Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Government suspends newspaper advertisements in retaliation for coverage of sectarian violence
(PPF/IFEX) – The federal government has resorted to the use of advice and the suspension of advertisements in an effort to persuade newspapers to tone down their coverage of sectarian violence in Pakistan’s Northern Areas and an unrelated incident of alleged gang rape involving a female doctor in a sensitive area of Balochistan province, which […]
Nine journalists injured in attack by student protestors
(PPF/IFEX) – On 14 January 2005, 10 persons, including nine journalists, were injured when activists of a sectarian religious organisation attacked the Lahore Press Club (LPC), in the capital city of Punjab province. The attackers threw stones and bricks, smashing cars parked at the club, as well as the LPC building’s window panes. Activists of […]
Journalist assaulted by police
(PPF/IFEX) – On 30 November 2004, police posted at the Civil Secretariat in Lahore, capital of Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab, assaulted Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui, a senior reporter for the English-language daily “Dawn”, when he tried to enter the premises. According to Siddiqui, who was quoted in local press reports, two police constables in uniform and […]
Journalist’s blasphemy conviction reversed on appeal
(PPF/IFEX) – On 11 November 2004, journalist Munnawar Mohsin Ali, subeditor of the daily “Frontier Post”, was acquitted by the Peshawar High Court, in the North West Frontier Province. He had earlier been sentenced to life imprisonment for blasphemy. A two-member bench accepted Ali’s appeal and set aside his earlier conviction. On 8 July 2003, […]
Radio station’s operations suspended after police raid; journalists released on bail
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a PPF press release: FM radio station’s operations suspended after police raid FM 103, a private FM radio station in Lahore, the capital of the central province of Punjab in Pakistan had to suspend its transmission after police took control of its premises on the evening of November 12, 2004. […]
Information minister warns of action against media outlets “glorifying terrorists”
(PPF/IFEX) – Pakistan’s national editors’ body, the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), has strongly criticised a statement by Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed in which he warned media outlets against “glorifying terrorists” and said that anyone seen to be speaking on behalf of terrorists would be “considered a terrorist.” Speaking […]
Journalist attacked
(PPF/IFEX) – On 14 September 2004, journalist Allah Waraio Bozdwar and his computer operator were attacked by four armed men at the journalist’s office in the rural area of Ghotki, Pakistan. According to reports, two days earlier, Waraio Bozdwar had an argument with police officer Niaz Chandio. As a result, Chandio went to Waraio Bozdwar’s […]
Reporter and cameraman for private television station mistreated and briefly detained
(PPF/IFEX) – On 27 August 2004, two staff members for the independent television station Geo were mistreated by Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) officials in Karachi. Reporter Mohammad Bin Yousaf and cameraman Mehboob Ali were trying to cover a narcotics raid for Geo. They introduced themselves to the ANF officials, who prevented them from filming the raid […]