Pakistan Press Foundation

Five media professionals were injured when assailants hurled explosive devices at the TV vanc of three private channels in Islamabad. It is believed that Dawn News was the intended target.

The owner of Geo Television network, Geo TV’s morning show host, actress Veena Malik and her husband have been convicted over a scene loosely based on the marriage of the Prophet Muhammad’s daughter.

Several television news channels went off the air for about six hours in Karachi and other parts of Sindh province after anonymous threats were received.

More than 100 civil society organisations ask the UN Secretary General to recognise the importance of free expression rights in the sustainable development goals.

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) parties vandalised the premises of Geo TV, as well as “The News” and Pakistan’s daily newspaper with the largest circulation, “Jang”.

At least 28 journalists, cameramen and media workers were injured in an attack by Punjab police in Islamabad, while the following day supporters of the PAT and PTI parties stormed the headquarters of state-owned Pakistan Television.

Independent organizations in Egypt face a looming crackdown. The government has threatened to enforce a draconian associations law that became law 12 years ago, but has seldom been enforced.

Two journalists and an accountant were shot dead, when unidentified assailants attacked the offices of the Online International News Network in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province. So far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.