LAHORE: Renowned rights activist and writer I.A. Rehman looked back at his life at the Lahore Press Club on Saturday evening, reminding the journalists and media owners of the need to connect to each other and to society to protect
IN Pakistan, journalists have to face pressures from both state and non-state actors while carrying out their routine duty ie informing the public of the facts. At times, media workers have paid with their lives, sometimes for upsetting powerful quarters
A seminar at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday condemned the continuing tendency in the country to murder journalists, and urged the government to ensure protection for media persons. The event was organized jointly by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)
WASHINGTON: An international index for press freedom places Pakistan among the most dangerous countries for journalists – along with the Philippines and Bangladesh – as the world observed on Thursday the “Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.” The
“I AM already on their hit list. I don’t want to win a race against a natural death by writing something about the Taliban,” said Mukarram Khan Atif, with a reluctant smile as he tried to put off my request
RAWALPINDI: Police have acquired the photograph of one of attackers of The News senior investigative reporter Ahmad Noorani, and the sketch of two of the attackers has also been prepared. Six unidentified persons had attacked Ahmad Noorani and his driver
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese editor committed suicide in August 2012. Just a few days before death, Xu Huaiqian gave an interview which was a kind of suicide note. “My pain is I dare to think but I don’t dare to speak
LAHORE: Renowned rights activist and writer I.A. Rehman looked back at his life at the Lahore Press Club on Saturday evening, reminding the journalists and media owners of the need to connect to each other and to society to protect
IN Pakistan, journalists have to face pressures from both state and non-state actors while carrying out their routine duty ie informing the public of the facts. At times, media workers have paid with their lives, sometimes for upsetting powerful quarters
A seminar at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday condemned the continuing tendency in the country to murder journalists, and urged the government to ensure protection for media persons. The event was organized jointly by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)
WASHINGTON: An international index for press freedom places Pakistan among the most dangerous countries for journalists – along with the Philippines and Bangladesh – as the world observed on Thursday the “Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.” The
“I AM already on their hit list. I don’t want to win a race against a natural death by writing something about the Taliban,” said Mukarram Khan Atif, with a reluctant smile as he tried to put off my request
RAWALPINDI: Police have acquired the photograph of one of attackers of The News senior investigative reporter Ahmad Noorani, and the sketch of two of the attackers has also been prepared. Six unidentified persons had attacked Ahmad Noorani and his driver
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese editor committed suicide in August 2012. Just a few days before death, Xu Huaiqian gave an interview which was a kind of suicide note. “My pain is I dare to think but I don’t dare to speak
Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety (PCOMS) is a national alliance of concerned civil society agents, media development groups, journalists’ bodies and media entities collaborating with a one point agenda – to jointly push for protection of journalists and making Pakistan a safer place for media practitioners. Established in 2013 with support from Open Society Foundations, International Media Support and UNESCO, PCOMS has been instrumental in bringing together national stakeholders and interfacing them with international experts working on media freedom globally.
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