PESHAWAR: In a latest incident of violence against media persons, a local journalist was shot dead by two unidentified bike riders on Tuesday night in the city. The victim, Tahir Hussain, was working as crime ...
A collaborative research study ‘Media Ownership Monitor (MOM) Pakistan’ – carried out by the global media rights organisation Reporters Without Borders and Pakistani media watchdog Freedom Network – has found that Pakistan a “high-risk country” in ...
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has taken notice of the social media campaign that has been targeting top journalists of the country. A meeting of PFUJ’s Federal Executive Council criticised the social ...
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Shahzeb Jillani has been booked on charges of cyber terrorism, defamatory remarks and electronic forgery. His fault? Being critical of the government and the permanent institutions of the state. In authoritarian states media freedoms have ...
Pakistan is ranked 139th in the 2018 Press Freedom Index according to the Reporters Sans Frontières. On its website, RSF reported several cases of ‘brazen censorship’. The body cited examples of English daily Dawn and ...
Freedom of speech is considered a basic human right and an important pillar of democracy. In a democratic and egalitarian society, this concept offers people a chance to engage in debate and to bring forward ...
Journalist Ailia Zehra responds to hate and criticism over her recent article criticizing establishment’s policies. She raises concern over journalists being labelled as CIA or RAW agents for voicing out their opinions. Ailia ZehraThe author ...
Canada-based press freedom monitor FreedomTalk has published a report in which it suggested that ‘2018 was the year of increased strangulation for freedom of speech and freedom of expression in Pakistan’. The report claimed that ...