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A New Year’s night murder

A New Year’s night murderIt was a little past midnight on Jan 1, 2014. In the town of Badah, Larkana district, journalist Shan Dahar was standing outside a small medical store located in a narrow lane. He had been working on an investigative story about

‫2020-2021 کے دوران پاکستانی ذرائع ابلاغ کے مواد پر بڑھتی ہوئی اظہار رائے کی پابندیوں کا نشانہ بنے

جنوری 2020 سے اپریل 2021 کے عرصہ میں پاکستانیوں کو ذرائع ابلاغ کے مواد پر بڑھتی ہوئی اظہار رائے کی پابندیوں کا نشانہ بنایا گیا اس طرح ملک میں آزادانہ اظہار رائے کے ماحول کو محدود کردیا گیا۔ پاکستان پریس فاؤنڈیشن (پی پی ایف) کی طرف سے جاری کردہ پاکستان پریس فریڈم رپورٹ 2020-2021 کے […]

US expresses concern over Pakistan media restrictions

US expresses concern over Pakistan media restrictionsWASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed concern over “significant restrictions” on media outlets and on the civil society in Pakistan. “Media and content restrictions as well as a lack of accountability for attacks, disappearances

Muzzling the media

Muzzling the mediaWITH World Press Freedom Day around the corner, we are offered with, if nothing else, a delicious excuse to delve into the recent past and make some sort of an assessment, however vague, of where we truly stand — are the gatekeepers of our information

‘Sindh journalist’s protection bill to be tabled soon’

‘Sindh journalist’s protection bill to be tabled soon’KARACHI: A Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) delegation called on Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday, says a handout. President KUJ Nizamuddin Siddiqui, general secretary Fahim Siddiqui and other

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) calls for a judicial inquiry into the armed attack on Absar Alam former chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and former editor of Daily Nation, Islamabad.

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Pakistan ranks 145th in Press Freedom Index

Pakistan ranks 145th in Press Freedom IndexISLAMABAD/ PARIS: The annual report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Tuesday that journalism was at least partly blocked in nearly three-quarters of the 180 countries surveyed. Its World Press Freedom Index found 73 countries “totally blocked