Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety

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They tell us about things that some would rather keep in the shadows. Through them, we learn of drug cartels terrorizing communities, of the greedy, reckless, acts of multinationals damaging our land and our water. They report on the exploitation of indigenous communities. They uncover corruption. They tell us who is lying to us – […]

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Send a tweet calling for unbiased investigation: Join us in calling for an end to impunity for the killing of Abb Takk Television journalist, Shan Dahar. Use the tweet provided in the action box to tell authorities in Pakistan to resume investigations immediately. Background: In 2014, Shan Dahar began researching a story about local hospitals […]

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KARACHI: To celebrate the legacy of Daniel Pearl, a concert was held on Tuesday at the US consul-general’s residence near Frere Hall. Pearl, an American journalist, was slain in Karachi in 2002 after being kidnapped while on assignment. Several speeches were delivered before the two bands, The Sketches and Sounds of Kolachi began to play […]

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Vietnam expressed concern over the arrest of Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, an independent blogger for trying to visit an imprisoned political activist in the central coastal town of Nha Trang. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the Vietnam government […]

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This just can’t end well for the government. There’s a nightmare brewing within the corridors of power but strangely all those who should be seriously worried are oblivious to the obvious dangers of cutting the branch they are sitting on. Our very own Cyril Almeida may be off the Exit Control List but who is […]

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ISLAMABAD –  After facing criticism from rights activists and journalists’ bodies, the government yesterday removed the name of journalist Cyril Almeida from ‘no fly list’ as a good will gesture after a meeting with the representatives of the press. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ordered removal of Almeida’s name from the ‘Exit Control List’ […]

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ISLAMABAD –  After facing criticism from rights activists and journalists’ bodies, the government yesterday removed the name of journalist Cyril Almeida from ‘no fly list’ as a good will gesture after a meeting with the representatives of the press. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ordered removal of Almeida’s name from the ‘Exit Control List’ […]