Editors under pressure to drop stories: Dawn
Dawn on Friday said there is unprecedented pressure on editors to drop individual stories and specific quotes. In an editorial titled Diminishing Freedom, the paper said the pressure was at…
Author: Editorial Staff
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 3 May 2019
A free press is essential for peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights. No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information. It is the cornerstone for building…
William Horsley, Head of the Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) Media Freedom Committee; London’s Message On World Press Freedom Day 2019
London: The theme of this year’s World Press Freedom Day is the role of media for democracy and elections. I applaud the Rural Media Network Pakistan for being at the…
IFJ wants probe to determine motive behind journalist’s murder
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police to investigate the brutal murder of journalist Amanullah Gharro of Dera Ismail Khan and determine if the…
Press freedom under serious threat from govts worldwide: IPI
KARACHI: Governments are increasingly clamping down on press freedom as new laws are being enacted to curtail media independence around the world, while 55 journalists were killed since May last…