Tag: press freedom

--PPP chief criticises decision to suspend standing committee meetings, says they are backbone of parliament  --Expresses concerns over curbs on media ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP)...

ISLAMABAD: As people across the globe observe World Press Freedom Day, an investigative report by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has revealed that 48 journalists were...

LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said that institutional and sectoral reforms initiated by Prime Minister Imran Khan would ensure a positive change...

KARACHI: Pakistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for media persons, as it has already witnessed the murder of 72...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday said that impunity for crimes against journalists was an international issue as undemocratic...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s media was widely seen as among the region’s most vibrant after military rule ended in 2008, but a dozen newspaper and TV...

ANKARA: Turkish police believe prominent Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul after he went missing on...

ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly urged the government to acknowledge and promptly address constraints to press freedom. In a statement released...

While writing a letter to Pakistan’s prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan, an international observer working for the rights of journalists hoped that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its local partner in Pakistan, Freedom Network (FN), have sent a joint letter to caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk,...

Letter sent to PM, CJP, political leaders highlighting threats faced by media KARACHI: All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) here Tuesday expressed concern over prevailing...

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that media faced multiple challenges and threats and tackling them required joint efforts by...

NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Pakistani security forces to immediately release journalist Khalil Afridi, who police are holding without...

  QUETTA: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has declared the prevailing situation regarding press freedom in Balochistan as extremely bad and contrary to democratic...