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Daily Archives: June 2, 2011

US asks to investigate murder of Saleem

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday provided more talk as the State Department called on the Pakistani government to investigate the murder of an investigative journalists. On Tuesday, Syed Saleem Shahzad was found dead near a waterworks in the central Punjab district of Mandi Bahauddin, about 150 km to the southwest of capital Islamabad. Three […]


Saleem Shahzad buried in Karachi

KARACHI: Syed Saleem Shahzad – the journalist and author who went missing on Sunday evening in Islamabad and whose body, bearing signs of torture, was found buried in a graveyard some 150km from the capital on Tuesday – was laid to rest in a graveyard in the Defence Housing Authority on Wednesday afternoon. The funeral […]


ISI wants media to act with `responsibility`

ISLAMABAD: The unfortunate and tragic death of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad was a source of concern for the entire nation, but the incident should not be used to target and malign security agencies, an ISI official said on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of his job. “The reported meeting between […]


Journalists protest Shahzad’s killing

ISLAMABAD: Journalists, civil society organizations, and students Wednesday protested the brutal killing of a prominent journalist Saleem Shehzad in front of National Press Club. The protestors demanded a high-level probe into the heinous crime. The journalists said this was not the first time a journalist paid with his life after he unearthed unpalatable facts. In […]


Mumbai Press Club demands impartial inquiry into murder

LAHORE: The Mumbai Press Club (MPC) condemned the brutal killing of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad, 40, who worked for an Italian news agency and an online news site registered in Hong Kong. He went missing on Sunday after he left his home in Islamabad to take part in a television talk show, but never arrived. […]


PAKISTAN’S REPORT UNDER THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

Introduction Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is an independent media research, documentation and training centre working to promote and defend freedom of press.  Press Freedom Report 2011 At least 42 journalists have been killed in the line of duty in Pakistan in last ten years and 29 of them deliberately targeted and murdered because of their […]