Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Journalist arrested, threatened by police in Quetta
Jamal Tarakai is apparently being targeted because of evidence he presented to a tribunal regarding an incident involving the security forces firing on five Chechens.
“Guardian” journalist assaulted by police
Waqar Kiani was attacked five days after a news report was published in “The Guardian” about abduction and torture by suspected Pakistani intelligence agents in July 2008 in Islamabad.
Injured journalist dies of blast wounds
Shafiullah Khan, a young trainee reporter at “The News”, succumbed to critical wounds he received a week earlier during two deadly blasts that ripped through the military cantonment’s Khyber Supermarket, in Peshawar.
Seven journalists injured in attack by students during protests
Ayaz Ali Sheikh, Iqrar, Zafar Iqbal, Zafarul Islam, Suhail Qureshi, Tariq Nazir Chaudhry and Shahzad Anwar were attacked by students and sustained injuries; two of the journalists were rushed to the hospital.
Journalist killed, eight others injured in Peshawar blasts
Journalist Asfandyar Abid Naveed was killed and eight others were injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the Khyber Supermarket in Peshawar.
Thirty-eight organisations call for freedom of expression and justice in the Ampatuan massacre trials
Thirty-six IFEX members, along with Centre for Law and Democracy and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, expressed concern about the 12 April resolution of the Court of Appeals, Manila Special Division of Five, requiring Monette Salaysay and Rowena Paraan to explain why they should not be held in contempt for comments attributed to them in a “Philippine Daily Inquirer” article regarding the Ampatuan Town Massacre trials.
Thirty-four IFEX members call for murder investigations
Representatives from the international community of journalists’ organisations and press freedom defenders gathered in Lebanon for IFEX’s bi-annual conference and urged the Pakistani government and its law-enforcement and security agencies to take immediate action to implement all appropriate measures to protect media personnel and to prosecute murderers of journalists.
Thirty-seven IFEX members urge authorities to accommodate visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
The groups urged President Rajapaksa to invite the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, to Sri Lanka, while expressing deep concern for journalists who continue to be subjected to threats, harassment and assaults with alarming regularity.