Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Journalist’s car burnt at his residence
(PPF/IFEX) – On 5 May 1999, unidentified intruders burnt the car of Imtiaz Alam, a current affairs editor with “The News”, at his residence in Lahore. Alam had been receiving threats from unknown persons in recent months and guards were deployed outside his residence. The intruders moved the car from Alam’s garage onto the road […]
Journalist detained and interrogated
(PPF/IFEX) – Mehmood Ali Khan Lodhi, a journalist working for “The News” and the government controlled Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), was picked up by intelligence agents in Lahore and interrogated for two days before being released on the night of 3 May 1999. According to Lodhi, the interrogators wanted to know details of his […]
Journalist jailed
(PPF/IFEX) – A journalist from the town of Kamalia (a remote town in Punjab) was arrested and kept in the Jhang District jail by the district administration, under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law. Rana Amjad Husain, who works for a news agency, was arrested on 17 April 1999 in Kamalia under the order […]
Journalists arrested and detained
(PPF/IFEX) – On 18 April 1999, Punjab Union of Press correspondents condemned the arrest and detention of journalists Shamsul Haq and Rana Jaffar Hussain by Muridke (a town in Punjab province) police. The journalists were detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law. They claimed that the cases registered against them were false. Local […]
Journalist remanded in custody
(PPF/IFEX) – On 2 April 1999, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested the owner and chief executive of the “Frontier Post”, Rehmat Shah Afridi, on the charge of drug possession. According to the ANF, Afridi was arrested after a tip off that he would try to smuggle hashish out of the country. He was arrested at […]
Journalists allege harassment
(PPF/IFEX) – On 26 March 1999, journalists of Hyderabad and rural Sindh held a protest rally against the police raids at the residences of two of their colleagues. The journalists held a meeting at the Hyderabad Press Club and condemned the police action. On 24th March, police assaulted Meruddin, a journalist of the Sindhi newspaper […]
Accord between government and Jang Group
(PPF/IFEX) – A settlement has come out of the ongoing talks between the government and the Jang Group of newspapers after nearly two months of hostility. The government has released the newsprint, unfrozen the frozen bank accounts and removed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) personnel from the Group’s offices. ** Updates IFEX alerts of 12 […]
Accord between government and Jang Group
(PPF/IFEX) – A settlement has come out of the ongoing talks between the government and the Jang Group of newspapers after nearly two months of hostility. The government has released the newsprint, unfrozen the frozen bank accounts and removed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) personnel from the Group’s offices. ** Updates IFEX alerts of 8 […]