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Journalist Willem Marx Refused Entry Into Pakistan After Reporting On Controversial Balochistan Region

February 21, 2014

By: Dennis Lynch British journalist Willem Marx was recently banned from entering Pakistan after the publication of “Balochistan: At a Crossroads,” his book about a “forgotten” region in that country. Marx was heading to the country for the Lahore Literary Festival. The blockage of Marx’s visa is seen as the latest in a series of moves by the Pakistani government

CPJ slams attacks on two media groups in Karachi

February 20, 2014

NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent watchdog body, condemned Monday’s attacks on two media houses in Karachi – Nawa-i-Waqt media group and Aaj TV – and called on the authorities concerned to bring the perpetrators to justice. “We condemn these latest attacks in Karachi and call on the government to ensure safety of journalists and media workers,”

MQM seeks ban on Taliban’s media coverage

February 20, 2014

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) urged the government on Wednesday to promulgate an ordinance to restrict the print and electronic media from publishing or broadcasting any statement of the Taliban. The MQM coordination committee appealed to the government to provide full protection to all newspaper and electronic media offices so that journalists could continue to perform their professional duties

Attacks on media houses: Journalists warn of countrywide rallies

February 19, 2014

KARACHI/PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD – Like other parts of the country, journalists’ organisations on Tuesday staged protest demonstrations against the bomb attacks on Nawa-i-Waqt Group offices and other media houses in Karachi. Leaders of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists including Khurshid Abbasi, Amin Yousaf, President of Karachi Union of Journalists GM Jamali, Secretary of Karachi Union of Journalists (Dastoor) Sajid Ali Sajid,

Daniel Pearl murder convict attempts suicide in Hyderabad jail

February 16, 2014

HYDERABAD: Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, a death row prisoner convicted in the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl, had attempted suicide in his Hyderabad jail cell earlier this week, just a day before his appeal was to be heard in the Sindh High Court. Shaikh along with his three other accomplices, Salman Saqib, Fahad Naseem and Shaikh Adil, was convicted

Wrong data regarding attacks on journalists by police: National Assembly

February 15, 2014

National Assembly Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage on Friday decided to move a privilege motion against Sindh and Punjab police for providing wrong data regarding attacks on journalists in their respective provinces. A sub-committee was also constituted to look into the issues pertaining to attacks on media persons, compensation to families of killed journalists and creation of

Terrorist threats force Peshawar cinemas to close

February 14, 2014

PESHAWAR: Owners on Thursday closed all cinemas in the provincial capital indefinitely over threats of terrorist attacks. The development comes in the wake of the bombings of two local cinemas, including Picture House near Qissa Khwani and Shama Cinema on Pejagi Road this month, which left at least 18 people dead. “We have closed the cinema for indefinite period as

Second grenade attack on a Pakistani cinema this month

February 13, 2014

13 people were killed and at least 35 were injured on February 11, 2014 in a grenade attack on Shama Cinema, situated near the busy Bacha Khan Square in Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber-Pakhtunkhuwa province. The cinema was known for sometimes showing pornographic films in one of its auditoriums. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. The blast

Putting Press Freedom at the Heart of Anti-Poverty Efforts

February 12, 2014

Umar Cheema, a Pakistani journalist, wrote often about the military. Then one night masked men hauled him from his car and during six hours of torture, sexual humiliation, and threats, they made it clear that the reporting should stop. Cheema not only refused to stop writing, he went public with his ordeal. “I wanted to send a message that I

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Journalist Willem Marx Refused Entry Into Pakistan After Reporting On Controversial Balochistan Region

CPJ slams attacks on two media groups in Karachi

MQM seeks ban on Taliban’s media coverage

Attacks on media houses: Journalists warn of countrywide rallies

Daniel Pearl murder convict attempts suicide in Hyderabad jail

Wrong data regarding attacks on journalists by police: National Assembly

Terrorist threats force Peshawar cinemas to close

Second grenade attack on a Pakistani cinema this month

Putting Press Freedom at the Heart of Anti-Poverty Efforts

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