Pakistan ranked 152 out of 169 countries in terms of free media

Society Pakistan & World Affairs
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What kind of a non-sensical ranking is this

Reporters without Borders ranked Pakistan at 152

Saudi Arabia, Russia, Congo are ranked higher than Pakistan

Rank Country Note
1 Iceland 0,75

  • Norway 0,75
    3 Estonia 1,00
  • Slovakia 1,00
    5 Belgium 1,50
  • Finland 1,50
  • Sweden 1,50
    8 Denmark 2,00
  • Ireland 2,00
  • Portugal 2,00
    11 Switzerland 3,00
    12 Latvia 3,50
  • Netherlands 3,50
    14 Czech Republic 4,00
    15 New Zealand 4,17
    16 Austria 4,25
    17 Hungary 4,50
    18 Canada 4,88
    19 Trinidad and Tobago 5,00
    20 Germany 5,75
    21 Costa Rica 6,50
  • Slovenia 6,50
    23 Lithuania 7,00
    24 United Kingdom 8,25
    25 Mauritius 8,50
  • Namibia 8,50
    27 Jamaica 8,63
    28 Australia 8,79
    29 Ghana 9,00
    30 Greece 9,25
    31 France 9,75
    32 Taiwan 10,00
    33 Spain 10,25
    34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11,17
    35 Italy 11,25
    36 Macedonia 11,50
    37 Japan 11,75
  • Uruguay 11,75
    39 Chile 12,13
  • South Korea 12,13
    41 Croatia 12,50
    42 Romania 12,75
    43 South Africa 13,00
    44 Israel (Israeli territory) 13,25
    45 Cape Verde 14,00
  • Cyprus 14,00
    47 Nicaragua 14,25
    48 United States of America 14,50
    49 Togo 15,17
    50 Mauritania 15,50
    51 Bulgaria 16,25
    52 Mali 16,50
    53 Benin 17,00
    54 Panama 17,88
    55 Tanzania 18,00
    56 Ecuador 18,50
  • Poland 18,50
    58 Cyprus (North) 19,00
  • Montenegro 19,00 n. c.
    60 Kosovo 19,75
    61 Hong-Kong 20,00
  • Madagascar 20,00
    63 Kuwait 20,17
    64 El Salvador 20,20
    65 United Arab Emirates 20,25
    66 Georgia 20,83
    67 Serbia 21,00
    68 Bolivia 21,50
  • Burkina Faso 21,50
  • Zambia 21,50
    71 Central African Republic 22,50
    72 Dominican Republic 22,75
    73 Mozambique 23,00
    74 Mongolia 23,40
    75 Botswana 23,50
  • Haiti 23,50
    77 Armenia 23,63
    78 Kenya 23,75
    79 Qatar 24,00
    80 Congo 24,50
    81 Moldova 24,75
    82 Argentina 24,83
    83 Senegal 25,00
    84 Brazil 25,25
    85 Cambodia 25,33
  • Liberia 25,33
    87 Albania 25,50
  • Honduras 25,50
  • Niger 25,50
    90 Paraguay 26,10
    91 Angola 26,50
    92 Malawi 26,75
  • Ukraine 26,75
    94 Côte d’Ivoire 27,00
  • Timor-Leste 27,00
    96 Comoros 28,00
  • Uganda 28,00
    98 Lebanon 28,75
    99 Lesotho 29,50
    100 Indonesia 30,50
    101 Turkey 31,25
    102 Gabon 31,50
    103 Israel (extra-territorial) 32,00
    104 Guatemala 33,00
  • Seychelles 33,00
    106 Morocco 33,25
    107 Fiji 33,50
  • Guinea 33,50
  • Guinea-Bissau 33,50
    110 Kyrgyzstan 33,60
    111 Cameroon 36,00
  • United States of America (extra-territorial) 36,00
    113 Chad 36,50
    114 Venezuela 36,88
    115 Tajikistan 37,00
    116 Bhutan 37,17
    117 Peru 37,38
    118 Bahrein 38,00
    119 Tonga 38,25
    120 India 39,33
    121 Sierra Leone 39,50
    122 Jordan 40,21
    123 Algeria 40,50
    124 Malaysia 41,00
    125 Kazakhstan 41,63
    126 Colombia 42,33
    127 Burundi 43,40
    128 Philippines 44,75
    129 Maldives 45,17
    130 Gambia 48,25
    131 Nigeria 49,83
    132 Djibouti 50,25
    133 Democratic Republic of Congo 50,50
    134 Bangladesh 53,17
    135 Thailand 53,50
    136 Mexico 53,63
    137 Nepal 53,75
    138 Swaziland 54,50
    139 Azerbaijan 55,40
    140 Sudan 55,75
    141 Singapore 56,00
    142 Afghanistan 56,50
    143 Yemen 56,67
    144 Russia 56,90
    145 Tunisia 57,00
    146 Egypt 58,00
    147 Rwanda 58,88
    148 Saudi Arabia 59,75
    149 Zimbabwe 62,00
    150 Ethiopia 63,00
    151 Belarus 63,63
    **152 Pakistan 64,83 **
    153 Equatorial Guinea 65,25
    154 Syria 66,00
    155 Libya 66,50
    156 Sri Lanka 67,50
    157 Iraq 67,83
    158 Palestinian Territories 69,83
    159 Somalia 71,50
    160 Uzbekistan 74,88
    161 Laos 75,00
    162 Vietnam 79,25
    163 China 89,00
    164 Burma 93,75
    165 Cuba 96,17
    166 Iran 96,50
    167 Turkmenistan 103,75
    168 North Korea 108,75
    169 Eritrea 114,75
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Re: Pakistan ranked 152 out of 169 countries in terms of free media

maybe there freedome means SOMETHING ELSE rolling eyes

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dont thing this list is right for current government. it can be very true for previous ones until NS etc. so they need to update the list. Pakistan should fall in top50 realistically.

Timepaas
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Re: Pakistan ranked 152 out of 169 countries in terms of free media

May be harassment of journaslists has to do ‘anything’ with this ranking? :hmmm:

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Don’t Worry. BB will save Pakistan. :hehe:

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yeh sab bakwass hi, dil pe mat le yaar

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even afghanistan is ahead of Pakistan :eek:

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I don’t know why you are trying BB sarcasm with me, but the Mush+Bibi combo ain’t gonna do anything for people… they will have their To-Do-List faxed by Condi Rice every day.

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Re: Pakistan ranked 152 out of 169 countries in terms of free media

Totally a laughable list! I think the authors have picked up the map and have gone by the sequence from West to East.

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This is one stupid list... Makes absolutely no sense! Look at the countries that beat Pakistan?!?!

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Re: Pakistan ranked 152 out of 169 countries in terms of free media

Don’t forget to add Sharif brothers to the list. They are also coming back.

Afterall that’s what people want. People want - People get. :hehe:

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How so? Has Musharraf changed the signed papers to reduce the exile duration?

Really? But per Musharraf lotas majority of people support Musharraf so how come you are now saying that thats what people want?

So your wife can cook.
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Re: Pakistan ranked 152 out of 169 countries in terms of free media

Are you saying you no longer believe the polls posted on this forum, which say BB and NS are more popular?. People Want - People Get. :hehe:

God Bless President Musharaf. God Bless Pakistan. God Bless the Free Judiciary. :jhanda:

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I think it has lot to do with it, but I think press is lot more free in Pakistan that half of the countries on the list.

BTW, in Saudi Arabia there is no such thing called free press. The press there is control by the govt.

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So, if we're going by the polls thn Mush should be long gone history, right?

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No. He has just been re-elected as President by the Assemblies - people that had voted for him have been chosen by the people. :smiley:

God Bless Parliamentary Democracy. :k:

God Bless President President Musharaf. God Bless Pakistan. God Bless the Free Judiciary. :jhanda:

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Re: Pakistan ranked 152 out of 169 countries in terms of free media

Venezuela is ahead of India, Pakistan. :confused:

Anyway, this is their justification for Pakistan’s ranking.

It’s true, but can not be worst than many countries who were ranked ahead of Pakistan and India.

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Re: Pakistan ranked 152 out of 169 countries in terms of free media

That is one of the reason why it ranked so low.

http://www.dawn.com/2007/10/17/local3.htm

KARACHI: Journalist shot dead

By Our Staff Reporter

KARACHI, Oct 16: A journalist was shot dead in Lyari on Monday night. Azar Abbas Hydri, associated with an Islamabad-based English daily, was intercepted by armed men near Aath Chowk at around 1:30 am.

“They roughed him up when he offered resistance. They took away one of his two cellphones before shooting him in the back,” Abuzar, brother of the victim told Dawn.

However, SP Lyari Fayyaz Khan contested the statement and quoted the SHO concerned as saying that the body was found lying at a section of Sheedi Village Road. He also referred to some reports that the body was thrown out a moving auto-rickshaw. Azar Abbas had come to the city to celebrate the Eid with his family.

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Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in Moscow last year yet Russia is ranked higher than Pakistan. WTF?

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Re: Pakistan ranked 152 out of 169 countries in terms of free media

what is WTF? are you using your mothertongue?

That was the recent example. Read these links and decide what is WTF?

UPDATE (Pakistan): Missing journalist found dead in Pakistan

UPDATE ON URGENT APPEAL UPDATE ON URGENT APPEAL UPDATE ON URGENT APPEAL

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME

Update on Urgent Appeal

19 June 2006

[Re: UA-145-2006: PAKISTAN: Journalists to stage protest over rights of those in the media]

UP-127-2006: PAKISTAN: Missing journalist found dead in Pakistan

PAKISTAN: Extra-judicial killing; disappearance; alleged government involvement

Dear friends,

It is with much regret that the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the death of Pakistan journalist, Mr. Hayat Ullah Khan. In a May 2006 appeal (UA-145-2006) the AHRC asked the Government of Pakistan to produce Mr. Khan in a court of law without further delay. Mr. Khan was disappeared on 5 December 2005 and had not been seen since. It is suspected that Mr. Khan had been handed over to armed forces from the United States serving in Pakistan. Sadly, Mr. Khan’s dead body was found on June 15.

Since Mr. Khan’s disappearance many human rights organisations around the world had been campaigning for his release. Mr. Khan’s family was repeatedly informed by intelligence agencies and government officials that they would receive good news on Mr. Khan on or around June 15. However, on the very day that they believed Mr. Khan would be returned safely to them, his family learned that he had been found but was in fact dead. Mr. Khan’s body was located outside a village in Mir Ali in the North Waziristan tribal region. His hands had been chained together and he had bullet marks in the back of his body. He was also still wearing the same clothes he had worn on the day that he disappeared.

On that day, 5 December 2005, Mr. Khan had taken photographs indicating US involvement in the missile attack on the house of Egyptian born Al-Qaeda operative Hamza Rabia. Though Pakistani officials claim that Rabia had died from one of his own home-made bombs, Mr. Khan’s photographs showed shrapnel at the scene from a Hellfire missile which had allegedly been fired by an American plane. Evidently, the photographs contradicted the officials claim.

Mr. Khan worked for national dailies and western wire photo services. He was kidnapped by five armed masked men while traveling with his younger brother to cover a student’s demonstration on December 5. He is the third tribal journalist who was killed while covering militants’ activities and the military operation in the tribal areas close to the border of Afghanistan. In February 2005 two journalists had been gunned down by masked men in Wana, South Waziristan.

The military government of Pakistan has been operating in the South Waziristan area since 2002. During this time they have bombarded the area and threatened media persons and media organisations for reporting on military operations. Recently one journalist in Sindh province was shot dead by the guards of a provincial minister and two journalists in the same province were attacked and shot at by men working for a provincial minister of the military government. Since the military take-over in 1999, seven journalists have been killed, two are missing and several have been injured.

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation are today observing a black day in protest against the killing of journalists. The AHRC fully supports this day and strongly condemns the actions of the military government in their treatment of media persons and media organisations in the country.

Pakistani journalists protest over killing of colleague
Asian Political News, June 19, 2006
ISLAMABAD, June 19 Kyodo

Pakistani journalists on Monday decided to indefinitely boycott proceedings of the National Assembly and weekly Foreign Ministry briefings to protest the killing of a colleague in a tribal area last week.

‘‘We have decided to boycott the Foreign Ministry briefing to protest against the killing of our colleague and demand an independent inquiry by a Supreme Court judge,’’ Aroosa Alam, vice president of the National Press Club, told ministry spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam before walking out.

Alam said that journalists were boycotting the weekly briefing to draw the attention of the international community to the killing of the journalist and the state of press freedoms in Pakistan.

Pakistani journalists protest over killing

June 4, 2006 10:08 AM
Journalists staged a token walkout from the Senate press gallery in Islamabad in protest at the increasing incidents of violence against reporters and editors. They are incensed at the police inaction following the killing of Munir Solangi, a reporter for the Kawish television network who was shot while filming a gun battle. Sangi’s colleagues believe he was targeted by the authorities. (Via DailyTimes - National

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=56931

PAKISTAN: Call for probe into killing of journalist
Committee to Protect Journalists alarmed about how many journalists have been attacked in recent years

Dawn
Thursday, November 2, 2006

New York — The Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday called on the Pakistan government to order an immediate, high-level investigation into Wednesday’s murder of Mohammad Ismail, Islamabad bureau chief for the Pakistan Press International (PPI).

“Mohammad Ismail’s murder must be fully investigated,” said Joel Simon, CPJ’s executive director in a statement here.

"An alarming number of Pakistani journalists have been killed with impunity in the last four years.

“The government must show that it is determined to end this very poor record by waging a timely and thorough investigation,” he added.

Date Posted: 10/2/2006


I can go on and on. As I said this is one of the causes of why Pakistan being rated so low. I advise you to be more mature while responding to my posts. I can also use that kind of language but I preferred not to be a Jahil third class yankee.
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