Tag Archives: Pakistani media

A veteran Pakistani journalist and author challenges CPJ's statement in support of the owner of Pakistan's largest media group, advising it to raise its voice for the Pakistani journalists who are being exploited by media owners and not paid for months.

Adhering to rules, editors who enforce strict standards about facts and sources are on the decline in the Pakistani media. There is a dire need for a responsible media to restore objectivity.  The demise of objectivity has made things black or white, there are no shades of grey.

Three years down the road as 2014 gives way to 2015 little has changed in brining the killers of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shehzad to justice. Neither have Shahzad’s killers been identified and punished nor have the recommendations of Inquiry Commission that investigated his death been implemented.

According to Pakistani media organizations, over 100 journalists and media workers have been killed and more than 2,000 injured in the country since 2000. Reporting Under Threat highlights the dangerous conditions in which journalists operate in the South asian country and documents first-person testimonials of 57 media personnel from all over Pakistan and one from Afghanistan.

Media in Pakistan continues to face grave threats, including threats to the lives of journalists. The recent statistics are stark. Over 60 journalists have been killed in the last six years (2007 to 2013) – about two-thirds of them shot dead in target killings and the rest killed in suicide attacks and bombings in public places. On average, for each journalist …