November 2015
Nov 2: Private guards attacks journalists in Karachi covering the protest of university students. The Sindh government orders inquiry.
Nov 2: PEMRA asks mainstream media to ‘refrain’ from coverage of all banned militant organizations, including JuD. http://www.dawn.com/news/1217021/pemra-bars-media-houses-from-covering-jud-other-proscribed-outfits
Nov 2: Journalists demand arrest of killers of slain colleagues in Quetta marking the International Day To End Impunity of crimes against journalists and media. http://www.dawn.com/news/1217146/journalists-demand-arrest-of-colleagues-killers
Nov 3: Senior tribal journalist and ‘monitor’ for Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) for militancy-infested South Waziristan Muhammad Zaman Mehsud succumbed to his wounds hours after gunmen riding motorcycle shot and wounded him in Tank district near South Waziristan tribal region.
Nov 5: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani asks PEMRA to take action against journalist Saleem Bukhari for ‘bad mouthing’ against parliamentarians. http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=06_11_2015_003_002
Nov 9:  Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani accepted the apology tendered by senior journalist Saleem Bokhari and disposed of the motion moved against him in the House.
Nov 10: Journalist Muhammad Afzal Mughal was taken away from his residence in Quetta city by security forces and set him free 13 hours later after questioning him for “phone calls.” http://www.dawn.com/news/1218904/journalist-briefly-detained-for-interrogation
Nov 17: Pakistan made several requests to Facebook to seek data of users. The requests are an all time high. http://epaper.tribune.com.pk/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201011170073&EN_ID=11201011170024&EMID=11201011170009
Nov 18: Man who hacked girl’s account was denied bail in Pakistan. http://www.dawn.com/news/1220701/man-who-hacked-into-girls-account-denied-bail
Nov 19: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government cancels declarations of 157 ‘dummy newspapers.’ http://epaper.tribune.com.pk/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201011190063&EN_ID=11201011190020&EMID=11201011190005
Nov 22: Family of deceased journalist Hafizur Rehman registers case against ‘unknown people.’ The journalist, who owned a weekly newspaper, run a cable network and worked for Neo TV channel as correspondent, was shot dead in Kohat on Nov 22. No group claimed responsibility yet.
Nov 23: An anti-terrorism court in in Lahore imprisoned a Shia man for 13 years and fined Rs.250,000 for ‘hate speech’ on Facebook. http://www.dawn.com/news/1221725/man-jailed-for-13-years-for-facebook-hate-speech
Nov 25: Kohat police say they arrested brother and one of the attackers who shot and killed journalist Hafizur Rehman on November 22 in Kohat city. The reason for the journalist’s assassination is said to be family feud over share in joint assets.
Nov 27: Dawn News channel’s DSNG van comes under attack in Karachi leaving technician ‘seriously injured,’ Express Tribune reports. http://tribune.com.pk/story/999935/one-injured-as-dawn-news-dsng-attacked-in-karachi/
Nov 29: Federal Interior Minister Ch. Nisar Ali Khan says he will talk to provinces to discuss safety and security of journalists. http://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan/2015/11/151128_ch_nisar_on_media_attack_sr
Nov 30: Blackberry confirms exiting Pakistan after government seeks access to its customers’ data. http://www.dawn.com/news/1223298/blackberry-confirms-pakistan-exit-rejects-govt-demand-to-monitor-data