Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the attack on media particularly Geo office and violence against media persons during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) long march on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. In a statement issued on Thursday, PFUJ’s President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi said that media persons were attacked while performing…
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has condemned the registration of cases against anchor person Arshad Sharif and senior journalist Sabir Shakir of ARY. In a statement issued on Sunday the president of PFUJ Shahzad Zulfiqar and secretary-general Nasir Zaidi said that registration of such cases against working journalists is a bad precedent that amounts to…
Journalist body issues Karachi Declaration after three-day FEC meeting KARACHI: The three-day meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) under the chairmanship of Shahzada Zulfiqar, the president of the union, deliberated upon a host of issues confronting the media industry, particularly the journalist community and media workers…
KARACHI: Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed serious concerns on continued political and economic turmoil in the country which may lead to denial of human rights and freedom of press and expression in the country, says a press release. After the conclusion of three day meeting of…
Karachi, May 15, 2022: The Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed serious concerns over the continued political and economic turmoil in the country, which may lead to the denial of human rights and freedom of press and expression in Pakistan. The three-day meeting of the FEC took…
ISLAMABAD, May 7, 2022: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s order to Federal Investigation Agency to withdraw its petiton filed in the Supreme Court against Section 20 of PECA Act 2016. In a statement, PFUJ’s President and Secretary General urged the government to hold an urgent meeting of…
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed its serious concern over the FIA’s decision of challenging the nullification of clause 20 of Prevention of Electronic Crime Act (PECA) 2016 by the Islamabad High court last month. A joint statement issued by PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi called upon the federal…
On the eve of the World Press Freedom day Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed its strong resolve for ensuring freedom of press and expression in the country which remained on sharp decline during the previous regime. PFUJ urged the incumbent government to focus on protection of freedom of speech and expression as…
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the harassment of media persons by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers and some officials. In a statement issued on Friday, the President of PFUJ Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi regretted that the PTI workers openly threatened the journalists during Imran Khan’s workers address in Lahore.…
President of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi have expressed serious concern on the allegations levelled by former Prime Minister Imran Khan against some journalists of receiving foreign funding and conspiring against Pakistan without naming anyone of them. In a joint statement, they said if the PTI…