Over the past year, Pakistan’s media has been placed in a bind with the use of more emboldened and slick methods of restrictions, repercussions, intimidation and threats used to stifle
On April 27, a judicial magistrate approved the post-arrest bail for Islamabad-based journalist Fakharur Rehman, who the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) arrested days earlier in a case under Prevention of Electronic Crimes
On April 23, the Sindh government requested the Federal Ministry of Interior to issue a red warrant for Rolf J. Widerøe, a Norwegian journalist, for his alleged involvement in a criminal fraud
The Punjab Home Department issued a province-wide advisory to administrative departments and law enforcement agencies, alerting them to an increase in WhatsApp hacking incidents and impersonation scams targeting government officials. The directive,
Over the past year, Pakistan’s media has been placed in a bind with the use of more emboldened and slick methods of restrictions, repercussions, intimidation and threats used to stifle the media. Today, the reality of journalism in Pakistan is dealing with overly active forms of legal challenges — from
On April 21, the Karachi Press Club in collaboration with Karwan-e-Iqbal organised a seminar to commemorate the death anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan’s national poet renowned as the “Poet of the
Residents in various parts of South Waziristan, including Wana, Birmal, Tanai, Azam Warsak, and Kalotai, grappled with significant communication issues due to disrupted mobile network signals for the past two months. These
During the Media Convention 2026 in Quetta, on February 25, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists President Afzal Butt, Secretary General Arshad Ansari, Balochistan Union of Journalists President Manzoor Ahmed
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