{
  "id": 17188046,
  "title": "‘Lawfare’ emerges as a new threat to journalists in Pakistan, watchdog report reveals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/lawfare-emerges-as-a-new-threat-to-journalists-in-pakistan-watchdog",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T06:03:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1574129/lawfare-emerges-as-a-new-threat-to-journalists-in-pakistan-watchdog-report-reveals/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan remains a deeply hostile environment for journalists despite a decline in overall documented physical violations, according to a new report. Media watchdog Freedom Network released its annual Impunity Report 2026 on Thursday ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The comprehensive study highlighted that legal coercion, commonly termed lawfare, […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "‘Lawfare’ emerges as new threat to journalists in Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/lawfare-emerges-as-new-threat-to-journalists-in-pakistan",
        "published": "2026-10-30T03:36:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}