Newsroom

 Published 6 years ago:  The News on Sunday publishes a picture of journalist Mariana Baabar Pashteen in an obituary for Zuhra Karim, the late editor of She magazine. The blunder mars a tribute to Karim, a pioneer in women's journalism in Pakistan. Using a living journalist's photo in place of a deceased editor reflects poorly on the newspaper's professionalism.

 Published 6 years ago:  Imtiyaz Khan Faran, President of Karachi Press Club, says freedom for journalists working in Karachi has deteriorated in the past six months.

 Published 6 years ago:  Forced off Twitter almost a week ago, Jang Group journalists Umar Cheema and Azaz Syed return to the social media platform.

 Published 6 years ago:  Prominent television anchor Iftikhar Ahmad decides to quit 24 News TV for health reasons.

 Published 6 years ago:  Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is heckled by a Canadian journalist in London after his Twitter account is suspended over complaints from government

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistan government decides media should not be allowed to promote the narrative of convicted or under-trial persons.

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says at a media freedom conference, there is no question of gagging journalists in his cou

 Published 6 years ago:  A live interview of Maryam Nawaz on Hum TV by Nadeem Malik was taken off air just as it hit the airwaves Thursday.

 Published 6 years ago:  Eduardo Dizon, an anchor for the Brigada News FM radio is shot dead while driving home in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao.

 Published 6 years ago:  The Editors Guild of India urges government to withdraw curbs that have reduced journalists' access to officials in the finance ministry.

 Published 6 years ago:  UNESCO is launching a project that will promote an enabling and secure environment for women journalists that allows them to carry out their work safely.

 Published 6 years ago:  Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney accuses world leaders of failing to protect journalists.

 Published 6 years ago:  Journalists Shaikh Rizwan and Bashir Malik are physically attacked in two separate incidents in Punjab.

 Published 6 years ago:  Journalists Umar Cheema, Azaz Syed, and Wajih Sani had to deactivate Twitter accounts after a request by their office which was pressured by the authorit

 Published 6 years ago:  BOL News anchor Mureed Abbas was fatally shot in Karachi's Defence area over a reported monetary dispute on July 9, 2019. His wife, Zaara Abbas of Abb Takk News, revealed in a video that Abbas had invested Rs5 million in a tire business owned by Atif Zaman, who allegedly called him and then killed him. Zaman later attempted suicide.

 Published 6 years ago:  Three television channels forced off the air are unblocked after almost 24 hours of 'punishment.'

 Published 6 years ago:  Senior journalist and President of Sukkur Press Club, Javed Memon passes away at Gambat Institute of Medical Science in District Khairpur.

 Published 6 years ago:  A meeting of Federal Executive Council of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists concludes that threats to press freedom have assumed ominous proportions.

 Published 6 years ago:  Three television news channels — Abb Tak, 24 News, and Capital — go off the air, drawing condemnation from a journalist union.

 Published 6 years ago:  The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) says that 38 journalists were killed in 20 countries from January to the end of June 2019.

 Published 6 years ago:  PFUJ and APNEC will observe July 16 as Black Day to protest layoffs, wage delays, and unannounced censorship.

 Published 6 years ago:  Journalist Zuhra Karim, the founding and serving editor of She magazine passes away in Singapore.

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists calls for action against culprits who started a threatening social media campaign against top Pakistani journalists

 Published 6 years ago:  Dawn expresses alarm over growing calls on social media inciting violence against journalists and pointed out that these fell under criminal activity.

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistan’s iconic monthly magazine—Herald—is suspending publication of its print edition from August 2019.

 Published 6 years ago:  A hashtag calling for arrest of journalists briefly became the top Twitter trend in Pakistan on July 4 deepening concern over a shrinking space for dissent.

 Published 6 years ago:  More than 20 armed men raid the offices of independent Iraqi newspaper Al-Journal and its affiliated broadcaster 7C TV.

 Published 6 years ago:  Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists condemns the abrupt off-airing of an interview of Asif Ali Zardari on Geo News.