Faisalabad: Faisalabad Union of Journalists (FUJ) on Tuesday took out a rally to mark the International Journalists Day. Participants said most working journalists in Pakistan were deprived of basic facilities like security, life and health insurance and Fair wages. The rally was taken out from City District Government Complex and ended at Katchery Road. Express […]
KARACHI: Chairman of Pakistan Press International and Secretary General of the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), Owais Aslam Ali said that the perpetrators of violence against journalists and media workers enjoy almost absolute impunity in Pakistan, which is seriously hampering press freedom in the country. This he said while answering to various questions asked by Ifex […]
LAHORE: The journalist community across the country on Tuesday observed “Journalists Martyrs Day” on the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) President Rana Muhammad Azeem and Secretary General Amin Yousaf. The community held seminars, rallies and ceremonies in their cities and districts to pay the rich tributes to all those journalists who were […]
PESHAWAR: Journalists on Thursday staged boycott of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s coverage to protest the police highhandedness against their colleague and vowed to continue protest till suspension of SHO Yakatoot Police Station. The journalists, who had fastened black ribbons on their arms, staged walkout from the assembly proceedings at its very outset when lawmaker Nighat […]
With the International Day Against Impunity one month away, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has written to the leaders of Iraq, Russia and Pakistan to urge them and their governments to address the issue of impunity for violence against journalists in their countries. The letters mark the launch of IFJ’s new high profile campaign […]
LAKKI MARWAT: Local journalists held a protest demonstration on Sunday to condemn the killing of their colleague Ayyub Khattak in Karak and attacking another journalist Sardar Shafiq in Abbotabad. Led by Hafiz Minhajud Din, Patron-in-Chief Lakki Marwat Press Club the protesters started a march from main lorry adda and converged at Kargil Chowk. They carried […]
KARACHI: A young journalist accused police on Friday of picking him up and thrashing him last week. Ali K. Chishti, a correspondent of Friday Times, said he was intercepted by some half a dozen policemen in the PECHS area minutes after he had left his office with driver on Aug 30. Mr Chishti, who felt […]
PESHAWAR: Journalists Welfare, Safety and Development Foundation (JWSDF), Pakistan in collaboration with Press Club and Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) organised a two-day training workshop on protecting the life and losses of journalists and carrying their responsibility during reporting in conflicts. Those who addressed the training workshop was included senior journalists, Ismail Khan, Abdullah Jan, Syed […]
ISLAMABAD: A journalist is receiving life threats and obnoxious messages on his mobile phone from some unknown persons while police are doing nothing to protect him. Israr Ahmed, crime reporter of an English national daily, has been given life threats by some unknown persons on his cell number for many days. He has lodged a […]
KARACHI: Terming Pakistan a most dangerous place in the world for journalists, speakers at a media workshop said on Sunday that 65 journalists had been killed in the country over the past five years. Speaking on the first day of a two-day consultative workshop on ‘combating impunity: defending Pakistani media and journalist against attacks’ organised […]
GENEVA: Last year was one of the deadliest on record for journalists, with 141 killed in 29 different countries and Syria the most dangerous place on earth for reporters, a media watchdog said Thursday. The Swiss-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), which fights for the protection of journalists, said the figure was up by 31 per […]
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