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March 4, 2025

KPC’s Azadi Convention Rejects PECA; Resolves to Oppose it

Attending by politicians, journalists, academics, and lawyers, on March 1, the Karachi Press Club (KPC) held an Azadi Convention against the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Amendment Act 2025. At the outset of the convention, senior journalist Mazhar Abbas likened it to martial law, emphasizing that it was designed to control the right to information rather than address fake …

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KPC’s Azadi Convention Rejects PECA; Resolves to Oppose it

Attending by politicians, journalists, academics, and lawyers, on March 1, the Karachi Press Club (KPC) held an Azadi Convention against the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Amendment Act 2025. At the outset of the convention, senior journalist Mazhar Abbas likened it to martial law, emphasizing that it was designed to control the right to information rather than address fake …

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Police Forcibly Enter Quetta Press Club Undermining its Sanctity and Independence

On March 1, police forcibly entered the Quetta Press Club (QPC) premises and detained candidates who had gone inside the press club for a press conference to protest delays in their appointment letters after appearing in recruitment tests for jobs in the Balochistan Education Department. Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by the decision of the police …

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KPC’s Azadi Convention Rejects PECA; Resolves to Oppose it

Attending by politicians, journalists, academics, and lawyers, on March 1, the Karachi Press Club (KPC) held an Azadi Convention against the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Amendment Act 2025. At the outset of the convention, senior journalist Mazhar Abbas likened it to martial law, emphasizing that it was designed to control the right to information rather than address fake […]

Police Forcibly Enter Quetta Press Club Undermining its Sanctity and Independence

On March 1, police forcibly entered the Quetta Press Club (QPC) premises and detained candidates who had gone inside the press club for a press conference to protest delays in their appointment letters after appearing in recruitment tests for jobs in the Balochistan Education Department. Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by the decision of the police […]

Lahore High Court Issues Notices to Federal Govt, Other Respondents on Petition Challenging PECA Amendment Act 2025

On February 26, the Lahore High Court (LHC) issued notices to the federal government and other respondents in a petition challenging the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act 2025. The petition, filed by Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ-Workers) President Ziaullah Khan Niazi via his counsel Barrister Haris Bhatti, was heard by Justice Farooq Haider. The counsel argued that […]

Police Forcibly Enter Quetta Press Club Undermining its Sanctity and Independence

On March 1, police forcibly entered the Quetta Press Club (QPC) premises and detained candidates who had gone inside the press club for a press conference to protest delays in their appointment letters after appearing in recruitment tests for jobs in the Balochistan Education Department. Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by the decision of the police …

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