Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Protesters attack press club and injure staff member
(PPF/IFEX) – On the night of 29 February 2004, protesters demonstrating against a private television station attacked the Karachi Press Club (KPC), seriously wounding a guard and damaging the club’s property. According to media reports, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the KPC’s premises and chanted slogans against a programme aired by Geo television station, which […]
Ban on allocation of government advertisements in Nawa-i-Waqt publications
(PPF/IFEX) – Arif Nizami, editor of the daily “The Nation” and executive editor of the daily “Nawa-i-Waqt”, says the government has banned the placement of government advertisements in newspapers belonging to the Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications, one of Pakistan’s leading media organisations. According to press reports, Nizami said the ban contradicts Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah […]
Suspect in newspaper office bomb blast given life term
(PPF/IFEX) – On 8 January 2004, Karachi Additional District and Session Judge Abdul Malik gave a sentence of life imprisonment to Aziz Qureshi, the accused in the bombing of the Karachi advertising office of the national Urdu-language daily “Nawa-i-Waqt”. Four persons, including a woman who was reportedly carrying the bomb, were killed in the blast […]
French journalists freed
(PPF/IFEX) – On 12 January 2004, the Sindh High Court accepted an appeal on behalf of reporter Marc Epstein and photographer Jean-Paul Guilloteau and set them free. The French journalists’ lawyer, Nafis Siddiqui, had filed the appeal seeking to overturn the journalists’ 10 January conviction by a Karachi sessions court for violating visa regulations. On […]
French journalists released on bail, petition filed on behalf of Pakistani journalist
(PPF/IFEX) – On 24 December 2003, the Sindh High Court released French journalists Marc Epstein and Jean-Paul Guilloteau on bail of Rs. 100,000 (approx. US$1,750) each. The two journalists were arrested on 16 December on charges of violating the Foreigners Act for visiting the city of Quetta, in Baluchistan, without a proper visa. Their lawyer, […]
Detained French journalists announce hunger strike, Pakistani journalist’s whereabouts remain unknown
(PPF/IFEX) – On 22 December 2003, French journalists Jean-Paul Guilloteau and Marc Epstein, a photographer and reporter, respectively, for the French weekly magazine “L’Express”, announced they were going on an “unlimited hunger strike, effective immediately.” The two journalists were arrested on 16 December for violating visa regulations. In a letter released to the press from […]
Two French journalists arrested in Karachi for violating immigration laws
(PPF/IFEX) – Two French journalists were arrested in Karachi on the night of 16 December 2003 for violating Pakistan’s immigration laws. They were remanded to the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for investigation until 24 December. Marc Epstein and Jean-Paul Guilloteau, who both work for the leading French weekly magazine “L’Express”, were arrested […]
Journalist killed
(PPF/IFEX) – On 3 October 2003, three unidentified individuals killed a journalist in the town of Shikarpur. According to reports, Ameer Bux Barohi, a correspondent for the Sindhi-language newspaper “Kawish”, was returning from police headquarters in a jeep when he was fired upon by his assailants. The attackers fled after shooting the journalist. Ameer Bux […]