Journalist Gharidah Farooqi is no stranger to online attacks but the past few days has seen a new vicious campaign against her which has been condemned by journalists and press rights bodies including the Coalition for Women in Journalism. Social media users have targeted Farooqi and said she is one of the women in Sunday’s […]

ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee of the National Assembly (NA) on Human Rights on Wednesday gave approval the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill 2021 with amendment and now the bill will be presented before the National Assembly for further consideration. The meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Human rights was […]

Nine years ago on September 29, 2012, Abdul Haq Baloch 37, correspondent for ARY News and Secretary General of Khuzdar Press Club, was murdered on his way back to home from Khuzdar Press Club after attending a meeting. Four masked men on motorcycles opened fire on his car, approximately 100 yards away from the press […]

Senior journalist and columnist Waris Raza, who was reportedly abducted from his house in Karachi late on Tuesday night, was released on Wednesday evening, confirmed family and colleagues. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Raza’s daughter Laila said that four vehicles arrived at their residence between 2:30 to 3:00 in the morning and asked for her […]

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the detention of senior journalist Waris Raza and welcomes his safe release. We are alarmed by yet another incident of a journalist being picked up without warrants and being held for hours. It is an alarming trend being used to intimidate the media in the country and to silence voices […]

21 ستمبر 21، 2012 کو اے آر وائی نیوز کے ڈرائیور، محمد عامر لیاقت، خیبر پختونخوا کے شہر پشاور میں اس وقت جاں بحق ہوگئے تھے جب پولیس نے ‘Innocence of Muslims’ نامی ویڈیو کے خلاف ایک سینما کے باہر پر تشدّد احتجاج کرنے والے مظاہرین پر فائرنگ کی۔ پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن ایک فرنٹ لائن […]

On September 21, 2012, a driver for ARY News, Muhammad Aamir Liaquat, was killed in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when police opened fire on demonstrators staging a violence protest outside a cinema against the ‘Innocence of Muslims’ video. Pakistan Press Foundation pays tribute to the work of Liaquat as a frontline media worker. Liaquat received a […]