Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Political interference suspected in two-hour suspension of two television news channels
(PPF/IFEX) – The broadcasting of two television news channels, Geo TV and ARY TV, was suspended for over two hours on 7 April 2008 in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, and in other cities in the province of Sindh. According to press reports, a political party forced cable operators to keep the two networks off the […]
Newly-elected government to revoke draconian amendments to electronic media ordinance, expand access to information
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a PPF press release: Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) Welcomes Announcement of Newly Elected Government to Revoke PEMRA Amendments and to Expand Scope of Access to Information Laws Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) welcomes the announcements made by the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Yousuf Raza Gilani, and the Minster […]
Taliban order news vendors in North Waziristan to stop selling two daily newspapers containing “immoral photographs of women”
(PPF/IFEX) – The Taliban in Pakistan’s Tribal Area bordering Afghanistan have warned newspaper vendors to stop selling two daily newspapers which they claim were publishing “un-Islamic and immoral photographs of women.” According to press reports, newsvendors in the town of Mirali in the North Waziristan Tribal Agency were told on 12 March 2008 to stop […]
Journalists beaten while covering demonstration
(PPF/IFEX) – Journalists and camera operators were assaulted while covering clashes during a demonstration by women demanding the restoration of the judiciary. The demonstration was held in front of the Karachi Press Club on 12 March 2008. According to press reports, members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) beat the demonstrators, who were members of […]
Columnist and photojournalist killed in Quetta
(PPF/IFEX) – Dr. Abdus Samad Chishti Mujahid, a photojournalist and columnist for the Urdu-language weekly “Akhbar-e-Jehan”, was fatally shot on 9 February 2008 by a gunman in Quetta, the capital city of Balochistan province, which borders Afghanistan. He was 55. Mujahid was shot as he was coming out of his house with his wife. He […]
Journalists’ homes raided, 34 face criminal charges allegedly over reporting on Bhutto assassination aftermath
(PPF/IFEX) – The police in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh have brought criminal cases against 34 journalists, during the period of rioting that followed the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on 28 December 2007. According to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), police registered the cases under the anti-terrorism and anti-riot acts, […]
Aaj television journalist abducted, brutally beaten in Karachi
(PPF/IFEX) – A journalist with a local television channel in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, was abducted and beaten by four armed law enforcement personnel on 20 November 2007. The kidnappers, after abducting and severely beating him, dumped him on a side street and threatened him with dire consequences if he reported the matter to anybody. […]
Two Pakistani television channels broadcasting from Dubai ordered off the air
(PPF/IFEX) – The government of Pakistan pressured the government of United Arab Emirates to close down two leading private television networks on 16 November 2007. According to Geo TV, the authorities in Dubai had asked the network’s administration to close down its operations by midnight (local time) on 16 November. The network further said no […]