Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety

Month: August 2016

Muttahida leaders, workers remanded in media attack case

KARACHI: The administrative judge of antiterrorism courts remanded on Tuesday three leaders and 11 workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in police custody in a case pertaining to the attacks on media houses. Police produced MQM leaders Kanwar Naveed Jameel, Qamar Mansoor and Shahid Pasha and 11 party activists — Rao Tariq, Mohammed Saleem, Syed […]

Political party workers attack media houses

Karachi: Three cameramen of television channels covering the protest of Muttahada Qaumi Movement (MQM) political party were injured when protesters turned violent on August 22, 2016. Those injured included Muhammad Safeer of Samaa News, Rehan Ahmed of NEO News and Usman Shareef of 24 channel. Safeer and Ahmed received injuries in their leg and Shareef […]

TV anchor’s issue: Pemra violated rules, observes Senate body

The Senate Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage avowed that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) action against journalist Shahid Masood of ARY channel was a violation of law and code of conduct. The committee chaired by Senator Kamil Ali Agha held on Monday expressed serious concerns over the “restrictions” on freedom of […]

Pervaiz condemns attack on news channel van

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Thursday strongly condemned incident of firing on van of Dawn News television channel in Karachi. In a statement issued here the minister said that such attacks tantamount to attack on freedom of expression and unacceptable for the government. In coordination with provincial governments […]