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Safety of Journalists

Amir Mir’s allegation should be probed, says Khursheed

LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah Sunday said attempt on the life of Geo TV’s senior anchor Hamid Mir was highly regrettable and the nature of allegations leveled by the injured journalist’s brother Amir Mir, demanded that the government and the army should jointly investigate the incident. Talking to media persons at the airport,

Raza Rumi attack perpetrator arrested

LAHORE: Punjab police made a breakthrough on Friday, arresting six people, including the mastermind behind the attack on Express News anchorperson Raza Rumi. Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Chaudhry Shafiq said that the six suspects were involved in assassination attempts on various political and religious persons, adding that they were also involved in terrorism, abduction and cases of extortion. While

MQM protest

Journalists protest murder of colleague

QUETTA: The Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration outside the Press Club against the murder of their colleague, Mumtaz Alam, who was killed in Besima and life threats to senior journalist Imtiaz Alam. The protesting journalists, who were carrying placards and banners, chanted slogans in support of their demands. They demanded immediate arrest of the

Journalists under siege

Protest staged to condemn attack on journalist’s house

PESHAWAR: Local journalists on Monday staged protest on the Sher Shah Suri Road to condemn the grenade attack on the residence of a senior journalist, Jamshed Baghwan. The protestors, who came out from the Peshawar Press Club in a procession, were led by Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) President Nisar Mahmood and Peshawar Press Club President Nasir Hussain. The protesters

Another attack on journalist’s house

The house of Jamshed Baghwan, Bureau Chief of “Express News” attacked once again in the early morning of April 6, 2014 at around 6:25am in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhuwa province of Pakistan. On March 19, an improvised explosive device (IED) with two kilograms of explosives was found in front of his house which was subsequently defused by the Bomb

Express News bureau chief’s residence attacked

PESHAWAR: Masked men hurled a hand grenade at the house of Jamshed Baghwan, the Express News bureau chief in Peshawar, in the Murshiedabad neighbourhood of the city early Sunday morning. The main gate of the house was damaged in the attack which happened just over two weeks after an explosive device was found and subsequently defused by the Bomb Disposal

NA body wants dedicated hotline for journalists

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage on Thursday directed the Ministry of Interior and provincial inspectors general to set up a hotline for the journalists facing life threats from terrorists. While noting that the committee had directed in its meeting on February 14 that a hotline be established for the journalists to contact

NA committee orders police to present report on Raza Rumi attack within 24 hours

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage ordered the Punjab police to present an investigation report on the attack on analyst and Express News show “Khabar Se Agay” anchor Raza Rumi within 24 hours, Express News reported on Thursday. Issuing notices to Punjab chief secretary, Punjab secretary and the inspector general of the Punjab

Media safety protocols

No story is worth your life. Still, as Kati Marton of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) who visited Pakistan last week said in her latest blog “CPJ finds hope for press freedom in Pakistan” “… at least 46 journalists have been killed, 24 of them murdered for the ‘crime’ of covering intelligence services, the Taliban, separatists in Balochistan, or