by SAMSN Admin | Mar 9, 2021 | Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release, Threat
A court notice published in The Daily Jang newspaper on February 28 has levelled allegations of criminal conduct against the secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 1, 2021 | Killing, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was previously convicted in the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl, is set to walk free after Pakistan’s Supreme Court on ordered his release January 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
A group of assailants attacked two Abb Takk television journalists on December 18, allegedly in retaliation for stories exposing local mafia operations. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Attack, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
A group of armed persons attacked Abtak News Bureau Chief Sakhar, interior Sindh, Imdad Pholphoto who along with his colleague Altaf Kalorr sustained serious head injuries and got arm fractured. PFUJ President GM Jamali and Secretary General Rana Muhammad Azeem, has...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 6, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Media columnist and social media activist Bayazid Kharoti, who was reported ‘missing’ since November 4, had actually been arrested in Quetta on charges of meddling in the work of police. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | Gender, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
The severity of online threats has promoted a collective of women journalists in Pakistan to take matters into their own hands, writes Lubna Jerar Naqvi. Attacks on women journalists are common in patriarchal societies like Pakistan with threats ranging from verbal...
