Pakistan
Please find below links to media freedom news items for Pakistan. These have been organised by publication date.
2022
09.12.22 - Pakistan: New report finds Arshad Sharif killing planned, IFJ
24.11.22 - Pakistan: Campaign against impunity for Arshad Sharif’s murder, IFJ
24.11.22 - Fact Focus website censored for investigating Pakistan’s army chief, RSF
21.09.22 - Pakistan: PFUJ Secretary General targeted in car accident, IFJ
12.09.22 - Pakistan: PPF condemns the decision of PEMRA to ban the transmission of ‘Bol News’, IFEX
07.09.22 - Pakistan: BOL broadcast suspended across Pakistan, IFJ
01.09.22 - Pakistan: One Journalist shot dead, another investigated in Punjab province, IFJ
30.08.22 - Pakistan: News anchor Jameel Farooqui detained, IFJ
16.08.22 - Pakistan: PPF condemns government decision suspending broadcast of ARY News TV channel, IFEX
10.08.22 - Pakistan: ARY News broadcast suspended across country, executive arrested, IFJ
07.08.22 - Pakistan: PPF condemns actions of police in Rawalpindi that left photojournalist Faisal Khan injured, IFEX
13.07.22 - Behind Pakistan’s civilian government, army tightens its grip on journalists, RSF
07.07.22 - Pakistani journalist Imran Riaz Khan arrested, CPJ
05.07.22 - Pakistan: Two Pakistani journalists assassinated in two days, IFJ
09.06.2022 - PEMRA’s prohibition of former prime minister’s interview a dangerous step, IFEX
27.05.2022 - Media workers attacked across the nation during political protests, IFJ
23.05.2022 - Authorities register multiple cases against journalists, IFJ
17.05.2022 - Senior journalist allegedly abducted in Lahore, IFJ
10.05.2022 - Senior journalist killed amid rising attacks on media workers, IFJ
10.05.2022 - Inquiry brought against Pakistani journalist under cybercrime act, IFJ
09.05.2022 - Five years of PECA: The law that tried to silence Pakistan, IFEX
03.05.2022 - WPFD 2022 Pakistan | Challenges facing Pakistan’s media, IPI Media
2021
12/10/2021 - Pakistani journalist Shahid Zehri killed in targeted car explosion - CPJ
22/10/2021 - Pakistan: Online harassment storm against BBC journalist - IFJ
11/10/2021- Pakistan: Journalist Shahid Zehri killed in car bomb explosion - IFJ
21/09/2021 - Pakistan: Digital media workers urge for industry representation and reform - IFJ
16/09/2021 - Pakistan: Indus News announces temporary closure after three years in operation - IFJ
14/09/2021 - Pakistan: Government must heed media protests against controversial PMDA bill - IFJ
26/08/2021 - Pakistan: Underpayment and sacking of journalists on the rise - IFJ
16/08/2021 - Pakistan: Journalist in ICU after attack by a political mob - IFJ
10/08/2021 - Pakistan authorities detain, investigate journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat - CPJ
25/02/2021 - Pakistan: Sindh protesters vandalise Jang-Geo office - IFJ
28/01/21/ - Pakistani supreme court acquits main suspect in Daniel Pearl murder - RSF
25/01/21 - Censorship forces BBC to withdraw news show from Pakistani TV - RSF
14/01/21 - Pakistan: online hate campaigns against BBC and Independent journalists - RSF
2020
21/12/2020 - Local mafia attack Abb Takk journalists IFJ
10/12/2020 - Journalist assassinated at home in KP province - IFJ
6/11/2020 - Columnist and social media activist arrested- IFJ
27/10/2020 - Journalist returned after suspected abduction - IFJ
26/10/2020 - PEMRA suspends 24NewsHD’s satellite broadcast - IFJ
22/10/2020 - State-owned Radio Pakistan sacks 749 media workers - IFJ
28/9/2020 - Journalist Abid Hussain shot dead - CPJ
24/9/2020 - Three journalists face sedition charges under Cybercrime Law- IFJ
7/9/2020 - Female journalist fatally shot in Balochistan - IFJ
9/8/2020 - PEMRA imposes 24NewsHD’s shutdown - IFJ
19/8/2020 - Pakistani government-orchestrated cyber-harassment of women journalists- RSF
27/7/2020 - Journalist shot dead after reporting on local corruption - IFJ
21/7/2020 - Pakistan puts TikTok on 'final notice' over 'obscenity' concerns - Aljazeera
10/7/2020 - Pakistan: Free Editor; Stop Harassing Family Members - HRW
1/7/2020 - Lack of internet access hinders online education for Pakistani student- IFEX
27/6/2020 - Pakistan’s new media directive could restrict TV reporting on COVID-19 - IFEX
29/5/2020 - Uzma Khan: An actress assaulted, a jealous wife and a viral video in Pakistan - BBC
26/5/2020 - Zara Abid: Model presumed dead in Pakistan plane crash abused online - BBC
19/5/2020 - Man who kissed murdered girls in video arrested - BBC
17/5/2020 - Pakistan: teenage girls shot dead by relatives over online footage - The Guardian
1/5/2020 - Exiled Pakistani journalist found dead in Sweden - The Guardian
23/4/2020 - Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman: Why Pakistan's media mogul is behind bars - DW
8/4/2020 - Journalist acquitted in terrorism case - AA
7/4/2020 - Breaking the news: No level-playing field for private media in Pakistan - Geo
30/3/2020 - Fears grow for Pakistani journalist missing in Sweden - Aljazeera
20/03/20 Arrest of Jang-Geo Editor-in-Chief: Journalists continue countrywide protest - The News
13/3/20 - Pakistani authorities arrest media mogul on corruption charges - Aljazeera
13/3/20 - Why a media mogul was arrested in Pakistan - BBC News
13/3/20 - Pakistan broadcast regulator cuts distribution of Geo News after CEO’s arrest - CPJ
11/03/2020 - Pakistan: Racism Challenges Media’s Reporting Of Minorities - EurasiaReview
04/03/2020 - YouTube Becomes Refuge for Pakistan Journalists Battling Censors - NDTV
24/02/2020 - Pakistan's new internet laws tighten control over social media - Dawn
22/02/2020 - Lawyers to stand by journalists in fight for free media: Kurd - Dawn
17/02/2020- Body of Pakistani Reporter Found Hours After He Went Missing - The New York Times
13/02/2020- Pakistan Moves to Restrict Social Media - VOA News
05/02/2020- Pakistan broadcast regulator proposes sweeping control of internet news programs CPJ
31/01/2020- Pakistan: Media in Pakistan failing to pay salaries with deadly ramifications - IFJ
20/ 01/2020 - CPNE gives grim scenario of press freedom in Pakistan - CPNE
01/01/2020 - Facebook allegedly blocks Pakistani state-run radio - Turkish Press
2019
12/12/2019 - Protests against a media house in Pakistan mount - Global Voices
10/12/2019 - Opinion: The decline of media freedom in Pakistan - A journalist tells his story - DW
06/12/2019 - Dawn's Islamabad bureau besieged by protesters for the second time this week - Dawn
26/11/2019 - Pakistan: Press Under Stress – Analysis - Eurasia Review
22/11/2019 - Editor Dawn Zaffar Abbas receives CPJ's Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award - Dawn
22/11/2019 - Focus on PSM | Pakistan - Public Media Alliance
14/11/2019 - Pakistani media community to set guidelines, protocols for journalists' safety - Geo TV
05/11/2019 - Pakistan among countries where internet ‘not free’: report - Tribune
18/10/2019 - Pakistan denies entry to Committee to Protect Journalists official - Reuters
17/10/2019 - Senate human rights panel to take up media censorship issue tomorrow - Dawn
05/10/2019 - Media unity - Dawn
18/09/2019 - Cabinet approves plan to form ‘media courts’ - Dawn
29/07/2019 - Pakistani Government Criticized for Shutting Down Journalists - OCCRP
28/07/2019 - Pakistan censorship: 'Hovering above the mute button' - BBC
25/07/2019 - Government plans to set up media courts, says PM’s aide - Dawn
17/07/2019 - Journalists: ‘We are almost extinct’ - Pakistan Today
09/07/2019 - TV news channels blocked in Pakistan after airing opposition speeches - CPJ
05/07/2019 - Pakistan: Network forced to pull interview with ex-president - IFJ
04/07/2019 - 'ArrestAntiPakjournalists' tops Twitter trends in Pakistan - Dawn
29/06/2019 - Rights Groups Demand Pakistan Release Journalist - VoA
17/04/2019 - Pakistan extends bail for journalist accused of 'cyberterrorism' - AlJazeera
10/04/2019 - Pakistan: Fatwa puts journalists in serious danger - IFJ
08/04/2019 - Proposed media regulator provokes strong criticism in Pakistan - CPJ
20/03/2019- Satire offers new ground for silenced Pakistani journalists - Reuters
01/04/2019 - Pakistani government monitoring journalists’ social media activity - IFJ
26/02/2019 - Fawad insists on one regulatory authority for all media - Dawn
13/02/2019 - Pakistan announces crackdown on social media misuse - The News
09/02/2019 - Pakistani journalist critical of government seized outside home - Reuters
07/02/2019 - Facebook starts labeling political ads in India as election looms - CNN
25/01/2019 -Cabinet approves merger of all media regulatory bodies - Dawn
18/01/2019 - President advises media to stop relying on govt for advertisement - Dawn
2018
20/12/2018 - The Pakistan government’s financial squeeze on journalism - Columbia Journalism Review
18/12/2018 - Over two thousand journalists jobless after newspapers shut in Pakistan - IFJ
02/12/2018 - Media facing extreme suffocation: CPNE - Dawn
01/12/2018 - Pakistan seeks Facebook's cooperation to counter hate speech, boost e-commerce - Geo TV
18/11/2018 - Pakistan No 1 in Facebook content censorship - The International News
09/11/2018 - Pakistan: Dozens of armed police raid Karachi Press Club - Reporters Without Borders
01/11/2018 - PML-N rejects proposed media authority - Dawn
09/10/2018 - Media bodies endorse PFUJ demands - The Intrernational News
05/10/2018 - Treason Trial for Pakistani Journalist Signals New Pressure on Media - NY Times
01/10/2018 - Govt launches 'Fake News Buster' account to expose false reports - Dawn
24/09/2018 - Pakistan Court Orders Arrest of Journalist in Treason Case - Bloomberg
12/09/2018 - Pakistan military 'quietly' stifling press with intimidation - Al Jazeera
28/08/2018 - PPP moves Pemra against TV channels for ‘misreporting - The News
25/08/2018- Lifting of censorship on state media step towards press freedom: IPI - Dawn
23/08/2018 - Pakistan’s state broadcaster ends ban on covering opposition leaders - Hindustan Times
01/08/2018 - The death of objective journalism, freedom of expression in Pakistan - Asia Times
23/07/2018 - Curbs on freedom of expression in Pakistan continues: HRCP - The Nation
12/07/2018 - Protest held across country to show solidarity with Dawn - Dawn
12/07/2018 - Media in Pakistan facing clampdown ahead of elections - Public Media Alliance
11/07/2018 - How pressuring the media is risking the quality of our democracy - Dawn
06/07/2018 - Black flags fly atop press clubs as freedom drive launched - Dawn
04/07/2018 - The assault on Pakistan media ahead of vote - BBC News
22/06/2018 - PFUJ urges CJP, PM to look into media coercion - Dawn
19/06/2018 - IPI condemns intimidation of news organisations - Dawn
14/06/2018 - Alarming crackdown ahead of elections - Amnesty
13/06/2018 - Dawn becomes the latest victim of Pakistan army's crackdown on media - The Print
07/06/2018 - Attack, abduction threaten journalists' safety in Pakistan - IFJ
04/06/2018 - The cost of extreme media censorship - A view from Pakistan - The Wire
03/06/2018 - Jang, Geo stopped from coverage of garrison varsity ceremony - The News Pakistan
28/05/2018 - The hard limits of Pakistan's media freedom - The Diplomat
02/05/2018 - Pakistan's war against the media - The Interpreter
23/04/2018 - Shutdown of Pakistani TV network hints at army's bid for control - The Guardian
11/04/2018 - RSF calls for end to Geo TV's illegal suspension - Reporters Without Borders
07/04/2018 - Geo TV blocked across Pakistan [updated] - Public Media Alliance
02/04/2018 - PEMRA orders restoration of all Geo TV channels within 24 hours - Geo TV
02/02/2018 - New report takes a hard look at digital (in)security of journalists in Pakistan - IFEX
24/01/2018 - Pakistan shuts down radio station over content - IFJ
18/01/2018 - Escalating Limits on Association, Speech - Human Rights Watch
11/01/2018 - 'The new normal' in Pakistan: a journalist on the run from gunmen - New York Times
2017
26/12/2017 - Government should strike balance between censorship, security - The Nation
26/12/2017 - Balochistan journalists caught 'between the stick and the gun' - BBC News
22/11/2017 - 'Attack on journalists is an attack on the state' - Dawn
06/11/2017 - HRCP, journalists decry curbs on press freedom in Balochistan - Geo Television Network
25/10/2017 - Pakistan blogger Aasim Saeed says he was tortured - BBC News
22/06/2017 - Violence against journalists continues in Pakistan - Public Media Alliance
12/05/2017 - Pemra warns TV channels not to air content jeopardising military's image - Dawn
01/05/2017 - Pakistan’s Deadly War on Free Speech - Conatus News
05/04/2017 - IT ministry to introduce DPA within three months - Pakistan Today