Punjab Assembly in Pakistan passed new law: Journalists reject, stage protest
Islamabad: Several journalist associations have rejected Punjab Assembly's new law as an attack on press freedom wherein the so-called judicial committee of the house may penalise in a summary trial any journalist or bureaucrat for breach of a privilege of the house, any of its committee or a member.
PM Imran Khan govt's claim of Pakistan press being free is nothing but a 'bald-faced lie': Dawn News
Islamabad: A leading Pakistani news paper has opined that for PM Imran Khan-led government functionaries to insist that the press in the country is free, as they are wont to do sometimes, is no less than a bald-faced lie.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led govt has gagged media: Bilawal Bhutto
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slammed PM Imran Khan-led government and said it has chained press freedoms in Pakistan through threats, intimidation, and pressure tactics.
Report finds grim picture of journalism in Pakistan
Islamabad: Freedom Network’s annual state of Pakistan Press Freedom 2021 report hsa found an escalation in the climate of harassment of media and journalists is leaving an adverse impact on the freedom of expression and access to information in Pakistan.
Pakistani media rights watchdog report highlights worrying climate of press freedom in country
Islamabad: At least 91 cases, including seven murders of journalists and a blogger, attacks and other violations, against media and its practitioners have been documented in Pakistan over the course of one year – between May 2019 and April 2020 – signifying a worryingly escalating climate of intimidation and harassment that is adversely affecting the freedom of expression.
Islamabad/IBNS: Demanding release of Jang Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman (MSR), the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, has written a letter to Pakistan PM Imran Khan.
UK, US slam arrest of Pakistan's Jang Geo Media Group Editor-In-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
Islamabad/IBNS: The arrest of Editor-in-Chief of Jang Geo Media Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman by Pakistani authorities in connection with a case pertaining to the purchase of a 54-kanal piece of land, which appears like a crackdown for its anti-establishment reporting, has triggered criticisms from countries like the USA and the UK.