Press freedom in Pakistan is limited by official censorship that restricts critical reporting and by the high level of violence against journalists. The armed forces, the judiciary, and religion are topics that frequently attract the government's attention.
https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/pakistans-long-history-of-throttling-press-freedom/
Jun 21, 2023 — The most recent round of censorship and crackdown on journalists can be traced to the removal of Imran Khan as prime minister in April 2022.
https://mediaengagement.org/research/censorship-in-pakistan/
Nov 12, 2019 — Contemporary Pakistani laws combined with military and administrative aggression toward journalists have created a climate of self-censorship ...
Pakistan: Blanket ban on critical speeches 'disturbing ...
Amnesty International Mar 6, 2023 — On the evening of 5 March 2023, Pakistan's media regulator banned television channels from broadcasting speeches and news conferences by ...
May 11, 2023 — “Alarmingly, the government has announced that the mobile internet shutdown is 'indefinite' which is a clear violation of people's right to ...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/01/28/proposed-pakistan-law-seeks-greater-control-media
Proposed Pakistan Law Seeks Greater Control of Media
Government Should Protect Journalists, Not Suppress Free Speech
Jan 28, 2021 — PEMRA has long been the enforcer of the government's intensifying campaign of censorship and repression of the media. It has ordered television ...
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/05/pakistan-imran-khan-media-ban-political-opposition/
Pakistani Media Ban Silences Political Opponent Imran Khan
Foreign Policy...Jun 5, 2023 — This ban on media coverage of Khan and PTI was issued Wednesday by the state electronic media regulator, known as PEMRA. It forbids Khan and PTI ...
https://www.refworld.org/docid/5b8504c6a.html
Apr 20, 2018 — The Punjab province high court had issued a decision the same day calling on the broadcast media regulatory authority to censor any statements ...
A 2018 study by Media Matters for Democracy, Pakistan
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