Behboudi is one of six co-founders of Guiti News, an online media platform managed by French and refugee journalists focused on the recent issues caused by mass migration. He was forced to flee Afghanistan due to the rising danger to journalists, and in 2015 he moved to Paris after being granted asylum.

Pakistan’s media has been grappling with an existential crisis in recent years, with critical areas going from bad to worse. This includes a staggering two-fifths of media jobs — 8,000 out of 20,000 — being wiped out, partly because of lifeline public sector advertising having shrunk by over half, and a squeezed media economy that is drying up even private sector advertising.

Herald Report Islamabad: The Asma Jahangir conference organisers have rejected claims that the event furthered any partisan agenda or violated the media-related laws by inviting a former prime minister to speak at the conference. Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmad addressed the opening day of the third Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore on Nov 20, 2021. HAH Photo “The AJ …

Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists demand judicial probe for phone tapping, monitoring of journalists Herald Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has demanded a judicial probe into tapping, tracking, and monitoring of journalists’ telephone calls as admitted by prime minister’s special assistant on political affairs Shahbaz Gill during a press conference on Thursday. In a joint statement, PFUJ …