A nuclear whistleblower and BBC journalists are being unjustly pursued, says Chris Ames
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Pakistan’s media are hoping an independent judiciary will protect freedom of expression, says Haq Nawaz Khan
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Najam Sethi, chief editor of Pakistan’s Daily Times, received death threats from militant group the Islamic Taliban Movement for publishing a cartoon in one of the paper’s sister publications, Aaj Kal. The cartoon depicted the leader of a radical women’s madrassa, Umme Hassan, calling for female students to wage violent jihad. The threat followed a demonstration in Lahore last week during which Hassan called the cartoon blasphemous.
Reporting from Pakistan’s tribal areas is getting more and more hazardous, says Haq Nawaz Khan
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