Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety

Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Monday called upon All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Council for Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) and Pakistan Broadcasters’ Association (PBA) to extend their support to protest sit-in to be staged in front of the Parliament House on December 8 against non-provision of security to the media houses by […]

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SARGODHA: A small home-made explosive device (cracker) was hurled at the offices of Express Media Group on Monday evening with the resulting blast injuring a security guard and damaging a number of vehicles. At least two unidentified men riding on a motorcycle had approached the Express office on University Road at about at about 5:15pm […]

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According to some journalists Pakistan security officials were preventing journalists from investigating about background of Tashfeen Malik, one of the San Bernardino terrorists involved shooting dead 14 people in California. Some foreign journalists probing about life of Malik in the city of Multan in Punjab province of Pakistan complained the security officials did not allow […]

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Islamabad – As many as four committees have been set up to make effective contacts with political parties, civil society organisations, trade unions and journalist organisations to ensure all out participation in protest sit-ins of the journalists in front of national and all provincial assemblies on December 8 against non-provision of security to the media […]

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A receptionist of a television news channel and two police constables were injured on December 1, in an attack by hand grenade on the office of Din News in Lahore, the capital city of Punjab province in Pakistan. The attacker on a motorcycle hurled hand grenade at the office of television channel along with pamphlets […]

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LAHORE: Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade on the Lahore office of a local television channel DIN News on Tuesday evening, injuring four people. According to initial reports, two policemen and a channel staffer was injured in the grenade attack. Police constables Ejaz and Nazir suffered injuries in the attack, details revealed. The attackers also […]

Freedom of Expression

KARACHI: Articles 19 and 19A of the Constitution of Pakistan guarantee citizens’ freedom of speech and expression but why is it that, in 2015, we are not free to express ourselves without fear, asked actress Nadia Jamil while moderating a session on ‘Freedom of Expression. What Sets the Boundaries?’ on day one of the School […]