Anti-press violence has spiraled upward in Pakistan over the past five years, propelling the country into the eighth worst spot on the index, a media panel’s analysis has found. Although extremists and criminals pose serious risk, Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) research shows that Pakistani political and intelligence operatives routinely target the press for […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog body, has called on Pakistani authorities to launch an immediate investigation into the targeted murder of veteran Pakistani journalist Malik Mumtaz, who was shot dead in Miranshah on Wednesday. “The death of a veteran journalist such as Malik Mumtaz must not go uninvestigated and unexplained,” […]
International media groups have condemned the killing of two Pakistani newsmen in a deadly twin attacks in Quetta late Thursday, the killing refreshed serious concerns over the safety of journalists. At least two journalists were killed and two others seriously injured when a bomb went off near a billiard hall in Quetta as the […]
Pakistan has been listed among four countries where combat-related deaths and targeted murders are the driving forces behind a sharp rise in press fatalities in 2012, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ year-end analysis of journalists killed in the line of duty. At least 67 journalists were killed worldwide in direct relation to […]
Another unkind year for Journalists The previous year was not a kind to those in media. A report revealed by a media outlet stated that working conditions for journalists in Pakistan are becoming more hazardous. This gets multiplies in the backdrop of the ongoing conflict in Balochistan. Pakistan is not alone in being a riskier […]