Pakistan Press Foundation

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Link to: Twenty-four FM radio stations prevented from broadcasting BBC news

Twenty-four FM radio stations prevented from broadcasting BBC news

PEMRA claims the stations violated the terms of their licences.

Link to: Taliban issue “final” warning to news media

Taliban issue “final” warning to news media

The e-mail message accused the media of not reporting the Taliban’s version of clashes with Pakistan’s armed forces.

Link to: Police detain, assault journalist for “negative” reporting

Police detain, assault journalist for “negative” reporting

Journalist Mustafa Tarin was detained and beaten by Quetta police for allegedly reporting on a police rally in a “negative way”.

Link to: Police illegally detain journalists in Naushehro Feroze

Police illegally detain journalists in Naushehro Feroze

The incident happened shortly after the journalists reported on police harassment of a female artist.

Link to: Journalist injured in attempted kidnapping

Journalist injured in attempted kidnapping

Din news channel and NNI news agency journalist Imran Khan told PPF he believes he was targeted because he is a journalist.

Link to: Journalist killed in suicide blasts in Kohat

Journalist killed in suicide blasts in Kohat

Reporter Azmat Ali Bangash was killed along with 41 other people when two suicide bombers blew themselves up amidst a crowd of displaced persons collecting relief supplies.

Link to: Media personnel assaulted by doctors in Lahore

Media personnel assaulted by doctors in Lahore

The media workers were trying to cover a protest by the family of an elderly woman who died in Jinnah hospital, allegedly due to negligence.

via Index On Censorship

UN Human Rights Council: 40 IFEX members reject “defamation of religions” resolutions

In a joint submission to the UN Human Rights Council, 40 IFEX members protest resolutions on defamation of religion and the proposed elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.