Attack on Media in 2009

[Saqib Riaz]

January
1/30/2009 : TV channel’s transmission jammed in Gujrat
1/28/2009 : Robbery at journalist’s home: IGP orders immediate
1/27/2009 : Landlord takes rights activist, journalist to court
1/27/2009 : Journalist thrashed by rivals
1/26/2009 : Dawn Staffer robbed
1/25/2009 : Journalist shot dead in broad daylight
1/15/2009 : CD shops blown up in Nowshera, Kohat
1/14/2009 : Waqt TV team not allowed coverage
1/14/2009 : Two newsmen looted
1/13/2009 : Drama artist abducted from Peshawar
1/13/2009 : Building of TV boaster office damaged
1/10/2009 : Blast shatters CD, other shops in Mardan
1/10/2009 : CD shop blown up in Karak
1/07/2009 : Police rescue Geo TV reporter, other newsmen
1/06/2009 : Journalist’s house blown up
1/05/2009 : Two journalists among 7 killed in D.I Khan Suicide Attack
1/02/2009 : Armed men storm Sindhi newspaper
1/02/2009 : Armed men storm newspaper in Karachi, Pakistan
1/01/2009 : women, newsmen baton charged
1/01/2009 : Journalist manhandled

February
2/28/2009 : Sherry condemns attack on TV channels' vans
2/25/2009 : Newspaper owner injured in Quetta firing
2/24/2009 : Manhandling of journalists: inquiry ordered
2/23/2009 : Journalists Manhandled in Political Party rally
2/20/2009 : Another blast in Wana Press Club
2/19/2009 : The News, Geo staffer killed in the line of duty
2/19/2009 : SAFMA secretary general Imtiaz Alam attacked
2/19/2009 : Press club in Wana blown up
2/19/2009 : Newspapers, electronic media: Prime Minister
2/18/2009 : Bomb destroys Press Club
2/13/2009 : Property of Bajaur journalist destroyed
2/09/2009 : Journalist abducted, questioned about interview
2/06/2009 : Two Indian journalists complain of harassment
2/06/2009 : Journalist claims PML-N activists tortured him
2/05/2009 : Journalists detained, tortured
2/03/2009 : PFUJ slams attack on journalist

March
3/30/2009 : 7 illegal FM radio channels blocked in Charsadda
3/27/2009 : The Nation reporter shot dead
3/23/2009 : CD shop blown up
3/23/2009 : Robbers kill DawnNews’ Lahore reporter
3/19/2009 : Militants force closure of CD shops in Mardan
3/16/2009 : Transmission of TV news channels blocked in Pakistan
3/16/2009 : CD shop blown up; constable injured
3/13/2009 : Net cafés, CD shops blown up in Nowshera, Karak
3/12/2009 : Blast hits PTV booster in Chilas
3/7/2009 : Journalists protest bad-mouthing by Taseer
3/6/2009 : 18 CD shops destroyed in Mardan blast
3/6/2009 : Journalists boycott PA proceedings
3/4/2009 : Journalist wounded by fire
3/2/2009 : CD shops, net-cafes closed in Mardan

April
4/30/2009 : 3 Al Jazeera journalists injured
4/29/2009 : Militants ask media to ‘mend ways’
4/29/2009 : Agencies detain The News reporter in Peshawar
4/28/2009 : Pashto female singer killed
4/25/2009 : Mobile FM channels to be jammed
4/21/2009 : Local cinema sealed
4/18/2009 : Journalist injured in Balochistan dies
4/16/2009 : Hindu extremists try to disrupt Indo-Pak journalists
4/14/2009 : Tribesmen asked to stop FM transmissions
4/13/2009 : Two cinemas sealed for vulgarity
4/10/2009 : Lack of security forces organisers
4/9/2009 : Journalist missing after threats
4/8/2009 : Taliban blow up music shop
4/6/2009 : Navy personnel harass journalist?
4/4/2009 : Taliban blow up state radio station in Tribal Area's
4/4/2009 : Radio station ransacked in Wana

May
5/30/2009 : CD shop blown up, girl hurt in Kohat
5/30/2009 : Illegal FM radio station sealed
5/28/2009 : Suicide car bomb injures 20 journalists
5/26/2009 : CD shop blown up; post attacked
5/14/2009 : UK filmmakers attacked
5/7/2009 : Journalist’s house ransacked
5/4/2009 : Manhandling of journalists deplored

June
6/26/2009 : Dawn staffer survives attempt on life
6/26/2009 : Journalist shot dead in Gojra
6/12/2009 : Journalists seek protection
6/10/2009 : KhUJ condemns attack on media persons
6/10/2009 : Police baton-charge journalists
6/9/2009 : The Nation staffer tortured in line of duty
6/7/2009 : TV journalist kidnapped
6/7/2009 : CD shop blown up
6/1/2009 : Police shut down two FM channels

July
7/28/2009 : Journalists barred from court room
7/19/2009 : Websites of 32 ministries go off line
7/18/2009 : Lahore police cracks down on stage actresses
7/16/2009 : Website blocked as govt starts monitoring internet
7/12/2009 : House of senior journalist looted, torched in Buner
7/10/2009 : Taliban militants blow up journalist’s house in Pakistan's militancy plagued district of Buner
7/7/2009 : Geo TV News Team members injured in police batten charge

[RAKSHAN]

I Think Media Should Be Impartial And Should Present Both Sides Of Pictures Not Be Like The Media Of Pakistan(only Govt Side) But Would Rather Work For The Greatest Goods Of The Greatest Number,otherwise,they Deserve The Same Behaviour,that Happened With The Cameraman By A Lawyer.
Shahzad Amir

Maturity Is Achieved When U Postpone Ur Immediate Pleasures For The Sake Of Long Term Tenure,not Like Zardari,who Want Temporary Pleasures.