Oct 1: Female TV show host and four others booked under blasphemy law after Islamabad High Court’s order. http://www.dawn.com/news/1135633/tv-show-host-four-others-booked-on-blasphemy-charge
 
Oct 3: Nadeem Haider, working as reporter for Daily Dunya newspaper in Hafizabad (Punjab) was gunned down.
 
Oct 5: Yaqoob Shehzad, working as reporter for Daily Express and Express News channel, in Hafizabad (Punjab) was shot dead.
 
Oct 10: Young blogger Malala Yousafzai win Nobel Peace Prize.
 
Oct 13: Supreme Court decides to frame charge under contempt law against Mubashar Lucman, TV anchor, and Salman Iqbal, chief executive of ARY News channel over ‘anti-judiciary’ show hosted by the anchor. http://www.dawn.com/news/1137822/sc-decides-to-indict-tv-channels-chief-executive-anchor
 
Oct 18: PEMRA bans Mubashar Lucman’s ‘Kara Chuch’ talk show and also bars the anchor from appearing in ant show until a court order. http://www.dawn.com/news/1138827/pemra-bans-mubashir-lucmans-khara-sach
 
Oct 20: PEMRA suspends ARY News channe’s licence for 15 days and bans ‘Kara Sach’ show and anchor Mubashar Lucman from hosting any show appearing on any channel.
 
Oct 23: TV anchorperson and analyst becomes first Pakistani journalist to win prestigious Peter Mackler Journalism Courage Award for 2014
 
Oct 24: Lahore High Court decides to indict TV anchor Mubashar Lucman and owner Salman Iqbal on November 7 in a contempt case. http://jang.com.pk/jang/oct2014-daily/24-10-2014/u31613.htm
 
Oct 24: Court in Hyderabad (Sindh province) acquits co-accused of #DamielPearl murder case. http://www.dawn.com/news/1140088/co-accused-acquitted-in-daniel-pearl-case
 
Oct 24: Tribal journalistAmirzada Wasal from Jamrud tehsil of Khyber tribal region bordering Peshawar is reported missing from Ghunai area of Jamrud.
 
Oct 24: Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party of Imran Khan allegedly damage ‘drone camera’ of Geo News channel during Gujrat public meeting. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28ll5z_pti-workers-broke-geo-news-drone-camera-with-sticks-in-pti-jalsa-gujrat_news
 
Oct 25: Tribal journalist Amirzada Wasal returns home safely 24 hours after he was reported missing. He says he was kidnapped at gunpoint while on his way home.
 
Oct 25: Viewers across several parts of Karachi and Hyderabad complained Saturday that they were unable to receive news channels on their cable TV connections for over two hours. http://www.dawn.com/news/1140313/news-channels-back-on-air-after-mysterious-blackout-in-parts-of-karachi
 
Oct 25: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon condemns the brutal action against all news channels in Karachi. Cable operators received threats from “mafia” to stop news channels for few hours.
 
Oct 26: Copies of Dawn newspapers torched in Sukkar. http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=27_10_2014_005_005
 
Oct 28: Free-lance tribal journalist Shaharyar Mehsud is arrested in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for writing articles on corruption in development projects being implemented in South Waziristan. Political administration of South Waziristan is alleged to be behind the arrest.