Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
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 […]
Probe into media criticism of superior courts
Source: Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), Karachi According to a press release issued by the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Chief Justice nominated in March 1995 two judges of the Supreme Court to conduct a preliminary enquiry to consider the “expediency and the propriety of taking action” in light of statements and articles […]