Pakistan FOE Monitor

11/06/2021

Number of journalist sacrifice their lives each year to contribute for freedom of expression, Pakistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to practice journalism. Pakistan Press Foundation remembers our journalists who lost their lives and those who reported the incident with severe injuries.

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https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/on-this-day-a-decade-ago-on-june-11-2011-twin-blasts-in-peshawar-kill-two-journalists-and-injured-six-others/

09/04/2021

https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/freedom-of-expression-pakistan-peoples-party-ppp-rejects-any-bid-to-further-gag-fundamental-right/

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) rejects any attempts to further gag the fundamental right of freedom of expression in the name of preventing defamation and disrespect of the armed forces.

09/04/2021

https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/daniel-pearl-case-key-suspect-shifted-to-lahore/

KARACHI: Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, a British-born suspect acquitted recently of kidnapping and murdering US Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl has been shifted to Lahore from Karachi on Thursday. He was shifted to a rest house within the premises of Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail while travelli...

06/04/2021

https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/us-human-rights-report-expresses-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-restriction-in-pakistan/

Pakistan saw “[…] serious restrictions on free expression, the press and the internet including violence against journalists, unjustified arrests and disappearances of journalists, censorship and site blocking […]” during 2020.

01/04/2021

https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/freedom-of-expression-report-2020-launched/

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan performed poorly with respect to legal and practical protections for the right to freedom of expression of its citizens during 2020, according to a new assessment report published by the Media Matters for Democracy.

31/03/2021

https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/president-calls-for-early-finalization-of-protection-of-journalists-and-media-professional-bill/

On March 18, Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) met with President Dr Arif Alvi to discuss the Draft Protection of Journalists and Media Professional Bill, 2020 during which the president expressed satisfaction over the draft Bill.  President Alvi commented that the draft Bill was good which should be...

30/03/2021

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority instructs television channels not to criticize the state's anti-corruption institution.
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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by the overreach of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and its latest order regarding the coverage of Pakistan’s accountability watchdog, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

27/03/2021

https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/un-takes-notice-of-harassment-of-journalists-hr-defenders/

LAHORE: The UN has taken notice of harassment of journalists and praised the judiciary for dismissing meritless charges against them.

26/03/2021

https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/daniel-pearl-murder-case-sc-allows-omar-saeed-sheikh-to-be-moved-to-lahores-kot-lakhpat-jail/

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed government authorities to move Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was on death row for 18 years before his acquittal in the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl, to the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore.