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) staged a protest here on Thursday to condemn the killing of three workers of a private TV channel in Karachi. The protest was led by KhUJ President Nisar Mehmood, General Secretary Tariq Afaq and other senior media persons. The protestors, tying black strips around their arms, urged […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has announced to observe token hunger strike tomorrow (Thursday, 23 January, 2014) throughout the country to protest against non-provision of protection to journalists and media workers. In a press release issued, PFUJ president Rana Azeem and Secretary General Amin Yousaf directed unions of all cities to establish hunger […]
ISLAMABAD: A large number of journalists held a protest demonstration here on Saturday to condemn the killings of three Express News staffers. The protest was held outside the National Press Club by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and was attended by a large number of journalists […]
Condemning the killing of three workers of a private TV channel in Karachi and police atrocity against a local senior journalist, the fraternity on Friday staged a protest demonstration here outside the Press Club. Participants demanded of the Federal and provincial governments to take proactive steps for the protection of working journalists. On the call […]
Three years have passed since the murder of Geo TV journalist Wali Khan Babar in Karachi. While no justice has been found in Babar’s case, his death has not been forgotten. Journalists Beena Sarwar, Umar Cheema, and Malik Siraj Akbar along with CPJ’s Bob Dietz commemorated the anniversary of Babar’s death on Monday during a […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over attack on journalists by people linked to People’s Unity Party (PUP) in Oaxaca on 1 January, 2014. Quoting the information from ARTICLE 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression, PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a […]
The annual toll of journalists killed in connection with their work was again very high in 2013, although this year’s number, 71, was a slight fall (-20%) on last year’s, according to the latest round-up of freedom of information violations that Reporters Without Borders issues every year. There was also a big increase (+129%) in […]
Karachi: In an email sent allegedly by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan media wing, the group claimed responsibility for the recent attack on a media organization in Karachi. They warned that they will now target media houses and hinted at future attacks Express Tribune
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, […]
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 […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression concerned over the recent attack on Honduran journalist, Nery Adalberto Recarte on November 11, 2013 and supports call for implementation of protective measures Quoting the information from Inter American Press Association (IAPA), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in […]
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