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Vigil held for slain media workers

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ISLAMABAD: Journalists in the federal capital on Sunday held a vigil for the three media workers who were killed in Karachi on January 17. Talking to the participants of the vigil, National Press Club president Shahryar Khan said the deadline to arrest the culprits passed on Sunday but the government did not take any action […]


Probe commission on journalists’ killing

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QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has announced that a judicial commission will be set up to investigate the killing of journalists in the province over the past four years. He also announced payment of compensation to the families of the slain journalists. More than 30 journalists have been killed in Quetta, Khuzdar, […]


Taliban threaten attacks on media outlets

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KARACHI: The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for a deadly attack on a private television channel in Karachi and threatened further violence against media outlets. A spokesman said in a statement that militants had attacked a TV channel van on Friday night, killing three employees, because the station had acted as a “propagandist”. “We […]


PFUJ demands speedy justice in Wali Babar case

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SUKKUR: Journalists from Sukkur and Larkana division protested in front of the Central Prison Shikarpur on Saturday where the hearing in the Wali Khan Babar murder case was in progress by an ATC judge. Hundreds of journalists from Sukkur and Larkana rallied under the banner of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists in front of […]


11 journalists killed in 2013

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KARACHI: Eleven journalists fell victim to terrorist incidents during discharge of their responsibilities in the country in 2013, according to a report released by the Media Monitoring Cell of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE). Five journalists died during the coverage of bomb blasts and six others in targeted killings. The CPNE called for […]