A camera operator in southeast Pakistan’s Sindh district has been killed while covering a gunfight between tribesmen near the town of Larkana, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). On 29 May 2006, Munir Ahmed Sangi of Kawish Television Network (KTN) was shot dead in the middle of a fierce gunfight between members of
Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are not the safest areas for journalists. In the province of South Waziristan, authorities routinely bar reporters from entering and journalists who report on the activities of al-Queda supporters are often harassed and threatened. On 7 February 2005, two journalists were shot and killed by armed assailants, report Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to
ISLAMABAD: To devise a national strategy to protect journalists and formulate policies for freedom of expression in the country, a declaration on “safety of journalists” was signed at a hotel on Monday by different stakeholders, including members of the United Nations bodies. The declaration was adopted after a meeting organised to provide Pakistan-specific inputs for a UN strategy to implement
Police in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province are investigating the whereabouts of the mayor of Manshera after he shot and killed a journalist who accused him of running an illegal liquor business. The murder drew outrage from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the World Association of
Pakistani journalist Ameer Bux Barohi was shot and killed on 3 October by three unidentified men in Shikarpur, reported the Pakistan Press Foundation, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). Barohi was returning from police headquarters in a jeep when three
Journalists, politicians and civic leaders, including Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, have condemned the death of Daniel Pearl, South Asian bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. President Pervez Musharraf, on February 22, expressed his deep grief at the murder of Daniel Pearl, Wall Street Journal reporter. In a condolence message, President Musharraf offered his heartfelt condolences to Pearl’s wife, his
KARACHI: As part of a review of Pakistan’s human rights standing, the Netherlands has recommended that Pakistan remove restrictions on internet access. The recommendation is part of a draft report of the UN Human Rights Council working group on the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan. In the draft report, released on November 2, the working group has listed this demand
Berlin: The German Foundation Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftungor FES gives its highest human rights award to the tribal union of journalist or TUJ, FATA. This award is recognition of the work done by the journalists in FATA. TUJ has worked for 20 years to consolidate media freedom and freedom of expression in the region. It represents around 250 journalists in the FATA, working
Commitments must be followed by action said national and international human rights NGOs today in the wake of the second review of Pakistan under the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. NGO representatives said that they feared that an overoptimistic picture of progress since 2008 had been presented by the government delegation, headed by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani
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