WANA: The father of a former militant commander on Monday threatened to kill four local journalists from South Waziristan Agency. Anwar Ali Khan Lohar, the father of former militant commander Zafar Ali Lohar, issued the threat during a jirga of tribal elders of South Waziristan in Tank. The jirga was convened to discuss the problems facing the […]

ORAKZAI AGENCY: A ban has been imposed on the entry of journalists to Orakzai Agency and giving media coverage to inmates in the said tribal area. Talking to Khyber News, President Orakzai press club Saleh Din said that journalists had been banned to enter Orakzai Agency and give media coverage to inmates. He added that […]

KARACHI: International media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the immediate release of two journalists held by the police in Sindh. According to the RSF, both journalists were victims of enforced disappearances before the police confirmed their arrests. Rafaqat Ali Jarwar, correspondent of Daily Koshish in Tanda Bago — a small town […]

BADIN: The Hyderabad Union of Journalists (HUJ) staged a protest demonstration against the attack on the Mirpur Khas press club in front of the Hyderabad press club. The protest included PFUJ Central Vice President Khalid Khokhar, Lala Rehman Samoon, HUJ President Jai Parkash Morani, Joint Secretary Fahim Baber, Finance Secretary Zaffar Hakro, members of the executive […]

MIRPURKHAS: A group of unruly men, said to be religious extremists, stormed the press club and ransacked furniture and fixture during a protest in the city on Saturday against alleged desecration of holy names. The intruders subjected the media people to threats until the police arrived. Groups of emotionally charged activists of a religious organisation […]

KARACHI: Amnesty International has criticised what it claims is an “intensifying” crackdown on freedom of expression in Pakistan, according to an an annual report of the London-based human rights group released on Thursday. The report has also condemned the use of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 to “intimidate, harass and arbitrarily detain human […]

LAHORE: An undeclared gag on media is in place in Pakistan as journalists are prone to employ self-censorship while reporting on sensitive subjects. The views were expressed by Steven Butler, Asian Program Coordinator of Committee to Protect Journalists, Ahmed Rashid, Member Board of Directors CPJ, and Mustafa Hameed, Producer at CPJ, at a “Meet the […]