Journalists in Pakistan continue to live a tough life as several Independent journalists in Pakistan have raised concerns related to digital security, The Friday Times reported.
Media persons active on social media have discussed this column extensively. Besides exposing the ISI-PTI nexus, the article also exposed the extreme complicity of senior army and ISI officers in trapping and blackmailing young girls and making their videos to blackmail influential people in
According to data from the information ministry, 15 of the journalists were from Punjab, 11 were from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and three from Balochistan. The journalists were either shot dead, targeted or killed by terrorists.
In November last year, Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had taken notice of the "illegal and unwarranted" leakage of tax information of Bajwa's family. "This is clearly a violation of the complete confidentiality of tax information that the law provides," a statement from the Finance Divi
After attempting to set fire to it, unidentified assailants used hand grenades to attack the home of a journalist based in Parachinar, The Nation, an English daily based in Lahore quoted police as saying on Wednesday.
Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif's killing could have been a 'targeted assassination' as there were 'discrepancies' found in the statement of the Kenyan police, the findings of a two-person fact-finding team made up of Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) personn
Writing for the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF), Siegfried O Wolf, said that Pakistan is in a state of shock after two horrifying events: first is the killing of one journalist Arshad Sharif and the assassination attempt on former prime minister Imran Khan.
The suspicious killing of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya has highlighted that whoever dares to criticise those holding power in Pakistan will be suppressed as the harassment of journalists continues in the country despite the change in governments.
There have been no convictions in 96pc of murder cases of journalists in Pakistan between 2012 and 2022 as crackdown on media personnel continues to persist in Pakistan, with no actions being taken.