Question of rights
April 10, 2021
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right. Though this right is violated in autocratic governments and dictatorships, all functioning democracies have a mechanism to defend
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PFUJ, PBC, HRCP, SHCBA concerned over proposed amendment
April 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) are deeply concerned about the proposed
Freedom of expression: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) rejects any bid to further gag fundamental right
April 9, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) rejects any attempts to further gag the fundamental right of freedom of expression in the name of preventing defamation and
Daniel Pearl case: Key suspect shifted to Lahore
April 9, 2021
KARACHI: Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, a British-born suspect acquitted recently of kidnapping and murdering US Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl has been shifted to
Panel passes bill seeking to make defaming armed forces punishable crime
April 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Amid stiff resistance offered by the opposition parties, a parliamentary body, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to make intentionally ridiculing and defaming the
US Human Rights Report expresses concern over freedom of expression restriction in Pakistan
April 5, 2021
Pakistan saw “[…] serious restrictions on free expression, the press and the internet including violence against journalists, unjustified arrests and disappearances of journalists, censorship and
Freedom of Expression Report 2020 launched
April 1, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan performed poorly with respect to legal and practical protections for the right to freedom of expression of its citizens during 2020, according to
Question of rights
April 10, 2021
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right. Though this right is violated in autocratic governments and dictatorships, all functioning democracies have a mechanism to defend
PFUJ, PBC, HRCP, SHCBA concerned over proposed amendment
April 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) are deeply concerned about the proposed
Freedom of expression: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) rejects any bid to further gag fundamental right
April 9, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) rejects any attempts to further gag the fundamental right of freedom of expression in the name of preventing defamation and
Daniel Pearl case: Key suspect shifted to Lahore
April 9, 2021
KARACHI: Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, a British-born suspect acquitted recently of kidnapping and murdering US Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl has been shifted to
Panel passes bill seeking to make defaming armed forces punishable crime
April 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Amid stiff resistance offered by the opposition parties, a parliamentary body, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to make intentionally ridiculing and defaming the
US Human Rights Report expresses concern over freedom of expression restriction in Pakistan
April 5, 2021
Pakistan saw “[…] serious restrictions on free expression, the press and the internet including violence against journalists, unjustified arrests and disappearances of journalists, censorship and
Freedom of Expression Report 2020 launched
April 1, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan performed poorly with respect to legal and practical protections for the right to freedom of expression of its citizens during 2020, according to
