Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF), an international organisation working for freedom of expression, has published a gallery with portraits of ‘predators of press freedom’ — 37 world leaders who have been curbing free speech in their countries. Prime Minister Imran Khan is included in the list alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad […]
It is not an easy play for anyone to express resentment over the policies proposed and enacted by the govt authorities in Pakistan. Record shows that the stakes are high. Dissenters are often forced behind bars or to face other punitive setbacks. The most recent victim of administrative harassment is the educationalist and student rights […]
Three years back when I was unemployed and looking for a job, I had to appear before the owner of a newly-launched news channel for an interview for the job of Islamabad Bureau Chief in that channel. The owner was terse and brute in his attitude. He didn’t want to know what capabilities I would […]