Security of Journalists

Journalist bodies out in rage; traders, lawyers condemn Aheer attack

June 3, 2014

LAHORE: People from all walks of life including journalist bodies leaders and trader and lawyer representatives have strongly condemned the attack on Daily Jang Multan Resident Editor Zafar Aaheer and demanded immediate arrest of the assailants. Protest against suspension of Geo TV Network transmission continued on Monday as people from different walks of life vehemently condemned the move aimed at

Minister, PFUJ, CPNE condemn attack on Aheer

June 3, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid, on Monday called senior journalist Zafar Aaheer on telephone and inquired after him. While talking to the senior journalist, the minister condemned the assault on him in Multan.He said that the government believed in freedom of expression and would take every possible step to ensure the security of

Journalist of Jang group Assaulted in Punjab

June 3, 2014

Zafar Aheer, Resident Editor of “Daily Jang” was attacked by unknown armed men while returning home from work on May 31, 2014 in the city of Multan of Punjab province. He was shifted to the hospital and is in stable. Aheer told Pakistan Press Foundation that he was going home from work when six masked men, riding two motorcycles and

APNS condemns attack on Jang editor in Multan

June 2, 2014

KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) strongly condemned the continued acts of vandalism, harassment and intimidation unleashed against a particular and targeted media house, stated a press release issued on Sunday. The APNS noted with concern that in the wee hours of Sunday morning, some hooligans attacked, abused and brutally tortured Zafar Aheer, Editor Daily Jang Multan. This heinous

Democracy can’t be ‘chopped up like vegetables’: Saad

June 2, 2014

LAHORE: Senior journalists and political leaders here on Sunday condemned the attack on Jang Multan Resident Editor Zafar Aaheer by masked men and the burning of Jang vehicles across the country. Speaking at a seminar, organised at the Lahore Press Club on Sunday, they expressed solidarity with Geo/Jang Group and Hamid Mir and called upon the PML-N government to re-establish

Government put on notice in missing journalist’s case

June 1, 2014

Karachi: The Sindh High Court took notice on Saturday of a journalist’s disappearance and issued notices to the interior secretary, the home secretary and federal and provincial law officers to file comments on his whereabouts. Sania Faizullah, wife of Karachi-based journalist Faizullah Khan, had filed an application with the court about her husband who had gone missing from the tribal

Hamid Mir records statement before Judicial Commission

May 20, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and anchorperson of Geo TV Hamid Mir on Monday appeared before the Judicial Commission in the Supreme Court and recorded his statement. Hamid Mir, who arrived in the Supreme Court on a wheelchair along with a large number of media persons, appeared before the Judicial Commission for the second time and recorded his statement before the commission,

Attack on Hamid Mir damaged press freedom

Hamid Mir — a symbol of bravery and courage

May 19, 2014

I can never forget November 26, 2012 when in the afternoon Mr. Hamid Mir called me telling that there was a bomb found installed in his car. The next thing, he quickly told me not saying further about what he was going through, but about the panelists he was interested to have in the show, and also asked me to

Media and democracy rise and fall together

May 19, 2014

Media is under attack within and without — raft with dangers of its crumbling as a fourth pillar of the state. The whole edifice of democratic dispensation will also teeter as a consequence if this divisive tide continues to sway the media landscape of the country. Indeed the vision of Pakistan of the founding founders who conceived the new country

Journalist bodies out in rage; traders, lawyers condemn Aheer attack

Minister, PFUJ, CPNE condemn attack on Aheer

Journalist of Jang group Assaulted in Punjab

APNS condemns attack on Jang editor in Multan

Democracy can’t be ‘chopped up like vegetables’: Saad

Government put on notice in missing journalist’s case

Hamid Mir records statement before Judicial Commission

Hamid Mir — a symbol of bravery and courage

Media and democracy rise and fall together

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