ISLAMABAD: Ahmad Waqas Goraya, an activist abducted last month and returned a few weeks later, has broken his silence on his disappearance, but is refusing to point fingers. Goraya was among five activists who vanished in different cities of Pakistan in early January. Human Rights Watch, opposition lawmakers and other activists have said their near […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Sheikh Hasina Wazid, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, expressed concerned over the killing of Abdul Hakin Shimul associated with the Bangla-language daily Samakal. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali urged the government of Bangladesh the culprits with weapons used in the incident and we urge your government to […]
ISLAMABAD: A digital activist abducted last month has broken his silence on his weeks-long disappearance, but is refusing to point fingers at the abductors. Ahmad Waqass Goraya was among five activists who vanished from different cities of Pakistan in early January. Human Rights Watch, opposition lawmakers and activists have said their near simultaneous abductions pointed to […]
KARACHI: In the light of a recent Supreme Court order that halted airing of hateful content on electronic media, activists from various civil rights organisations held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss their concerns for safety amid “attacks on free speech” and asked if the state was “still backing fascist gangs on streets”. The concern […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom President of the Republic of Maldives, expressed concerned over the court judgment on January 24 to fine two Raajje TV, journalists Leevaan Ali Nasir and Mohamed Wisam for ‘obstructing police officers’ during Reporting. And urges to lift charges against the TV’s cameraman Adam […]
Reproduced below are parts of two much longer articles published in May 2014. The articles were of a series written in the context of the shooting of Hamid Mir in the same year and what happened subsequently. The main thrust of the arguments retains its relevance even today. Both in misery and maturity Pakistan may […]
It has a small but dedicated readership — a smart, knowledgeable online publication catering to a young, politically savvy class of readers. In short, ‘Khabaristan Times’, the satirical Pakistan website poking fun at state and society in equal measure, is a project worth admiring — and vigorously defending when it comes under attack by a […]
