A local journalist, Shah Zaman, was abducted from his home in Tank on Monday night, family of the journalist alleged. Zaman’s brothers, Shah Farman and Ismail, informed DawnNewsTV that five unknown armed men raided their residence and took Zaman away forcefully. They

WANA: The father of a former militant commander on Monday threatened to kill four local journalists from South Waziristan Agency. Anwar Ali Khan Lohar, the father of former militant commander Zafar Ali Lohar, issued the threat during a jirga of

ORAKZAI AGENCY: A ban has been imposed on the entry of journalists to Orakzai Agency and giving media coverage to inmates in the said tribal area. Talking to Khyber News, President Orakzai press club Saleh Din said that

KARACHI: International media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the immediate release of two journalists held by the police in Sindh. According to the RSF, both journalists were victims of enforced disappearances before the police confirmed their arrests. Rafaqat Ali

BADIN: The Hyderabad Union of Journalists (HUJ) staged a protest demonstration against the attack on the Mirpur Khas press club in front of the Hyderabad press club. The protest included PFUJ Central Vice President

MIRPURKHAS: A group of unruly men, said to be religious extremists, stormed the press club and ransacked furniture and fixture during a protest in the city on Saturday against alleged desecration of holy names. The intruders subjected

KARACHI: Amnesty International has criticised what it claims is an “intensifying” crackdown on freedom of expression in Pakistan, according to an an annual report of the London-based human rights group released on Thursday.

LAHORE: An undeclared gag on media is in place in Pakistan as journalists are prone to employ self-censorship while reporting on sensitive subjects. The views were expressed by Steven Butler, Asian Program Coordinator of Committee to Protect Journalists, Ahmed Rashid, Member Board of