Freedom of Expression
ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Various media organizations Friday rejected the Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed by the Punjab Assembly, terming it an attempt to suppress the press freedom in the province. The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ) issued separate statements and strongly condemned the […]
Freedom of Expression
LAHORE – Punjab Governor Ch Sarwar Friday announced to revoke all the press related amendments introduced in the recently passed Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Act, 2021. The journalists, protesting outside Governor House, also ended their sit-in following the announcement by the governor. According to details, the Punjab governor visited the sit-in staged […]
Freedom of Expression
LAHORE: Various journalist organizations have rejected as an attack on the press freedom the recently passed law by the Punjab Assembly wherein the so-called judicial committee of the house may penalize in a summary trial any journalist or bureaucrat for breach of a privilege of the house, any of its committee or a member. The […]
Freedom of Expression
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed concern over remarks made by Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry that some journalists staged attacks on themselves to strengthen their case for seeking political asylum abroad. The minister had said in a television program recently that “condemnation of attacks on journalists (by journalists or journalists’ […]
Freedom of Expression
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) remembers the life of Javed Khan, a camera for the Islamabad-based daily Markaz and the UK-based DM Digital TV television station, who was killed on July 3, 2007 while covering clashes between law enforcement agencies and he student of the Lal Masjid, a mosque in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad The administration and students of Lal Masjid had […]
Freedom of Expression
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday warned the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing to exercise its powers judiciously or else the court would impose heavy cost on the investigation officers for misuse of authority. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah was hearing the petitions filed against the ongoing inquiries by the FIA’s cybercrime […]
Freedom of Expression
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has shown serious concern over the comments of Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry claiming that some journalists stage attacks for seeking political asylum abroad. Appearing on a television show the information minister had also said that “condemnation of attack on journalists (by journalists or journalists’ organisations) […]