Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
PPF report highlights cases and causes of impunity
The report reveals that while formal criminal complaints are lodged for cases where media workers have been killed, the murders not seriously investigated or prosecuted.
Senior journalist receives death threats
Mohammad Malick believes the threats were a reaction to columns he was written on the “Memogate issue” that were critical of government policies.
Explosion rocks CD market in Swabi
No one was hurt in the blast but six shops were completely destroyed and two others were damaged.
Seventy-seven civil society organisations call on UN to recognise importance of access to information and a free media to sustainable development
Prior to the UN summit of world leaders in Rio in June 2012 (Rio+20) to discuss the environment and sustainable development goals, 77 civil society organisations recommend the adoption of national laws on access to information, public participation and access to justice in the environment, a new UN convention on access to environmental information, and a UN Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Journalist’s home attacked with explosives in South Waziristan tribal area
Jawed Noor said he received death threats prior to the attack and noted that militant groups in the area do not want journalists to publish news against them.
Journalist attacked, seriously injured in tribal area
Khalil Khan Afridi, a senior journalist and former president of the Tribal Union of Journalists, was attacked with a hand grenade as he was returning home in Landikotal.
Bomb blast targets market selling music and video CDs
Militants had earlier warned shopkeepers selling music and video CDs to shut their businesses, saying there was “no room for music in Islam.”
Journalist assaulted by former government minister’s guards
Farhan Effendi was injured when Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Mirza’s guards turned on him during a press conference in Hyderabad.