The Karachi Press Club (KPC @pressclubkhi) ( ur, ) is an organization of the community of the journalists. It also takes account of academics, business people and people from the public service. Karachi Press Club was the first press club that was established and located at

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

, Sindh,

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

History

Karachi Press Club was the first press club that was established in

. Its first election was held in 1958, and I.H.Burne was elected its first president. The Club which consists of Governing Body, and its bearers president, secretary and council members manage the affairs of club. Karachi Press Club is the place where regularly demonstrations, rallies and protests are organised against the government and for the demand of the civil and human rights by people and organizations. The Club has also participated the role of the promoting people-to-people contact and durable and continuing peace in the

South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth descr ...

On March 27 2016, the Karachi Press Club was attacked by protesters carrying pictures of

Mumtaz Qadri Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri (1985 – 29 February 2016), better known as Mumtaz Qadri (, ur, ), was the assassin of Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Punjab. Qadri was a commando of the Elite Police and, at the time of the assassination, a member ...

, the murderer of

Salman Taseer Salman Taseer ( Punjabi and ur, ); ( 4 January 2011) was a Pakistani businessman and politician, who served as the 26th Governor of Punjab from 2008 until his assassination in 2011. A member of the Pakistan Peoples Party since the 1980s, ...

. On the same day a massive crowd marched from Rawalpindi to Islamabad to protest his execution and the Karachi attackers retaliated for "lack of coverage of their event." In 2011, the website Karachi Press Club was hacked, which police attributed to India. On 8 November 2018, armed plainclothes security forces entered the club against its rules and made photos and videos inside, and a journalist was later arrested at his home and charged with possession of Islamic State materials. The club has the only bar in Pakistan, and its dining hall does not close during the Ramadan fast. An exterior wall of the Club features a mural painted by artist Haider Ali that portrays notable Pakistani women including

Yasmeen Lari Yasmeen Lari (born 1941; ur, ) is Pakistan's first female architect. She is best known for her involvement in the intersection of architecture and social justice. Since her official retirement from architectural practice in 2000, her UN-recog ...

, Pakistan's first female architect and

Sabeen Mahmud Sabeen Mahmud (20 June 1974 – 24 April 2015) ( ur, ) was a progressive Pakistani human rights activist and social worker who founded the Karachi-based cafe '' The Second Floor''. She also presided over the Karachi branch of TiE. Born and r ...

, a prominent activist. A target of vandalism and graffiti, in 2017 Ali restored the murals. The subject of local protests while it was painted, the work was commissioned as part of the I am Karachi campaign. In July 2020,

Sindh Rangers The Sindh Rangers (formally Pakistan Rangers Sindh) ( ur, ) is a paramilitary federal law enforcement corps in Pakistan. It is one of nine Civil Armed Forces and is one of two Ranger corps' with the other one being the Punjab Rangers, which ...

entered KPC without permission and then conducted security drills there. Shehzada Zulfiqar and Nasir Zaidi, president and secretary general of the

Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) is a trade union federation of journalists in Pakistan. PFUJ is affiliated with the International Federation of Journalists. History The constitution of the PFUJ was first adopted in Karachi in A ...

, said the action was designed to terrify the journalist community, demanded an apology as well as a legal probe into the incident. The official twitter account of the Karachi Press Club i
@pressclubkhi

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Official website

Popularity contest: PPP senators visit Karachi Press Club
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