Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
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 […]
27 IFEX members express concern about state of emergency measures against the media during political crisis
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a letter from PPF and 26 other IFEX members to President Pervez Musharraf: General Pervez Musharraf President President’s Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: +92 51 922 1422/4768, +92 51 920 1893/1835 E-mail: See: http://www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/WTPresidentMessage.aspx Dear Mr. President, We, the undersigned freedom of expression organizations, are deeply concerned by the draconian curbs […]
Media mogul receives death threats by Taliban for publishing photographs of women
(PPF/IFEX) – The All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) and Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) have condemned the intimidation and threats directed against Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner and chief executive of Jang Group, the country’s largest media group. Rahman is the chairman of the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) and former president of […]
Five journalists among nine people arrested in Karachi for protesting police raid on largest newspaper group
(PPF/IFEX) – Police in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, raided and threatened to seal the printing press of the Jang Group, Pakistan’s largest media house, on 5 November 2007, after the management refused to follow verbal orders from government officials to stop printing the daily “Awam”, one of the group’s evening newspapers. According to the Jang […]
Draconian curbs imposed on media following state of emergency declaration
(PPF/IFEX) – Draconian curbs were imposed on the Pakistani media as part of the state of emergency declared by President General Pervez Musharraf on 3 November 2007. The measures to control and restrain the media included suspension of broadcasts of all international news channels as well as national private television channels throughout the country until […]
Producer and reporter for independent television network injured in mortar shell attack in Swat district
(PPF/IFEX) – A producer and a reporter working for Aaj TV, an independent television network, were injured by shrapnel on 28 October 2007, when a rocket landed close to where they were filming clashes between Pakistan’s security forces and religious militants, near the town of Mingora, in the Swat district of the North West Frontier […]
Several more journalists injured in bomb blasts during rally welcoming former prime minister
(PPF/IFEX) – A cameraman for a local national television channel was killed and at least twelve journalists were injured in bomb blasts in the crowded procession to welcome former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on her return to Karachi, Pakistan after eight years of self imposed exile. Muhammad Arif, a cameraman of the private “ARY One […]
Cameraman killed in bomb blast during rally to welcome former prime minister Benazir Bhutto
(PPF/IFEX) – A cameraman for a local national television channel was among the 138 people killed in bomb blasts in the crowded procession to welcome former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on her return to Karachi, Pakistan after eight years of self imposed exile. The two bomb blasts that occurred just after midnight on 19 October […]