Pakistan: BOL president and assistant vice president abducted
Nabeel Jakhura and Shabi Al Hassan, the president and assistant vice president of BOL Network respectively, were abducted in Karachi on October 8. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)...
Pakistan: Journalist Abid Hussain shot dead
Pakistani journalist Abid Hussain Abidi, affiliated with local newspaper Jurm-o- Saza, was shot dead in Mandi Bahaudin in the Malikwal district on September 25 by unidentified gunmen. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the...
Pakistan: Channel 24 journalist arrested on false charges
Ehtisham Kiyani, a reporter for Channel 24 was arrested on false charges for allegedly bearing weapons in Islamabad’s High Court. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn his...
Pakistan: Three journalists face sedition charges under cybercrime law
Journalists Asad Toor, Bilal Farooqi, and Absar Alam have all been charged with sedition between September 11 and September 16 for publishing allegedy ‘objectionable’ and ‘derogatory’ material online. The charges have been set under Pakistan’s sweeping 2016 Prevention...
Pakistan: Women journalists unite against digital abuse
ore than 150 Pakistani women journalists released a statement on September 7 detailing the gender-based attacks that are increasingly impacting their safety and ability to work. Titled ‘Together Against Digital Abuse’, the statement also puts forward a list of demands...
Pakistan: PEMRA imposes 24NewsHD’s shutdown
Media workers from Pakistan’s 24NewsHD are facing the possibility of job-losses after the channel was suspended by The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and ceased operation on August 31. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its...
Pakistan: Female journalist fatally shot in Balochistan
Journalist Shaheena Shaheen was shot dead in her home on September 5 in Turbat, Kech in a suspected domestic violence offence. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) along with its Pakistan affiliate, the Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) express their...
Pakistan: Journalists received death threats for allegedly publishing fake news
Journalists Ahmad Noorani and Gul Bukhari have received death threats for publishing a news report that is accused of being ‘fake’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the threats and urges the Pakistan authorities to investigate the case....
Pakistan: Senate passes ‘Press Council Bill 2020’ and ‘PEMRA ordinance’
Pakistan’s senate standing committee on information and broadcasting passed amendments on August 26 to the Press Council of Pakistan Bill (2020) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority ‘ordinance’. The amendments opens up the chairperson role of the...
Pakistan: Drug dealer attacks Daily Sahafat journalist
Abbas Ali Jutt, a journalist affiliated with Daily Sahafat and general secretary of Okara Union of Journalist, was attacked in Okara district, Punjab on August 8, 2020. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal...
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Pakistan: PFUJ Secretary General receives death threat
Media union leader Rana Muhammad Azeem, secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), received a death threat after exposing a mafia gangster in a television appearance. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Pakistan...
Pakistan: Press Release
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned murder threats to PFUJ Secretary General Rana Muhammad Azeem for exposing mafia in his TV talk show and demanded Chief Minister Punjab and IG Punjab Police to provide security to PFUJ Secretary...
Pakistan: Hindu minority journalist murdered
Ajay Lalwani, a reporter with Royal News TV and Daily Puchano died on March 18 after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds in an attack in Sindh province. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of...
Pakistan: Criminal accusation notice published against Pakistan union leader
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...
Pakistan: Man accused of beheading Daniel Pearl set to walk free
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) opposes...
Pakistan: Local mafia attack Abb Takk journalists
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...
Pakistan: Abb Takk journalists attacked
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...