Zaffar Abbas

‘Pressure tactics will not force Dawn [newspaper] to abandon principled journalism. Its duty, first and foremost, is to maintain journalistic integrity’. Dawn’s editorial on the move by yet another govt to pressurise it into submission. https://t.co/RJhP2jt1OW

RT @faziljamili: KPC strongly condemns the govt's decision to withhold ads from Dawn in retaliation for its independent editorial policy. W…

RT @AbsaKomal: Black day for freedom of speech & expression in Pakistan. Senate passes draconian Pecca amendments. All journalists bodies…

‘Although journalists are no strangers to hard seasons, recent times have been particularly dystopian for Pakistan’s mediascape…’ Dawn’s editorial: https://t.co/bKUAjTwBgR

RT @khattak63: Dawn newspaper’s two reports shortlisted as “best investigating stories from Pakistan.” Thanks for showing courage and brave…

Dawn’s feature on the state of journalists and journalism in the tribal districts that border Afghanistan. GUNS, PILLS AND HAUNTED PRESS CLUBS https://t.co/pxh1Dt1PoP

RT @AzharAbbas3: Media has consistently been under pressure from powerful entities & historically the SC has failed to protect the freedom…

RT @reema_omer: This is a highly intrusive and absurd order by the CJP, which is not supported by our law or jurisprudence on contempt Wha…

‘…. There are good justifications for keeping an eye on known criminals, terrorists and foreign spies, but implementing a [surveillance] system to spy on one’s own people is a perverse abuse of power and should be stopped forthwith….’ Dawn’s editorial: https://t.co/YKM5Jza8N0

‘The work done by Mr Assange and his colleagues gave journalists, whistle-blowers and ordinary citizens additional tools with which to hold the powerful to account and expose the doublespeak governments employ to cover up their misdeeds.’ Dawn’s editorial: https://t.co/pcng2m3pJx

‘If media is cowed into silence by violent forces, who will raise a voice for the voiceless, and ask the uncomfortable questions that need to be asked?’ Dawn’s editorial on the murder of yet another journalist in Pakistan: https://t.co/N7G5rq9YhX

RT @_sabanaqvi: Do read interview with Suman Gupta, editor of the Faizabad based newspaper Jan Morcha. She had sensed a defeat for BJP in s…

RT @marvimazhar: By far the most beautiful tree of #Karachi Some points for @KmcPakistan @AntiquitieSindh @Ministerculture (a) this lovely…

RT @rasmus_kleis: "We are journalists, not activists. And our main mission is to maintain the credibility of the press" @cefeche says recei…

Unless the journalist bodies collectively raise their voice against the Punjab government’s attempt to introduce a draconian defamation law, whatever little press freedom we have today will be gone. Dawn’s editorial: https://t.co/OlpUMmTcg8

RT @naziha_syedali: Dubai unlocked: Pakistan’s multi-billion dollar property pie https://t.co/6Th3BzmKPh

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