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World Press Freedom Day and Pakistan

World Press Freedom Day and PakistanThree days ahead of the World Press Freedom Day, 2109, a reporter has been as killed in Dera Ismail Khan’s Parowa area. Malik Amanullah Khan, who had been the chairman of the Parowa Press Club, was a target in a drive-by shooting near Landa

KUJ slams PTI workers over manhandling of female journalists

KUJ slams PTI workers over manhandling of female journalistsKarachi: The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) has strongly condemned the mistreatment and harassment of the female journalists during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s 23rd Foundation Day rally on Sunday. In a joint statement, the president KUJ Hassan Abbas,

Pakistani journalist attacked by police officers

Pakistani journalist attacked by police officersShaukat Korai, court reporter of News One TV channel   was assaulted in the premises of Sindh High Court (SHC) by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) officers in Karachi on April 27. Korai  told Pakistan Press Foundation that he was present in the court for his

Journalists targeted with coordinated smear campaigns online

Journalists targeted with coordinated smear campaigns onlineKARACHI: Twitter users on Friday raised serious concerns over the increasing weaponisation of social media and online smear campaigns against several Pakistani journalists. The first series of the malicious hashtag campaigns emerged as the top three Twitter trends in Pakistan on

PPF condemns attack on journalist in Kabul

PPF condemns attack on journalist in KabulPakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan has expressed concern over the attack on journalist and editor-in-chief of 1TV Abdullah Khejani by the Presidential Protection Guards (PPS) on April 22 in Kabul. PPF Secretary General

Press freedom hero

Press freedom heroIF evidence of the perils of being a journalist in Pakistan today were still needed, the IPI’s Press Freedom Hero Award for this year provides it — resoundingly so. Dawn’s Cyril Almeida has endured an over two-year long campaign both overt and insidious, conducted with the express objective of silencing