The project will also expand the capacity of independent media in Pakistan through expert advice and advocacy in media law and regulation, and monitoring of freedom of expression issues by Internews and its local broadcast and university partners. Proposed activities will accomplish the following:

1. Help Pakistan’s most courageous broadcaster – Geo TV – to create Pakistan’s first-ever TV program focused on rule of law, human rights, and legal education;
2. Train journalists in legal and political reporting to improve journalistic coverage and public knowledge on political and legal issues, with a focus on coverage of elections, courts, and the legislative process;
3. Train journalists at nongovernmental radio stations in human rights, rule of law issues, investigative journalism, and supporting local programming on those topics;
4. Support the women’s production studio and program, Meri Awaz Suno (Hear My Voice), to produce radio programming on socio-economic and women’s issues;
5. Train journalists and journalism students from Tribal Areas to produce radio news programs, together with Peshawar University;
6. Create a resource center that supports rule of law reporting with expertise and small grants, and serves as a monitor and source of expertise on media rights and media development.