Pakistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. Media personnel are targeted by militants; religious, ethnic, and separatist groups; intelligence and law enforcement agencies; and even mainstream political parties. The country—a frontline state for almost four decades—suffers from a polarized society and a culture of intolerance. As rule of law […]
KARACHI: A protest rally organised by the students’ wing of a religious party turned violent on Sunday when participants beat up journalists, set fire to a vehicle of a private news channel and attacked the Karachi Press Club over what described as a lack of media coverage of their protest. The Anjuman Talba-i-Islam (ATI), the […]
On Wednesday, the courts in Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs5 million to one of the men accused of gunning down in cold blood journalist Ayub Khattak on Oct 11, 2013. While grief cannot be assuaged, that the long wait for justice — nearly two years in this case […]
KARAK: The district and sessions judge here on Wednesday convicted a man for killing a senior journalist and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs500,000. The judge Syed Kamal Hussain Shah, however, acquitted a co-accused, Khoob Niaz, who is brother of the convict Aminullah, due to lack of evidence. The judge ruled […]
On March 16, 2016, the murderer of journalist Ayub Khattak was awarded life imprisonment with 5 million rupees (US $ 50,000) by District and Sessions Judge in Karak, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. This marks only the fourth conviction for the murder of a journalist out of 49 journalists that have been […]
ISLAMABAD: Terming the ban on media to cover funeral of Mumtaz Qadri as violation of Article 19 of the Constitution, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) maintained that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) caused damage to reputation of independent news channels in the country. Speaking at a meeting, jointly held by the […]
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Offices of television channels were attacked and media crews beaten up on 4 March during protest rallies and sit ins in major cities across Pakistan against the execution of Mumtaz Qadri convicted for murder of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer of whom he was police guard. Qadri had shot Taseer multiple times in 2011 because the […]
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