Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety

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TO: His excellency, Klaus Johannis, President of Romania CC: Mr. Petre Tobă, Minister of Internal Affairs Mr. Eduard Helvig, Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service Dear President Johannis, The undersigned members of IFEX, the global network promoting and defending freedom of expression worldwide, express their profound concern over the surveillance operations recently conducted by unknown […]

Freedom of ExpressionSecurity of Journalists

ISLAMABAD: A spokesperson for the government has rebutted the assertions of Reporters Without Borders regarding inadequate government’s measures to provide security to journalists, media workers and houses. The spokesperson said the present government is committed to the security of media houses and working journalists in the country and is taking all necessary steps to create […]

Freedom of ExpressionPFUJSecurity of Journalists

ISLAMABAD: The journalists staged a protest sit-in in front of the Parliament House on Tuesday against non-provision of security to the media houses with the government officials pledging the comprehensive arrangements would be made to ensure foolproof security of the journalists in their workplaces. The protest sit-in, staged on the call of Pakistan Federal Union […]

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ISLAMABAD / LAHORE / KARACHI: Journalist organisations and civil society held on Tuesday protest demonstrations across Pakistan against Monday’s cracker attack on Express News’ Sargodha office. The attack had left a security guard injured and many vehicles damaged. Addressing the demonstration in Islamabad, the Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said the ink of the pen had […]

Express NewsFreedom of Expression

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the government’s failure to respond to a wave of attacks on media outlets throughout Pakistan in recent weeks and the absence of effective measures to protect news organizations and journalists. In the latest attack, two individuals on a motorcycle threw a homemade bomb at the bureau of the TV news […]

Freedom of ExpressionTerrorism

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid Tuesday said that the journalists and security forces had made great sacrifices in the fight against terrorism by laying down their lives. Addressing the participants of a journalists organizations’ sit-in here in front of the Parliament House, he said without the sacrifices of security […]

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On December 7, a security guard of Express News television channel was injured when two unidentified men threw a homemade explosive device in their office in the city of Sargodha in the Punjab province. The attackers who had come on a motorcycle, knocked on the gate and when the security opened it, they hurled the […]