Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Media teams attacked while covering protest demonstrations in Pakistan
Activists of the opposition political party PTI harassed Geo News media teams in Lahore, Faisalabad and Karachi. The ARY News channel also complained that workers of the ruling political partyhurled rotten eggs at their van while they were covering the PTI protest in Lahore.
Television news channel illegally suspended in Karachi
On 10 December, the private news channel Saama TV was forced to go off the air in several areas of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, for unknown reasons.
Cable operators suspend transmission of private TV channels in Balochistan province due to threat
The transmission of private TV news channels was suspended in Quetta and certain areas in Balochistan, Pakistan after the nationalist Baloch Students Organisation threatened the cable operators.
TV reporters arrested for exposing illegal transport of arms on Pakistan’s railways
The investigative reporting team of ARY News, a private TV in Pakistan, was arrested and criminally charged for an exposé on the transport of illegal arms and ammunition on state owned railways.
Low powered explosives hurled at TV channels’ vans, staff injured in Islamabad
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.
Pakistani media owner, three others sentenced to 26 years’ imprisonment for blasphemy
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.
Television news channels forced off the air in Karachi due to threats
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.
On Right to Know Day, calls for UN to include free expression rights in development goals
More than 100 civil society organisations ask the UN Secretary General to recognise the importance of free expression rights in the sustainable development goals.