Noor Fatima - Freedom of Press situation in Pakistan

Noor Fatima - Freedom of Press situation in Pakistan

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Pakistan is one of the countries that has a long history of difficulties facing journalism. Decades ago, the process of extracting news from newspapers has now shifted to accessing newspapers and shutting down channels.

 In the year 2019, there were many incidents in the country in which journalists were pressured or restricted in independent. 

 Remember that even this year, reports from international organizations on freedom of the press in Pakistan do not show a good situation.

 In 2019, Pakistan saw a new trend against journalists, and in a special way, organized campaigns were launched on social media to defame journalists who were reporting against the government.

 In addition, the government announced the establishment of media courts. According to Special Assistant for Information Firdous Ashiq Awan, the purpose of these courts is to take media industry disputes to these special courts so that speedy justice can be provided.

 The announcement of government was strongly opposed by the journalistic community and journalistic organizations, after which the media courts 'case was dropped, with the government complaining to the media owners and the media workers' jobs, salaries and some journalists. He announced the formation of a committee to resolve issues such as presenting a specific point of view. Besides, what happened against journalists, freedom of press, media institutions in the year 2019 and what was the scenario of journalism in the country? We are mentioning this in this report. 

 International Reports on Journalism in pakistan.

 Decline in Pakistan's rank In April this year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a global media watchdog, released a ranking of countries in terms of press freedom, according to which Pakistan had slipped three places from its previous level.

 According to the RSF report, the media in Pakistan faced severe cases of censorship, especially during the general elections, which hampered the distribution of newspapers, threatened the media to withdraw advertisements, while some V-channel signals were also turned off.

 The report added that the new government last year announced the establishment of the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority, in which the word 'regulation' clearly refers to censorship and said that it should work in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Journalists are most at risk.