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Pakistani journalist beaten in head during protests, accuses police in the attack

September 6, 2014

WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Azam Khan, a Pakistani journalist who freelances for Thomson Reuters Foundation, is recovering from head injuries sustained on Sunday while covering anti-government protests in Islamabad. Khan said police beat him with clubs outside the parliament building and accused the media of stirring up the protests. He was returning to the Express Tribune newspaper offices after

Journalist bodies ask Afghan govt to release Pakistani journalist

August 10, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Journalist bodies have demanded the Afghan government to immediately release Pakistani journalist Faizullah Khan, who had mistakenly crossed the Afghan border and was sentenced to four years prison sentence by the Afghan authorities. “It is amazing that Pakistan is accommodating 3.5 million illegal Afghan immigrants; however, a journalist who mistakenly crossed the border was sentenced to four years in

President confirms efforts for the release of Pakistani journalist

August 3, 2014

Karachi: President Mamnoon Hussain said today that all-out efforts are under way for early release of Pakistani journalist Faizullah Khan, who is imprisoned in Afghanistan. Talking to a journalists’ delegation, he said, if needed, he would personally talk to President Hamid Karzai for the release of Faizullah. The delegation informed the President that an Afghan court has sentenced Faizullah Khan

Pakistan asks Karzai to pardon jailed journalist before Eid

July 25, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday appealed to Afghan President Hamid Karzai to issue a pardon to a journalist facing a four-year jail term in Afghanistan for “contacting terrorists”. Faizullah Khan, a reporter with the Pakistani private TV channel, ARY News, was arrested in April by Afghan security forces in Nangarhar Province. He was sentenced earlier this month to four years in

Kabul asked to release Pakistani journalist

July 17, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Mediapersons and politicians on Wednesday expressed their resolve to use all influence with the Afghan authorities to ensure the release of Pakistani journalists Faizullah Khan. Last week, the Karachi based reporter was convicted by a Jalalabad court to serve a four year jail on charges of spying as he entered the country without legal permission. Speaking at the protest

Attack on Hamid Mir damaged press freedom

Hamid Mir and the state

April 22, 2014

Hamid Mir and the stateThe outrageous attempt to murder Hamid Mir, arguably Pakistan’s most prominent TV anchor today, is just one more exposure of the utter breakdown of governance throughout Pakistan which, not to put too fine a point on it, is tantamount to the ultimate disaster of state failure. This is not because of this one outrage alone. Nor

Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir victim of attempted murder

April 22, 2014

VIENNA, April 21, 2014 – Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir, a renowned television presenter with the country’s Geo TV, was the victim of yet another attack on Saturday evening, which left him seriously wounded. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Mir’s car as the journalist was driving on his way from the Karachi airport to the studios of Geo TV. Mir, who

Putting Press Freedom at the Heart of Anti-Poverty Efforts

February 12, 2014

Umar Cheema, a Pakistani journalist, wrote often about the military. Then one night masked men hauled him from his car and during six hours of torture, sexual humiliation, and threats, they made it clear that the reporting should stop. Cheema not only refused to stop writing, he went public with his ordeal. “I wanted to send a message that I

UNESCO chief slams murder of Pakistani journalist

August 27, 2013

UNITED NATIONS: The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom Monday condemned the murder of Pakistani journalist Haji Abdul Razzak as well as the deaths of there journalists in Egypt and one in Guatemala, calling for a thorough investigation into these incidents. Mr Razzak, 35, was a reporter for the Urdu-language newspaper Daily Tawar. His mutilated

Pakistani journalist beaten in head during protests, accuses police in the attack

Journalist bodies ask Afghan govt to release Pakistani journalist

President confirms efforts for the release of Pakistani journalist

Pakistan asks Karzai to pardon jailed journalist before Eid

Kabul asked to release Pakistani journalist

Hamid Mir and the state

Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir victim of attempted murder

Putting Press Freedom at the Heart of Anti-Poverty Efforts

UNESCO chief slams murder of Pakistani journalist

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