Pakistan Press Foundation

Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation

Human rights groups demand an end to communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir

66 women’s rights, human rights, digital rights, and feminists groups endorse statement on internet blackout in Kashmir.

Pakistan government’s plan to set up media courts criticised

Various groups said the setting up of media courts is unnecessary and discriminatory.

Pakistani journalists critical of the government targeted in smear social media campaign

The Twitter hashtag #ArrestAntiPakjournalists was used to target journalists critical of the Pakistani military and government.

Soldiers patrol on a street next to posters welcoming Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Islamabad, Pakistan, 17 February 2019, AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistan: FIA investigates journalists for ‘disrespecting’ Saudi crown prince

Five prominent journalists are accused of posting social media messages that disrespected the Saudi crown prince.

Pakistani men gather in a store as they watch a broadcast of a speech by newly appointed Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Lahore, 19 August 2018

Senior Pakistani journalist Rizwan Razi arrested on cybercrime charges

Rizwan Razi was arrested for alleged social media posts that criticized the Pakistani military and judiciary. He was released on bail on 10 February.

Pakistani journalists hold placards and banners during a demonstration as part of World Press Freedom Day in Islamabad, 3 May 2018, Muhammed Semih Ugurlu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Pakistan: State persecution of media and self-censorship in 2018

The Pakistan Press Foundation said the media endured an “unprecedented level of imposed self-censorship” in 2018.

Kashmiri journalists hold a candle light vigil in memory of Rising Kashmir Founder and former Editor-in-Chief Shujaat Bukhari, Kashmir Press club, Srinagar, India, 2 July 2018, Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

Pakistan government urged to stop impunity as crimes against the media increase

At least 241 journalists have been killed, assaulted, abducted, and arrested throughout Pakistan from 2002 up to the present.

A supporter of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), prepares an election poster in Karachi, 2 July 2018, RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistan Press Foundation launches mechanism to report election-related violence

Media groups also urge government to protect press freedom ahead of elections.