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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PESHAWAR: Journalist organisations in different cities staged rallies against attacks on media houses by protesters. The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) on Saturday condemned attacks on the offices of the ARY and Aaj News in Sindh and sought registration of first information report (FIR) against deputy commissioner and an additional assistant commissioner Peshawar in a […]

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REPORTING on trouble spots such as Balochistan or the operation against extremists in the northwest has often brought threats, even violence to the country’s media organisations and their workers. But this past week brought to light a new dimension of the issue that renders the field even more treacherous for media persons and their organisations. […]

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People protesting the execution of Mumtaz Qadri on Friday Pelted the Business Recorder House with stones and chanted slogans against the media organisation. The caused damage to one of the vehicles of the media house and threatened its personnel. The protesters were quoted as saying that “The media organisation gave ‘insufficient’ coverage to the funeral […]

Multan: A threatening poster pasted on the boundary wall of Multan Press Club (MPC) hurled the warning of serious consequences to the media, stirring serious concerns among the journalism fraternity here on Friday. The MPC administration suspected that some unidentified miscreants pasted the threatening poster on the boundary wall in wee hours of Friday at […]

‘Editors for Safety’, an organisation of newspaper editors and heads of television channels working for safety and security of journalists, has expressed it’s serious concern on a series of attacks on journalists and television crews in different cities by supporters of some religious organisations during today’s protest rallies. Reports from Lahore, Karachi, Hyderabad and some […]