Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Political party activists attack newspaper office
(PPF/IFEX) – On 26 June 2002, activists from a political party attacked the bureau of a weekly newspaper in Gilgit over the publication’s refusal to print a statement from their district president. According to press reports, at around 12:30 p.m. (local time), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) activists barged into the offices of the weekly “Naqqara” […]
President Musharraf condemns killing of journalist Daniel Pearl
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a PPF news release: Pakistani President Musharraf condemns death of Daniel Pearl Journalists, politicians and civic leaders, including Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, have condemned the death of Daniel Pearl, South Asian bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. President Pervez Musharraf, on February 22, expressed his deep grief at the […]
Group claims to be holding “The Wall Street Journal” reporter
(PPF/IFEX) – A previously unknown group, The National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty, sent an e-mail message to newspapers claiming it had captured Daniel Pearl, a reporter from “The Wall Street Journal”. Pearl disappeared on Wednesday 23 January 2002 while in Karachi to interview leaders of radical Islamic groups. A number of news […]
Daily suspended for thirty days
(PPF/IFEX) – On 2 January 2002, authorities in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital city, imposed a thirty-day ban on the publication of the daily “Dopehar”, for publishing a news item headlined “Differences in Federal Cabinet.” The police chief of the area conveyed the Islamabad’s chief commissioner’s verbal order to Aqeel Ahmed Tareen, “Dopehar” resident editor, and a […]
Tensions between India and Pakistan lead to restrictions on communications by both countries
(PPF/IFEX) – On 29 December 2001, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the regulatory body for cable television operators, issued directions to cable television operators to stop the transmission of Indian channels. The PTA said the decision was taken in view of the one-sided, poisonous Indian propaganda by that country’s channels aimed at tarnishing Pakistan’s image. […]
Newspaper office ransacked
(PPF/IFEX) – On 8 December 2001, at around 8:30 p.m. (local time), approximately a dozen armed men barged into the Karachi-based daily “Ummat”‘s Hyderabad bureau office and beat up two staff members. They also ransacked the office, broke furniture, computers, a television, a fax machine and telephone sets. Bureau chief Abdul Hafeez Abid was not […]
British journalist assaulted by mob
(PPF/IFEX) – On 9 December 2001, Robert Fisk, foreign correspondent for the London-based daily “Independent”, was assaulted by a mob of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, near the border town of Chaman. He suffered injuries to his head, face and hand before being saved by a local religious leader. According to press reports, Fisk had been […]
British journalists expelled
(PPF/IFEX) – On Saturday 10 November 2001, journalist Christina Lamb and photographer Justin Sutcliffe British, from Londonâs “Sunday Telegraph”, were expelled from Pakistan for being involved in activities aimed at “defaming the country”. The British journalists had been detained on 9 November in Quetta and taken to Islamabad, the countryâs capital. Press reports quoting authorities […]