Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety

Month: June 2018

APNS to play role in voter turnout

KARACHI: The caretaker Sindh Chief Minister, Fazal-ur-Rehman, has said the media is the most important pillar of our country and it has to play a very constructive role in holding free, fair and transparent general elections on July 25. Fazal-ur-Rehman was talking to a delegation of the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) led by its […]

EU election observers informed of media curbs

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Sherry Rehman on Wedn­esday brought to the notice of a European Union delegation the difficulties being faced by media, especially Dawn, across the country. Talking to a four-member delegation of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Pakis­tan led by Michael Gahler, Senator Rehman said […]

CPNE passes resolution against media repression

ISLAMABAD: Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), while declaring the current situation of press freedom in the country “complicated and unsatisfactory”, has said that editors and journalists are forced to self-censor their work amid pressure from certain quarters. According to a statement issued here, this was stated in a resolution that was passed during a […]

PFUJ urges CJP, PM to look into media coercion

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed concern over attempts to gag the print and electronic media through physical intimidation, citing disruption to the distribution of Dawn newspaper and blocking of some news channels on cable network. The PFUJ appealed to caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk and Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian […]

Journalists demand UN probe into Shujaat murder

MUZAFFARABAD: Journalist from across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Wednesday staged demonstrations in front of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to protest against the brutal killing of prominent journalist Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar. They also handed over a memorandum to the United Nations Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) stationed in […]

Journalists protest Shujaat Bukhari’s killing

LAHORE: Journalists on Tuesday condemned the killing of Shujaat Bukhari, editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir, and termed it a great loss for the media fraternity. Staging a demonstration at the Lahore Press Club, they demanded speedy investigation so that killers be identified and punished. They carried placard and chanted slogans “struggle will continue until journalists get […]