Pakistan Press Foundation

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Pakistani men read newspapers on a street in Lahore, 28 March 2016, FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images

Journalists Asad Kharal and Gul Bukhari attacked on the same day in Lahore

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) expressed grave concerns over the two incidents and demanded the government constitute a judicial commission to launch an inquiry.

Journalists gather in the newsroom of Geo television in Karachi, Pakistan, 6 June 2014, ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images

Geo TV channels disrupted in many parts of Pakistan

The disruption of the Geo Television broadcasts began after the channel aired an unproven allegation that intelligence agencies were responsible for the near fatal attack on its news anchor Hamid Mir in 2014.

Journalists protest an attack on their colleague Ahmed Noorani, pictured in the photos, in Karachi, Pakistan, 30 October 2017, AP Photo/Shakil Adil

Pakistan: Joint oral statement presented to Human Rights Council on state’s adoption of rights recommendations

ARTICLE 19, IFEX, and PPF observe that the adoption of the outcome of Pakistan’s Universal Period Review comes at a time when the right to freedom of expression is under sustained and growing pressure in the country.

A radio station employee is seen on International Radio Day in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 13 February 2016, Rana Sajid Hussain/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Pakistan Interior Ministry shuts down Pashto-language channel Radio Mashaal

Radio Mashaal is a radio channel of US Government funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui speaks during a press conference after being assaulted by armed men in Islamabad, 10 January 2018, AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui escapes kidnap attempt

Armed men in two cars tried to abduct the journalist on his way to the airport.

Khadim Hussain Rizvi, leader of the Tehrik Labaik Ya Rasool Allah party, addresses the media at their protest site at Faizabad junction in Islamabad, Pakistan, 27 November 2017, REUTERS/Caren Firouz

Pakistan suspends TV news channels and social media sites to block protest coverage

The media blackout lasted for 27 hours while police launched a crackdown against protesters in Islamabad.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, right, addresses a news conference with party fellows after his first appearance before an anti-corruption court in Islamabad, 26 September 2017, AP Photo/B.K. Bangash

Pakistan: Investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani injured in attack

An investigative journalist of the English-language daily The News International was assaulted by unidentified men in Islamabad.

Ghana President elect Nana Akufo-Addo, of the New Patriotic Party, smiles on being declared the winner of the presidential election in Accra, Ghana, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016., Sunday Alamba / AP

Urgent Call on the Advancement of Citizens’ Access to Information in Ghana

34 NGOs call on the government of Ghana to ensure its citizens’ right to access to information.