The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, has welcomed the decision of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to lift censorship on state-run Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan. “The announcement by the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan that state media will be allowed editorial independence appears to be an important […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) this week called on Imran Khan, who is poised to become Pakistan’s next prime minister, to reverse a deteriorating environment for the independent press in the country. Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party topped Pakistan’s parliamentary vote last month and is now expected to lead a coalition government. The development comes as Pakistan’s […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, today condemned the arrest of Norwegian journalist Kadafi Zaman by the Pakistan police in Gujrat city on July 13. Kadafi Zaman, who reports for the Norwegian national public broadcasting company TV 2, was arrested while covering a demonstration in the […]

Read in English Das Internationale Presse Institut (IPI), ein weltweites Netzwerk aus Redakteuren, Medienvertretern und führenden JournalistInnen, ist zutiefst besorgt über die derzeitigen Zwangsmaßnahmen gegen die Pressefreiheit in Pakistan. In Briefen an den pakistanischen Übergangspremierminister (Retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk; den Vorsitzenden des obersten Gerichtshofs von Pakistan Saqib Nisar; den Leiter des pakistanischen Wahlprüfungsamtes Sardar Muhammad Raza, den […]