Freedom of speech
By: HASSAN MUNIR Before the Holocaust, ‘freedom of speech’ was misused. Cartoons dehumanising Jews were published along with a hate campaign resulting in the worst massacre killing millions of Jews. … Read More
Author: PPF Editor
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is an independent media research, documentation and training centre working to promote and defend freedom of press.
YouTube ban and the awry aftermath
The YouTube ban in Pakistan entered into its third week yesterday. Government had issued orders last month to impose a blanket ban on the video sharing website in response to … Read More
Freedom of expression and reaction
By: N. Elahi Ever since the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten committed the temerity to publish caricatures of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in 2005 and defended it on the basis of the right … Read More
Attacks on cinemas
There has to be a limit to senselessness. After all, human beings have been gifted with the capacity to reason and think. But we saw this ability vanish completely on … Read More
Free speech
By: Bina Shah Is the anti-Muslim video, Innocence of Muslims, an issue of free speech or hate speech? That’s the question foremost on my mind as I think back to … Read More
Fata journalists face high security threat
ISLAMABAD: More than 50 per cent journalists from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have received threats of various kinds during last year while at least 33 per cent of … Read More
Pakistani newspaper ban in Afghanistan
By: AYAANA MALIK The Afghan government has banned Pakistani newspapers, which clearly exemplifies the sentiments of the US-backed Afghan government, while the criticism arising from within the Afghan community for … Read More
‘Misuse’ of freedom of expression
By: HUMAIRA KANWAL PEOPLE are abusing the movie’s team and advising each other over cell phones and online social networks to share those abusing remarks to register their protest. I … Read More