Farhatullah for parliamentary body on freedom of expression
September 30, 2018
Some brandish guns, some hold religious books and some others wield contempt law and dissent and as a result free expression is stifled. This has
Freedom of Expression
Journalists plan protest on Oct 9 against curbs on press freedom
September 30, 2018
ABBOTTABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (Afzal Butt group) has given a nationwide call for protest on Oct 9 against mass-scale retrenchments in the
Bar on media to cover PM visit criticised
September 30, 2018
PESHAWAR: Barring official media from covering Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden visit to Peshawar and engagements on Friday shows the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s mistrust in
PPF alarmed at horrific murder of radio reporter in Somalia
September 29, 2018
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Hassan Ali Khayre, Prime Minster of Somalia has expressed deep concern at the horrifying murder of Abdirisak
Freedom of speech and blasphemy
September 28, 2018
Foe few weeks a serious issue, ‘blasphemy’, was the talk of the town. Pakistan had apparently succeeded in stopping the contest of Blasphemous Caricature which
Undermining the media
September 28, 2018
The federal government constituted a ‘content committee’ to approve the issuance of government advertisements to the print and electronic media on September 17, 2018. The
Amnesty, RSF express concern over warrants for journalist’s arrest
September 28, 2018
KARACHI: The Amnesty International and Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) have expressed concern over the issuance of arrest warrants for journalist Cyril Almeida. In a press
