Media freedom

Report says despite continuous civilian rule since 2008, military has played an outsize role in politics and economy

The horrific murder of journalist Nazim Jokhio doesn’t just highlight the dire state of media freedom

Expresses concerns over report of summary trial of PTI workers in military courts

Chairperson JSF Hamid Mir demands 'immediate' removal of Section 6 from press law, protections from PECA

PPP senator calls out president on ‘subjective’ concerns about media

Information minister praises sacrifices of the journalist fraternity for strengthening democracy in the country

Spokesperson says the party will fight at all forums to defend media freedom

In its latest report, media body says journalists are at risk of economic collapse

UN special rapporteurs say states must investigate violence against journalists, prosecute perpetrators

Calls for allowing media to operate freely and independently

Says hungry people can't be put under lockdown; vaccinations only solution

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry rubbishes the report saying Pakistan is facing a global propaganda war

Term it a move to curtail freedom of press, control media

Corrupt elements conspiring to overturn PM-approved payment system, says council of newspaper editors

SC adjourned the proceedings until March 1

Opposition opposes move, says empowering it will ‘further endanger freedom of press’

Says increasing trend of suppressing free speech, curbing independence of media witnessed

At least 33 journalists were murdered in Pakistan for their journalism work during the past six years

Kashmir Editors Guild, Reporters Without Borders condemn attempts to intimidate media through unexplained ban

"I was the victim of my words", a politics professor at Eduardo Mondlane University, said

Out of 180 countries in the annual World Press Freedom Index, Pakistan ranks at 139

Media freedom is being undermined by the rise in surveillance and of authoritarian strongmen across the globe

Justice and equality have a kind of symbiotic relationship

Report says journalists are increasingly targeted since beheading of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl

Gunmen open fire at the vehicle near KDA

The people we most revere in Pakistani history are the ones who criticised

Hamid Mir won the Most Resilient Journalist Award 2016 for demonstrating 'extraordinary courage in reporting the...

Today marks the third commemoration of the UN Day against impunity for the crime of targeting journalists

Media men marched from Fawara Chowk to DPO office, chanting slogans against Pesco officials

Pakistan has jumped up 12 points in the World Press Freedom index to 147th place out of 180 countries