Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Jailed journalist Humayun Fur hospitalised in critical condition
(PPF/IFEX) – Humayun Fur, the bureau chief of the daily “Mashriq”, who was sentenced five years imprisonment by the military court on 9 September, has been shifted to hospital in critical condition on Thursday, 2 October 1997.Fur, who is suffering from hepatitis C and jaundice, has been in a coma since noon on 3 October. […]
Protesting journalists and media workers attacked by police
(PPF/IFEX) – A number of journalists were injured on 15 September 1997 when police charged a procession of journalists and media workers protesting against incidents of attacks on newspaper offices and against the harassment of journalists in the interior of the Sindh province. The protest was in response to a growing number of attacks on […]
Photographers assaulted by hospital staff
(PPF/IFEX) – Nine photographers for national daily newspapers were beaten up by the hospital staff of Rawalpindi General Hospital on 11 September 1997. According to press reports, the photographers were attempting to take photographs of a slain worker of the religious party Tehrik Nifaz-i-Fiqh-i-Jaffaria, when their cameras were snatched by the Chief Medical Officer and […]
Users of electronic services face restrictions
Digicom, the largest provider of electronic services in Pakistan, has asked its clients to sign agreements that impose a number of restrictions of the use of the Internet. According to Digicom, these restrictions are part of the licence terms that were imposed by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the licensing authority for electronic services. Under […]
Reporters and photographers beaten by police
Karachi police attacked several reporters and photographers, beat them severely, and snatched and smashed their cameras on 20 September 1996. The journalists were covering the events that unfolded on the night of 20 September, when Murtaza Bhutto, brother of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and head of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP-Shaheed Bhutto), a breakaway […]
Police assault two photographers covering religious procession
On 27 May 1996, two photographers were assaulted by police officers as they were covering a religious procession commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grandson of the prophet Mohammed. Shoaib Ahmed of Urdu-language daily “Jang” and Saeed Qureshi of the Urdu-language daily “Awam” were covering the procession when the officers asked them to […]
Police raid homes of editors
During the night of 16 August 1995, police raided the houses of Razia Bhatti (f), editor of the monthly “Newsline”, and of Zahid Qureshi, editor of the daily “Parcham”. According to news reports, police raided Bhatti’s house at 1:30 a.m. on 16 August, and demanded the address of reporter Mohammed Hanif, who had written an […]
Six newspapers banned by government
In an unprecedented attack on freedom of the press on 29 June 1995, the government of Pakistan banned six mass circulation Urdu language daily newspapers of Karachi for a period of 60 days. Five of the banned newspapers, “Public”, “Qaumi Akhbar”, “Evening Special”, “Aghaz” and “Awam” are evening papers, and one, “Public”, publishes morning and […]