Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to IlhamAliyev, President of Republic of Azerbaijan, expressed concern over the harassment of Meydan TV and its members, and regarding the launch criminal investigation against the TV. PPF Secretary General OwaisAslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Azerbaijan to withdraw all the charges against Meydan TV, […]
PARIS: Journalists in Pakistan are targeted from “all sides” even as the conditions for media in the country improved slightly. “Journalists are targeted by extremist groups, militant organisations and state organisations,” stated a new report on press freedom by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The report, released on Wednesday showed that Pakistan had jumped 12 spots […]
Sindh police has reopened investigations into the murder of Shan Dahar, bureau chief of Aab Takk television channel in Larkana. Dahar was murdered on 1 January, 2014, in town of Badah in Larkana. Riaz Khushk, brother-in-law of Dahar had on January 1, 2015 registered a criminal complaint (First Information Report or FIR) of his murder. […]
The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in calling for the formal release of a judicial commission’s report on the 2014 shooting of Geo Television journalist Hamid Mir after details of the report were leaked to the public. The PPF yesterday called on Pakistan Supreme Court Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali […]
Karachi, April 12, 2016: Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) today appealed to Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan, to direct the concerned authorities to officially release the leaked Report of the Commission of Inquiry Regarding Incident of Firing on Hamid Mir along with all annexures and appendixes. The judicial commission was set […]
