Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia has expressed concern over the attack on the residence of Zig Info editor Milan Jovanovic in Belgrade suburb, capital of Serbia. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali denounced such attacks on journalists and called on the authorities to immediately investigate and hold […]
KARACHI: Speakers at a session in the ongoing Festival of Arts and Ideas organised by Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) on Thursday said that despite being influenced by highly divisive society of the country, Pakistani media has still managed to play its role in trying to disseminate untwisted information to people. At a session titled […]
US public radio Voice of America (VOA) on Thursday called for Pakistan to lift a block on two of its websites, in Urdu and Pashto, as concerns grow over freedom of speech in the country. “In the interest of press freedom, VOA calls upon those responsible for blocking our content to immediately remove these constraints,” said Amanda Bennett, the director of VOA, in a […]
KARACHI: A Russian professor with expertise in international journalism on Wednesday said Pakistan was better placed than Russia and China, though still “least free” on the freedom of press rankings by two prestigious institutions. Prof Aleksei Bykov, a professor of international journalism associated with the St Petersburg University, Russia, spoke at length on the ‘Lesson […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe has expressed concern over the assault on two journalists by police officers. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali condemned the continued attacks on journalists and media practitioners in Zimbabwe and called on the authorities to look into this matter and punish those officers […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico has expressed deep concern over the murder of journalist Diego García Corona in Ecatepec, State of Mexico. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter has condemned this brutal act and called on the authorities to immediately and thoroughly […]
Police in the city of Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan’s province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) filed cases against two journalists from South Waziristan on December 8 for covering protest rally of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). PTM is a social movement that has been protesting denial of civil and political rights for the ethnic Pakhtuns in Pakistan. The movement is led by Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen, an activist from South Waziristan. Javed Khan, Station House Officer (SHO) lodged criminal […]
