The punishment for being a journalist
Pakistan has witnessed over 150 killings of journalists in the past 25 years, but that is hardly something that has ever bothered our successive governments. A report – ‘Crime and…
No justice for journalists targeted by Israel despite strong evidence of war crime
A year on, there is still no accountability following the October 13, 2023, targeted Israeli attack that killed Issam Abdallah and injured six journalists in southern Lebanon Less than a…
Journalists and PTSD
FERGAL Keane has said he was stepping down as BBC’s Africa Editor because he needed to address the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) he was suffering from and that he could not continue…
Journalists under a climate siege
The media industry in Pakistan, as well as globally, is under siege – not from political forces or censorship, but from the relentless trudge of climate change. The logistics of…
How to be a journalist
During my recent visit to Karachi, I attended the Sixth International Conference ‘State of the Media 2023’ at Greenwich University (GU). It took me back to the 1990s when I…
When the journalists are gone
Every few hours we check the social media timeline of Muhammed Smiry, the Gaza-based Palestinian journalist. He has been walking the ruined streets of Gaza, documenting everyday life amidst Israeli…
Journalists vow to become voice of Kashmiris
Senior Kashmiri journalists based in Islamabad and Rawalpindi have vowed to become voice of Kashmiris at a time when media in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) is totally…
Journalists vow to become voice of Kashmiris
Senior Kashmiri journalists on Tuesday vowed to become the voice of Kashmiris at a time when the media in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) was totally chocked by…
Safety of journalists
It would not have been possible with Imran Khan, or his information minister. Media freedom was an anathema to the entire PTI lot; they tried to crush all opposing voices…
Oscar spotlight shines on India’s rural women journalists
An all-women team of smartphone-toting, low-caste reporters who chronicle India’s hardscrabble heartland may give the cinema-mad country its first Oscar-winning film, after their own story became a critically lauded documentary.…
