11+ hour, 18+ min ago   (939+ words) ISLAMABAD — Eight journalists and media workers faced death threats, physical intimidation, attacks on their homes, or legal pressure across Pakistan during August 2026, according to a Freedom Network report released on September 11. The documented cases ranged from threats against journalists and…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (1066+ words) Akhtar Shah revisits a remarkable episode in which two celebrated journalists escaped a security search by hiding on a first-floor sunshade outside The Muslim’s Islamabad newsroom. ISLAMABAD — During the early years of Gen Zia-ul-Haq’s martial law, probably around 1979, an extraordinary…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1462+ words) PALESTINE — Israeli forces arrested Palestinian journalist Abdulrahman Abdul Karim Mohammed Hassan, 39, during a raid in Bethlehem. No charges or grounds for his detention were publicly disclosed. (WAFA, August 19, 2026) Why it matters: The arrest highlights the risks Palestinian journalists face during…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (925+ words) KARACHI — The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has decided to collect and verify reports of press freedom violations more systematically for inclusion in its annual media freedom report, as concerns grow over journalist safety, legal pressure, press club closures,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (953+ words) MUZAFFARABAD — Journalist Danish Irshad has been placed on the Fourth Schedule under the anti-terrorism law in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, prompting concern over the use of counter-terrorism measures against a journalist covering the region's politics, protests and human rights situation....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (811+ words) ISLAMABAD — The Human Rights Council of Pakistan has condemned the detentions of journalist Razi Tahir and Kashmiri poet and journalist Ahmad Farhad, demanding that authorities disclose the legal basis for holding them and ensure their access to lawyers and the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (963+ words) DHAKA — A France-based human rights organization has condemned proceedings that could implicate three detained Bangladeshi journalists in a crimes against humanity case, warning that the prosecution of journalistic speech could intensify self-censorship across the country. JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France said…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1507+ words) ISLAMABAD — At 7:30 on a winter morning, 34-year-old video journalist Imran Khokhar is already on his aging motorcycle, heading toward Islamabad's Seventh Avenue. The assignment desk wants him there for a live weather report. He has not had breakfast. His salary,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (849+ words) ISLAMABAD — Legal proceedings and cybercrime investigations emerged as the leading source of pressure on journalists in Pakistan in July, with six of 11 documented threat and violation cases linked to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016 or the National Cyber…...