Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Reporter brutally assaulted and humiliated
(PPF/IFEX) – On 29 August 2006, a journalist based in a rural town in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province was abducted, brutally beaten, stripped and had his moustache and eyebrows shaven off for writing a news report critical of the local town mayor. According to press reports, Umer Soomro, correspondent for “Shaam” daily newspaper in the […]
Two television camera operators beaten, television crew’s van fired upon by angry mob
(PPF/IFEX) – Supporters of a slain religious leader sprayed bullets on the van of a local television channel on 15 July 2006, in Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan. On 14 July, two cameramen from another television channel were beaten. Masked armed activists at the funeral procession for religious leader Allama Hasssan Turabi were firing […]
Ruling party activists storm press club, beat journalists
(PPF/IFEX) – Activists of Pakistan’s ruling Muslim League (PML-Q) party stormed the Peshawar Press Club on 29 June 2006 to foil a news conference being held there by dissident leaders of the party. The intruders, who were armed with Kalashnikovs, pistols and sticks, beat journalists and the dissident party members. The press club was attacked […]
Two television journalists missing since March 2006
(PPF/IFEX) – Mukesh Rupeta, a correspondent for Pakistan’s leading television channel Geo News, and cameraman Sunjey Kumar, have been missing since 6 March 2006 from the city of Jacobabad in Sindh province. According to a spokesperson for Geo News, the only information they have from the authorities is that Rupeta has been detained and is […]
Two rural journalists receive threats for reporting on quasi-judicial decision of traditional feudal assembly
(PPF/IFEX) – Two rural journalists in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh received death threats from feudal lords for reporting on the quasi-judicial decision of Jirga, a traditional feudal assembly, to hand over for marriage five girls, all minors, to a rival family in order to settle a murder dispute. Reporters Sarmad Kanrani, of the daily […]
Six journalists injured in attack on press club
(PPF/IFEX) – About fifty individuals attacked journalists in a rural press club on 14 June 2006, injuring six newsmen. The assailants, many of whom were on a tractor, barged into the press club in Thari Mirwah, a small town located in the Khairpur district of the southern province of Sindh, and started punching, kicking and […]
Two Afghan TV channels banned in Pakistan
(PPF/IFEX) – On 16 March 2006, broadcasting regulatory authorities in Pakistan barred local cable operators from airing two Afghan TV channels because these stations had blamed Pakistani intelligence for a 12 March suicide attack on a senior Afghan political figure in Kabul. Islamabad has rejected allegations of involvement. Press reports quoting officials of the Pakistan […]
Journalist’s home broken into, computer and documents stolen, following threat
(PPF/IFEX) – On 12 March 2006, unknown persons broke into the house of Rasheed Channa, reporter for “The Daily Star”, in Karachi. They took away his computer, data CDs, some personal files, various documents, and some valuables, including Rs 4,000 (approx. US$66) in cash. Channa claimed, however, that this was not a case of simple […]