ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Friday that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government will stand by the weaker sections of the society against the powerful people. “If our Prime Minister cannot stand by weaker Pakistanis then we have no right to remain in power,” he said at a joint press […]
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Investigation Keeps Work of Silenced Journalists Alive
From the “sand mafia” in India to the ferronickel industry in Guatemala and gold mining in Tanzania, journalists who pull back the curtain on extractive industries are being silenced. In India, reporter Jagendra Singh, who had written about a local official’s alleged involvement in the sand mining business, died from burn injuries after claiming he […]
Government-backed report turns journalists in Turkey into public targets
ANKARA: Turkey’s pro-government think-tank SETA targeted many Turkish and foreign journalists working for foreign media outlets, including myself — I have been working for Arab News in Turkey for years — in an controversial 200-page report. The reporters, whose biographies and social media accounts have been profiled in the report, were effectively put on a […]
Threatened, beaten, shot: Turkish journalists in the crosshairs
After being assaulted 28 times during his career — punched, kicked and beaten with bats — Turkish journalist Hakan Denizli thought he had seen it all. But for the 29th attack, they came with a gun, and they did so while he was taking his four-year-old grandchild to daycare. Denizli, who edits the Egemen daily […]
Journalists under threat from state and non-state actors: Bilawal
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said that an ‘undeclared censorship’ is stifling the freedom of expression in Pakistan, and journalists are coming increasingly under threat from state and non-state actors, a private TV channel reported. “There is an undeclared censorship in Pakistan,” he said during his speech at the Karachi […]
World Press Freedom Day and Pakistan
Three days ahead of the World Press Freedom Day, 2109, a reporter has been as killed in Dera Ismail Khan’s Parowa area. Malik Amanullah Khan, who had been the chairman of the Parowa Press Club, was a target in a drive-by shooting near Landa Sharif Adda on Multan-Dera Road. He died at the scene of […]
Myanmar’s top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists
Myanmar’s top court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, in a landmark case that has raised questions about the country’s transition to democracy. “They were sentenced for seven years and this decision stands, and the appeal is rejected,” Supreme Court […]
One week after Bashir ousted, Sudan ‘revolution’ unfinished
Sudan on Thursday marks one week since the army ousted president Omar al-Bashir after protests against his 30-year rule, but the “revolution” remains unfinished as demonstrators campaign against their new military leaders. On April 11, the army removed Bashir as tens of thousands of protesters camped outside its headquarters in central Khartoum demanding support in […]
Journalists use PUAN’s initiative to embrace the digital age
Ali Abid has been a journalist with Pakistan’s different English newspapers for the last 20 years. Therefore, the first interaction of this Sheikhupura-based career journalist on Twitter, his blog, and even Youtube was hard to miss. Earlier, his brush with digital technology was only to mail his news stories to the newsroom. He learned how […]
Pakistan set to become hub of tourism: Fawad
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry Sunday said due to multiple initiatives taken by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, the country is set to become a hub of tourism. Addressing a ceremony held in connection with Jashn-e-Jehlum at Rohtas Fort, the minister said the government has identified 16 cultural events to be celebrated at the official […]