8SharesLocal and foreign journalists have unanimously termed the arrest of Jang group’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman as an act of cruelty aimed at gagging the media, at the first-ever virtual consultative international conference. Those in attendance passed a joint resolution, demanding Rehman’s immediate release and withdrawal of draconian restrictions on the press. They reiterated that the […]
11SharesISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has on Monday warned against censorship by government quarters. In a declaration issued by PFUJ after the three-day convention, the body was of the view that threat to the freedom of the press had ‘assumed ominous proportions’. Federal Executive Council of the journalist body met here in Islamabad […]
Pakistan is ranked 142nd on the 2019 Press Freedom Index according to the Reporters Sans Frontières. On its website, RSF reported several cases of ‘brazen censorship’. The organization also mentioned the PMRA saying that the ‘regulation’ was clearly intended to mean ‘censorship’. Journalist Amir Zia said the situation in the media in Pakistan was […]