Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Attack on photojournalists
(PPF/IFEX) – On 27 September 1998 members of the religious group Tehrik e Jafaria Pakistan (TJP) attacked four photojournalists in Karachi, damaging their cameras and other equipment. The journalists were covering the funeral of the slain TJP leader and his son. Mourners became agitated after the funeral and set buses and tires ablaze, as a […]
Jammu-Kashmir journalist arrested
(PPF/IFEX) – According to the PPF’s information, on 15 September 1998, Pervaiz ul Hassan, a journalist working in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, was arrested after reporting on corruption in the local police force and civil administration. The Central Union of Journalists (CUJ) called the arrest an attack on freedom of the press. In an emergency […]
Journalist prohibited to leave country
(PPF/IFEX) – Newspaper columnist and human rights activist, Zafaryab Ahmed has not been able to avail his teaching fellowship at Colby College, Maine, USA, as his name continues to be on the Exit Control List (ECL). Persons on the ECL are prohibited to leave the country. **Updates IFEX alerts of 25 September, 17 August and […]
Journalists attacked for reporting on gang rape
(PPF/IFEX) – On 17 August 1998, Asif Khokar, chief editor of the daily “Insaf”, Basar Khokar, bureau chief of the daily “Insaf”, and Ch.Yaseen Saleemi, a Pakistan Press International (PPI) correspondent, were fired upon by the accused of a gang rape. The firing injured one of the journalists and caused damage to their car. The […]
Newspaper editor Khawaja Danial Salim attacked
(PPF/IFEX) – On 16 August 1998, twelve activists with the youth wing of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) attacked the editor-in-chief of a local weekly inside the Chakwal (city in Punjab province) Press Club for publishing an alleged anti-PML story. Khawaja Danial Salim was saved by other media workers present in the press club. […]
Journalists harassed by police
According to press reports, Ansar Naqvi of “The News” and M. H. Khan of the daily “Dawn” were returning from the Phulleli Police station after obtaining information regarding a case involving the death of four persons from poisonous liquor, when they were signalled to stop. The police constable checked their identification cards and allowed them […]
Bomb explosions at the offices of the daily “Dawn”
(PPF/IFEX) – A bomb exploded at the Karachi offices of the daily “Dawn” on 9 July 1998. The device, planted in a lavatory on the first floor of the building, went off at 1.05 p.m. No one was injured in the explosion. The bomb shook the entire building, causing extensive damage to the bathroom and […]
Journalist beaten for taking photographs of police
(PPF/IFEX) – On 21 June 1998, M. Ismail Jatoi, a journalist working in Shikarpur, Sindh province, was beaten by police for taking photographs of a police officer while he was allegedly taking a bribe from a man who had crushed a boy to death under his pick-up truck. The man had run over the boy […]