Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety

Day: July 21, 2022

Journalist verbally assaulted by police during by-election coverage

While covering by-elections in the Punjab province, a reporter for ARY News was verbally assaulted by Lahore’s capital city police officer. Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the incident. Journalists should be allowed to work without such challenges and their role in ensuring free and fair elections through accurate reporting must not be threatened. On July […]

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Journalists Who Were Harassed, Manhandled and Forced out of Work during Imran Khan’s Rule

Imran Khan claimed that he never issued orders against any journalists and only found out about a journalist’s disappearance or treatment in Cabinet meetings. On July 16th  2022 at a seminar on media freedom in Islamabad, former PM and PTI Chairman Imran Khan claimed that he never issued orders against any journalists and only found […]

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