CPJ, partners call Pakistan’s prime minister to address alarming deterioration in press freedom
The Committee to Protect Journalists, together with eight other press freedom and human rights organizations, on Friday urged Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take immediate action to address the country’s rapidly deteriorating press freedom environment. In a joint letter, the groups expressed concern about new restrictions on reporting in parts of Pakistan, recurring internet…
Pakistan introduces sweeping rules to restrict foreign media amid Kashmir unrest
New York, August 6, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Pakistani authorities to withdraw draconian new guidelines requiring journalists working for international media outlets to obtain authorization before reporting outside Islamabad, Karachi, or Lahore, in a move likely to censor coverage of unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The guidelines, reviewed by CPJ, require international and…
Pakistani journalists Razi Tahir and Muhammad Saif detained amid crackdown on Kashmir reporting
New York, August 5, 2026—Pakistani authorities must account for and immediately release journalists Razi Tahir and Muhammad Saif, who were taken by men in police uniform from their office in the capital city Islamabad, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday. Tahir and Saif, independent journalists who publish through Tahir’s popular social media…