by SAMSN Admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
The rapid spread of Covid-19 is creating challenges for journalists covering the health crisis in Pakistan, writes Lubna Jerar Naqvi. The first news of coronavirus made its way into the Pakistani media in the last week of January 2020, when four Pakistani students,...
by SAMSN Admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Media Rights Violations, Missing, Pakistan, Release
Sajid Hussain, a Pakistani journalist granted political asylum in Sweden in 2017, is reported as missing. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Svenska Journalistförbundet (SJF) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Censorship, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Politics, Release
Azhar-ul Haq Wahid, a reporter with Channel Five TV and the newspaper Khabrain was released on bail after more than two months in jail for criticising the Pakistani government on social media. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 18, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The body of the journalist Aziz Memon was exhumed on March 15 after a joint investigative team (JIT) found the initial post mortem report ‘unsatisfactory’. Memon was allegedly murdered in Naushero Feroze district on February 16. The International Federation of...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 16, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Censorship, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Right to Information
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) ordered cable operators to relocate Geo TV’s broadcast on March 13 in apparent retaliation for the network’s coverage of the arrest of its editor in chief. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 15, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The editor in chief of Pakistan’s largest media group was arrested over a 34-year old property deal following an investigation by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The International Federation of Journalists...
