Pakistan TV anchors sexually harassed at work
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in strongly condemning the recent incident of sexual harassment of female anchors at the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV). The IFJ demands immediate...
Journalist murdered in Balochistan, Pakistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in condemning the murder of a journalist in Kalat, Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, January 12. The IFJ demands the...
Magazine editor among disappeared activists in Pakistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in expressing serious concern over the disappearance of a magazine editor and other activists in Pakistan. The IFJ urges the Pakistan government to...
Pakistani TV reporter unlawfully detained for hours
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in expressing serious concerns over the unlawful detention and alleged torture of a television reporter in Sukkur of Sindh Province in Pakistan....
First-aid training saves lives
Several international media organizations give their employees basic first-aid training which helps save lives in the field. Pakistani media organizations focus on how to protect oneself in dangerous situations like firing, riots and terror attacks, which is great but...
Pakistan: Broadcasting authority PEMRA suspends license of two TV channels
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in condemning the action of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) suspending the license of two television channels on November 26. The IFJ...
Law enforcement agencies arrest terrorists involved in attack at Express News in Sargodha
The law enforcement agencies has arrested terrorists involved in cracker attack at the Express News office at Sargodha, a city about 100 KM away from Lahore. The express News office was attacked some four months ago by unknown terrorists. The PFUJ had been protesting...
Why do you need a free media?
Do you know that only 13 percent of the world population enjoys a free press? According to Freedom House report “Press Freedom in 2016” the safety of journalists is guaranteed in just 13 percent of the world’s population. 41 percent of world’s population has a partly...
SAMSN, IFJ demand concrete action to end toxic impunity in South Asia
The South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN), together with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), today issued a stern call to governments in the region to make greater efforts to address toxic levels of impunity that continue to blight journalism and...
Senior Pakistan TV official convicted of sexual harassment
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in welcoming the recent decision by the Federal Ombudsperson Against Harassment of Women in the Workplace to prosecute the director of the state-run...
OTHER NEWS
Pakistani journalist abducted from his home
Pakistan journalist with Daily Jang newspaper is missing after he was abducted from his home in Karachi in the early hours of March 30, 2019. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has raised serious concerns about the disappearance of Matloon Husain Mosavi...
Pakistan: Cameraperson attacked by political party members
A Geo News cameraperson was attacked covering the visit of the Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to the National Accountability Bureau in Islamabad on March 20. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of...
Pakistani journalist arrested over social media posts
Pakistani journalist, Rizawn Razi was arrested on Saturday, February 9, in Lahore, Pakistan over a series of social media posts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly criticise the arrest and...
Pakistan: 7 years after Saleem Shahzad’s killing, impunity remains
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Italian affiliate, the FNSI, in demanding justice for the murder of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad, a correspondent for the Italian news agency Adnkronos (AKI) who was brutally killed in 2011. Saleem...
Over two thousand journalists jobless after newspapers shut in Pakistan
Pakistan’s largest publication house, the Jang Group of Newspapers, shut down five newspapers in various cities rendering hundreds of journalists and media workers jobless on December 16, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan...
TV journalist shot dead in Peshawar, Pakistan
Noor ul Hassan from Royal News TV was killed and cameraman Sabir was injured on December 3, 2018 in Peshawar of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwest Pakistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
Pakistani journalist killed for reporting on drug mafia
Pakistani journalist Sohail Khan was shot and killed just days after filing a story about drug mafia on October 16, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) have condemned the brutal targeted murder....