Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Journalists injured in scuffles with police
(PPF/IFEX) – On 1 February 1999, a scuffle between law enforcement agencies and journalists protesting government action against the Jang Group resulted in injuries to three journalists. Demonstrators were angered by news that a truckload of newsprint, along with the truck’s driver and two passengers, were taken to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). On reaching […]
Editor complains of death threats
(PPF/IFEX) – On 31 January 1999, Maleeha Lodhi, the editor of “The News” of Islamabad, informed Interior Minister Chaudary Shujat Hussain in a letter of death threats she had received over the telephone. Lodhi said that in the past twenty four hours, she had received several threatening and abusive telephone calls at her residence. The […]
Office of daily attacked
(PPF/IFEX) – On 30 January 1999, three unidentified armed men ransacked the offices of the English language daily “Khyber Mail International”, based in Peshawar (in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province). The attackers severely beat messenger Mohammad Javed and ransacked the office. Javed told police that the intruders had a Kalashnikov rifle and a pistol. The […]
Newspaper offices raided
(PPF/IFEX) – A three member team from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided the regional offices of the Jang group, Pakistan’s largest newspaper group, in Rawalpindi on 14 December 1998. The group publishes a number of newspapers, including the daily “Jang” in Urdu and “The News” in English. According to press reports, a FIA team, […]
Journalists protest mistreatment of newspaper staffer by railway officials
(PPF/IFEX) – On 7 December 1998, Syed Ashraf Ali, a correspondent with the daily newspaper “Business Recorder”, was travelling with his family on the “Sukkur Express” train in the sleeper class. He was disturbed late at night, abused, and threatened by the railway ticket examiners. The Sukkur Union of Journalists (SUJ) lodged a protest against […]
Five Pakistani journalists barred from entering White House
(PPF/IFEX) – PPF is reporting that on 2 December 1998, five Pakistani journalists were denied entry to the White House to cover a meeting between Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and US President Bill Clinton. The agenda of the meeting covered the lifting of sanctions imposed against Pakistan and the signing of the Comprehensive Test […]
Two journalists’ homes raided
(PPF/IFEX) – Police have raided the homes of two senior journalists, Idrees Bakhtiar and Naseer Ahmad Saleemi, within a forty eight hour period, claiming to be hunting for terrorists allegedly involved in the murders of an ex-governor and a senior editor. On 26 November 1998 at 1:45 a.m. (local time), Bakhtiar, a senior staff reporter […]
Journalist arrested
(PPF/IFEX) – According to PPF, Shahzad Saleemi, journalist and General Secretary of the Jhang Union of Journalists (JUJ) was recently arrested further to the publication of an item in his newspaper levelling allegations of corruption against an Education Officer (EO), Ljaz Zafar, who is the subject of several ongoing investigations in different courts. With the […]