kistan People’s Party Secretary General Farhatullah Babar on Friday expressed grave concern over the state’s apathy towards the disappearance of journalist, writer and active progressive voice on social media Mudasar Naru three years ago and called for his safe recovery urgently. Journalist Mudassar disappeared on this day three years ago. A few months ago his…
ISLAMABAD—Prime Minister Imran Khan has appreciated the initiatives taken by the Special External Publicity Wing of the Ministry of Information to facilitate international journalists in Afghanistan. Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting Fawad Hussain Chaudhry during a detailed briefing on issues related to the arrival of foreign journalists in Pakistan and provision of visa facilities,…
ISLAMABAD—The Supreme Court has asked three senior officials, including the interior secretary, the director general FIA, and the Islamabad police inspector general to appear before it on August 26 to hear the government’s version on the rising incidents of harassment of journalists, Dawn reported. The court issued the directives in response to a four-page petition complaining that…
Brussels, August 20, 2021 – “We had one instance of a family being threatened and told the only way they would be left in peace is if their daughter – a journalist – married the local Taliban commander.” As the taliban now control the country, the IFJ monitoring of the situation on the ground and the many…
BRUSSELS—The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for the necessary evacuation of media workers at critical risk in Afghanistan and asked the international community to expedite all evacuation and rescue operations. This comes a few days after Taliban carried out search operations in homes of at least three employees of German public broadcaster Deutsche…
WASHINGTON—American media outlets have urged the US administration to help protect Afghan journalists seeking to flee as the Taliban tighten their grip in the country. The publishers of the Washington Post, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal, in a letter sent to President Joe Biden, called for ensuring support to Afghan journalists and their…