ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Tuesday said that a judicial commission would be constituted to ascertain facts about the killing of a private news channel journalist in Khuzdar. The commission, to be headed by a senior judge with members from journalist community, will find the facts about the killing of Abdul Haq Baloch, a working journalist, he added.
PESHAWAR: The local journalists on Wednesday staged protest against the killing of a newsman in Khuzdar, Balochistan. C arrying placards and banners, the journalists gathered protested the Peshawar Press Club and chanted slogans against the government. Speaking on the occasion, the journalists’ representatives said the government had failed to provide them security. They asked the government to bring the killers
By Shafqat Hussain There has been an overkill of analyses worldwide with regard to Muslims’ reaction to the hateful video disrespecting the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in the Western media. These analyses can be divided into two types. The first type focuses on the Muslims’ reaction in terms of the Muslim ‘psychology’, concluding that Muslims are unable to handle difference
Quetta: Provincial Information Minister Mohammad Younus Mullazai on Wednesday said that prevailing environment has endangered the lives of hundreds of journalists working in various media outlets in Balochistan. Talking to media persons during his visit to Press Club here to handover the withdrawal copy of the FIR lodged against the journalists for allegedly violating the red zone area during their
The war in Afghanistan once again thrust Pakistan into the role of a frontline state, and the country became the focus of the international media. Many within and outside the country feared the decision by the Pakistan government to become part of the American-led coalition would prove to be divisive, and that fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, would have
Eleven incidents of attacking and suppressing media and its correspondents have been taken place from January to April 2005 in Pakistan. Two reporters from tribal areas were killed in an attack during this period. Numbers of journalists were injured in these attacks. In this period there were cases of baton charging on journalists, reports of throwing bombs, illegal detentions, attack
During the period eight Dailies, Weeklies, Fortnightly across Pakistan were raided, sealed and clamped down by state machinery according to data compiled through national newspapers. The four months period witnessed a hard billow to freedom of press on the pretext that the publications were to cause nation-wide anarchy by publishing ‘hate materials’. Two journalists were killed and three others were
Introduction 2005 was a difficult year for Pakistani media. Pakistani journalists were subjected to attacks, threats and harassment from institutions of state including law enforcement agencies as well as political, religious, nationalist and militant organizations. The large number of incidents of violence against the print and electronic media and use of other coercive tactics such as use of laws and
Attacks on Journalists and Media Organizations during 2006 Introduction Media organizations and journalists in Pakistan were targeted by government authorities, militant groups, intelligence agencies as well as political and religious groups during 2006. Journalists throughout Pakistan were killed, abducted, injured, harassed and intimidated while fulfilling their duties. Most journalists in tribal areas have either been forced to give up their
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