Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Regulatory authority suspends transmission of private TV channel following coverage of judicial crisis
Regulatory authority suspends transmission of private TV channel following coverage of judicial crisis (PPF/IFEX) – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) directed cable television operators in the capital city of Islamabad to stop transmission of Royal TV. The channel’s transmission has been suspended in Islamabad and the adjoining city of Rawalpindi since the morning […]
Media authority threatens closure of television station for covering judicial crisis, warns all private stations against negative coverage of judiciary, army, or state
(PPF/IFEX) – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has served a show-cause notice on private television channel Aaj TV for airing news, talk shows and other programmes on the judicial crisis in Pakistan and threatened the channel with closure. The notice issued on 22 April 2007 said that the TV channel had violated the […]
Broadcasting licence withheld from Dawn TV as economic and legal pressures on the publishing group mount
(PPF/IFEX) – The Dawn Group of Newspapers, Pakistan’s largest English language newspaper and magazine publishing house, is facing serious economic pressures as well as legal harassment by the government of Pakistan for it coverage of events and policies related to militancy and security in the country. According to the Dawn Group, the reason for the […]
Police raid television news offices in Islamabad
(PPF/IFEX) – On March 16, 2007, police entered the Geo News office building in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, shattered glass and started shelling within office premises. Geo Television is part of the Jang Group, Pakistan’s largest media group. According to the television network, a large number of policemen entered the office, manhandling journalists […]
Journalists beaten by police in Islamabad, at least 15 injured
(PPF/IFEX) – Police in Pakistan’s capital city of Islamabad resorted to a baton charge on journalists covering the suicide bomb blast outside a five-star hotel on 25 January 2007. Fifteen journalists suffered injuries, including wounds to the head. The incident occurred when an assistant superintendent of police ordered dozens of reporters, photographers and cameramen covering […]
Government stops advertising in leading English-language daily; editors’ council condemns move
(PPF/IFEX) – The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has condemned the government’s decision to stop advertising in the daily “Dawn”, the country’s largest circulation English-language newspaper. An emergency session of the CPNE on 16 January 2007 rejected use of advertisements as a pressure tactic to seek changes in the editorial policies of the newspaper. […]
Two Pakistani journalists arrested, detained, put on trial by Taliban
(PPF/IFEX) – Two Pakistani journalists have been arrested by members of the Taliban in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan and put on trial on unknown charges. Saleem Shahzad, correspondent of “The Star” daily and the Hong Kong-based Asia Times Online, and another journalist, Qamar Yousafzai, have been detained by Taliban commander Matiullah. “The Star” […]
Abducted journalist released after being questioned, beaten and held for 24 hours
(PPF/IFEX) – Dilawar Khan Wazir, correspondent for BBC and Pakistan’s “Daily Dawn”, was released a day after being kidnapped. The journalist, who reached the BBC office in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, on the evening of 21 November 2006, said he had been held blindfolded and was kicked, slapped and questioned about his reporting […]