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Alerts - Pakistan

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Pakistan

Moves to squelch media, again

Broadcasters have received a media advisory with the names of 40 banned organisations.

Pakistan

Cameraman, reporter shot while covering protest rally; journalist detained and beaten in Wana

Muhammad Khalil Adil and Aslam Khan were injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a political rally in Sindh province.

Pakistan

Abducted journalist found dead in Balochistan

Many journalists refused to comment on the killing of Razzaq Gul owing to security reasons.

Pakistan

Three injured as police beat up journalists

Sher Ali Khan, Siraj Ali and Shabir Ahmed were assaulted while covering a demonstration against electricity load-shedding.

Pakistan

Journalist kidnapped and killed

The bullet-riddled body of journalist Tariq Kamal was found on 9 May, three days after he had been reportedly kidnapped.

Pakistan

Office of television station attacked, journalist killed

Journalist Aurengzeb Tunio's colleagues allege that the attacks were retaliation for his reporting, which had angered certain local tribal groups.

Pakistan

Two journalists injured in blast at poet's shrine

Mehmood-ul-Hassan Khan and Waheed-ur-Rehman were at the site of the explosion when a second blast occurred.

Pakistan

Court says website blocking violates constitution

The result of the high court order should be that the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority will not be able to block a site without first informing the site administrator of its intention, and giving them the opportunity to be heard.

Pakistan

Journalist tortured, killed in Karachi

Murtaza Razvi, senior editor and head of magazines at Dawn Media Group, was found dead in a friend's apartment; his body bore torture marks and his hands were tied.

Pakistan

A "sword of Damocles" in the making?

Zaid Hamid has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, calling on it to try several journalists, a leading human rights activist, the South Asian Free Media Association, as well as several government ministries, for treason.

Pakistan

TV channel's office and satellite van attacked in Karachi

While the attackers have not been identified, it is believed they were targeting the offices of the Jang Group.

Pakistan

Four CD shops destroyed by explosives in Takhtbhai

The president of the Tribal Union of Journalists said the owners of the shops had been threatened by militants, who told them to close their "un-Islamic" businesses.

Pakistan

CPJ comments on Pakistan's excessive Internet censorship plans

An unchecked, centrally-controlled, censorship regime with such vast capacity is a recipe for disaster for local online press freedom, CPJ warns.

Pakistan

Government seeks to escalate censorship online

Efforts to increase internet censorship have reached worrying heights with the release of a request for proposals to build a system capable of blocking millions of URLs, says Freedom House.

Pakistan

Copies of newspaper torched; transmission of TV channel suspended

The incidents were prompted by a talk show aired by Express News, in which two politicians debated the cause of a Balochistan leader's murder.

Pakistan

Threats to journalists don't let up

Threats against Wajahat Khan, host of the political interview show "Ikhtilaf", started coming while his most recent show was being re-aired on 11 February.

Pakistan

Television stations in Balochistan suspended by cable operators following threats

Cable operators suspended Urdu-language broadcasts after being threatened by Baloch nationalists who accuse the news media of failing to provide coverage of their grievances.

Pakistan

Shahzad Commission fails to identify those responsible in killing of journalist

Despite strong indications of ISI involvement, the commission concluded that the state, militant groups including the Taliban and al-Qaeda, and unnamed "foreign actors" could all have had a motive to kill Saleem Shahzad on the basis of his writings.

Pakistan

Tribal journalist gunned down in Charsadda

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the killing of Mukarram Khan Atif, in response to his refusal to give coverage to the Taliban on his radio station.

Pakistan

Journalists threatened after questioning role of military

According to press reports, Sethi and Mohsin suspect the threats have emanated both from “non-state and state actors”. Threats came a week after journalist Hamid Mir, senior anchor of the Geo News TV Network, also claimed that he had received threatening messages from the “security establishment”.

Pakistan

Television anchor threatened

Hamid Mir, a senior anchor for the Geo News television network, received threatening messages after discussing topics on his talk show that were critical of the security establishment.

Pakistan

Copies of newspaper torched, correspondent threatened

Niaz Ali Shah, a correspondent for "Mashriq" newspaper, was warned not to file a news item regarding corruption by the Labor minister.

Pakistan

Journalist flees country after attempted abduction

Afnan Khan had received repeated death threats from unknown callers, which he had informed authorities about on several occasions, but no one had bothered to provide him with protection.

Pakistan

Cable operator association bans BBC broadcasts

The announcement that all foreign news programmes would be banned comes shortly after the BBC aired a documentary that was critical of Pakistan's role in the war on terror.

Pakistan

Reporter injured in shootout; journalists threatened

Ehsan Kohati, a reporter for Waqt News TV, is in stable condition after he was shot while covering a rally in Karachi.

Pakistan

Senior journalist receives death threats

Mohammad Malick believes the threats were a reaction to columns he was written on the "Memogate issue" that were critical of government policies.

Pakistan

Explosion rocks CD market in Swabi

No one was hurt in the blast but six shops were completely destroyed and two others were damaged.

Pakistan

IFJ welcomes establishment of Press Council of Pakistan

The council, which was established by the Press Council Ordinance in 2002, is now active and has held its first meeting.

Pakistan

Abducted journalist found dead, tortured in Balochistan

IFJ supports calls for an inquiry into the killing of Javed Naseer Rind in what was the most dangerous area of the most dangerous country in the world for journalists in 2010.

Pakistan

Journalist's home attacked with explosives in South Waziristan tribal area

Jawed Noor said he received death threats prior to the attack and noted that militant groups in the area do not want journalists to publish news against them.

Pakistan

Journalist killed in Lahore

According to one of his brothers, Faisal Qureshi had received death threats from men claiming to be from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement political party.

Pakistan

Journalist attacked, seriously injured in tribal area

Khalil Khan Afridi, a senior journalist and former president of the Tribal Union of Journalists, was attacked with a hand grenade as he was returning home in Landikotal.

Pakistan

Bomb blast targets market selling music and video CDs

Militants had earlier warned shopkeepers selling music and video CDs to shut their businesses, saying there was "no room for music in Islam."

Pakistan

Foreign journalists banned from town where Bin Laden was living

Noémie Karine Géraldine LeHouelleur and Olivier Joulie were arrested near the Bin Laden compound and were questioned for six hours by police and members of the Federal Investigation Agency for "travelling without valid documents."

Pakistan

Journalist assaulted by former government minister's guards

Farhan Effendi was injured when Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Mirza's guards turned on him during a press conference in Hyderabad.

Pakistan

ATV Khyber News team attacked

The team was returning after enquiring about the health of the Provincial Education Minister at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, when individuals travelling in a car and on a motorbike intercepted their vehicle.

Pakistan

IFJ condemns killing of journalist in Balochistan

IFJ's affiliate in Pakistan said the murder of Muneer Shakir exposes the failure of the government to protect media personnel.

Pakistan

Journalist abducted in North Waziristan

Armed men abducted Rahmatullah Darpakhel from a market in the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan and drove him away, according to local media reports.

Pakistan

Privately-owned television station's news team attacked

The SAMAA TV news crew was attacked while they were covering a police operation against a group of car thieves.

Pakistan

Assailants open fire on TV host's car

The attack is believed to be in retaliation for Syed Sheryar Asim's recent reporting on criminal gang activities.

Pakistan

Two journalists assaulted in Bahawalpur

Muhammad Yaseen Ansari and Khalid Sardar incurred injuries to their faces, shoulders, and arms following a mob attack.

Pakistan

Civil servants ordered to refrain from providing information to the media

A letter sent to government servants said communication of any statement of fact, opinion or other information likely to embarrass the government is prohibited.

Pakistan

Senior minister harasses, threatens TV team

Guards acting for the provincial minister for works and services obstructed a GEO TV team on assignment in Karachi, confiscating cameras, microphones and bulletproof vests.

Pakistan

Top US military official says Pakistani government sanctioned journalist's murder

Saleem Shahzad was killed shortly after publishing a two-part article about alleged links between the Pakistani military and Al-Qaeda.

Pakistan

Camera operator detained and assaulted by police in Lahore

Waheed Butt was detained and assaulted by police as he was filming the arrest of a 12-year-old boy.

Pakistan

Journalist arrested, threatened by police in Quetta

Jamal Tarakai is apparently being targeted because of evidence he presented to a tribunal regarding an incident involving the security forces firing on five Chechens.

Pakistan

"Guardian" journalist assaulted by police

Waqar Kiani was attacked five days after a news report was published in "The Guardian" about abduction and torture by suspected Pakistani intelligence agents in July 2008 in Islamabad.

Pakistan

Union wins government backing for murder inquiry

The government said it would appoint a Supreme Court judge to lead the inquiry into the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad.

Pakistan

Injured journalist dies of blast wounds

Shafiullah Khan, a young trainee reporter at "The News", succumbed to critical wounds he received a week earlier during two deadly blasts that ripped through the military cantonment's Khyber Supermarket, in Peshawar.

Pakistan

Seven journalists injured in attack by students during protests

Ayaz Ali Sheikh, Iqrar, Zafar Iqbal, Zafarul Islam, Suhail Qureshi, Tariq Nazir Chaudhry and Shahzad Anwar were attacked by students and sustained injuries; two of the journalists were rushed to the hospital.

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