Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety

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Rising toll of journalist deaths in Balochistan raises concerns: A look at the troubled landscapeSource: Lok Sujag

On September 29, 2012, Abdul Razzaq, who lives in Khuzdar district, Balochistan, received the news that his brother, Abdul Haq Baloch, had been killed by unknown individuals. Abdul Razzaq shares that his brother had been a journalist for ten years and was working with a private TV channel at the time of his death. “A […]

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Pakistan ranked third in the world for imposing internet restrictions

KARACHI: Pakistan has been ranked third in the world over the imposition of internet restrictions in the first half of 2023. According to a report by Surfshark, a virtual private network company headquartered in Lithuania, a half-year analysis of internet shutdown based on the Internet Shutdown Tracker reveals that Pakistan was responsible for three of […]

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Ishaq Dar loses his cool with reporter over question on IMF programme

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar lost his cool with a reporter at the Parliament House on Thursday after being questioned about the completion of the stalled International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. After addressing a National Assembly session, Dar, flanked by his security guards, was departing the Parliament building when a reporter — identified as Shahid Qureshi […]

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Majority of female graduates abandon careers due to societal challenges in KP

PESHAWAR: In a striking trend, despite a growing number of female graduates in Journalism and Mass Communication departments across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa universities, 90 percent of students are abandoning their journalism careers upon completion of their degrees. This unsettling underrepresentation of females in the field has sparked profound questions about the societal norms and the prevailing culture […]

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Majority of female graduates abandon careers due to societal challenges in KP

PESHAWAR: In a striking trend, despite a growing number of female graduates in Journalism and Mass Communication departments across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa universities, 90 percent of students are abandoning their journalism careers upon completion of their degrees. This unsettling underrepresentation of females in the field has sparked profound questions about the societal norms and the prevailing culture […]

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AMEND concerned over ‘undeclared press censorship’ in Pakistan

The Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (Amend) has expressed serious concern over the “undeclared press censorship” as well as the disappearance of journalists and “increasing pressure” being mounted through “unwarranted interference of government and state institutions” in the working of the Pakistani media. An emergency session of Amends’ executive committee was held […]

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Nation demands to know whereabouts of journalists Sami Ibrahim, Imran Riaz Khan: Imran

Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday expressed concerns over the disappearance of prominent journalists Sami Ibrahim and Imran Riaz Khan, demanding transparency regarding their whereabouts. Both senior journalists have gone missing since an aggressive crackdown by the state on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) leadership, workers and supporters started after […]

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