Pak scribes vow to challenge ban on YouTube channels
In a move that has sparked outrage among journalists, media rights groups, and political activists, YouTube has taken down 27...
May 26, 2024
Punjab Defamation Bill:How it will muzzle the media (Video)
Decoding the Punjab Defamation Bill: How will it muzzle free press & speech? Punjab’s (Pakistan) new defamation law has been...
May 22, 2024
Pak media unions: “Draconian” defamation law violates press freedom
The Punjab Defamation Bill 2024 provides for a preliminary fine of up to 3 million Pakistani rupees (around USD 10,000)...
February 23, 2022
Pakistan expands prison terms for online defamation to 5 years
New York, February 22, 2022 – Pakistan authorities must immediately revoke a recently enacted ordinance that further criminalizes freedom of...
December 4, 2021
Pakistan: Female journalist and family attacked in Lahore
Pakistan based journalist, Ambreen Fatima and her husband, Ahmad Noorani. Credit: Times of Islamabad On November 24, unknown assailants targeted...
January 19, 2021
Pakistan journalists face charges for criticizing military
An archive photo of Pakistani journalists protesting against censorship. Criticizing Pakistan’s military has become riskier, and journalists are being singled...
August 21, 2020
Matiullah Jan: Critical journalists ‘routinely threatened’ in Pakistan
Photo- DW As a Supreme Court reporter in Islamabad, I have been caught in the crossfire between independent-minded judges and...
July 23, 2020
Matiullah Jan: Imran Khan’s government comes under scrutiny over journalist’s ‘abduction’
Photo- Facebook Matiullah Jan, a prominent Pakistani journalist and critic of the Pakistani military, returned home on Tuesday after a...
