SUKKUR: A day after being sealed by the district administration to avert a clash between two groups of journalists, Larkana Press Club was opened on Wednesday and forcibly occupied. The group occupying the club has deployed armed men inside the building. Two groups of journalists have been at war since the past few years over ownership […]

LARKANA: An armed group belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) attacked the Larkana Press Club, destroyed its property and warned the journalists not to give coverage to any other candidate contesting against Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the by-elections, otherwise the repercussions would be severe. On the other hand, Sindh Home Minister Suhail Anwar Siyal […]

BAJAUR AGENCY –  Frequent threats to media persons from militants groups have triggered fear and panic among the journalist community in Bajaur Agency. A number of journalists in Bajaur Agency, working with different national and international media organisations have said that they have received threats from different banned militant groups living in Afghanistan over their […]

With two weeks having passed since five social media activists went missing, a civil society demonstration organised opposite the Arts Council, Karachi to demand recovery of all missing persons saw over a hundred protesters who stood united against the impending threat at the hands of a religious group, Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY). Planned […]

ISLAMABAD –  The families of two missing bloggers claimed their loved ones were innocent on Wednesday and appealed for their safe return as soon as possible. A total of five men, who had stood against religious intolerance and at times criticised military, vanished within days of each other earlier this month, sparking fears of a […]

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) voiced concern over the violation of media rights in Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Venezuela. On Jan 13, PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali wrote to President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan regarding the detention and alleged torture of award-winning journalist Mehman Huseynov. Huseynov was picked up on Monday evening and held […]

Karachi, Jan 18 (PPI):  Majority of journalists witness traumatic events and should get regular psychological counseling and medical check-ups to ensure their physical as well as psycho-social safety and productivity. Media houses also need to develop implementation of safety protocols in the field and anti-sexual harassment policies for female journalists. These were some of the […]