Behind Headlines: The Collapse of Free Press in PoJK

Aug 18, 2025

18 AUGUST 2025, PoJK: In Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, journalists face growing threats - losing jobs, facing intimidation, and working under fear. Exposing government failures means risking everything, while state-controlled propaganda dominates. The collapse of print media is not accidental—it's by design. Starved of readers and funds, newspapers rely on government ads, forcing them to toe the official line. Journalists have become expendable. Journalists’ struggle reflects PoJK’s wider crisis—poverty, failing services, and government apathy. With no protection or rights, even the truth has no place to survive.