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Media and massacre

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I would like to first pay tribute to Mike Deane, a journalist killed while covering the Cairo massacre. A shocking number of people, mostly supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, have been killed and injured since the Morsi government was dismissed by the Egyptian army. Thanks to our colleagues in the west, courageous journalists all, we […]


Killing fields: Journalists under fire

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FOR years now, Pakistan has been considered amongst the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. The impunity factor is used to demonstrate the depth of the problem: the state’s lack of interest in pursuing cases of journalists being murdered or harassed. This is apparent through just the bald facts: more than 20 journalists […]


Job hazard: Journalist shot dead ‘for helping police’

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MULTAN: A newspaper reporter was shot dead on Friday in Bahawalnagar apparently for helping police in an investigation. Two roadside vendors were also injured. One of them later succumbed to his injuries. The other being treated at the district headquarters hospital, was said to be in critical condition. No one has been arrested. Police said […]


Pak journalists under ‘serious threat’: Amnesty

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LONDON: Journalists in Pakistan are under “serious threat” from state security forces, some political parties and religious militant groups, Amnesty International has said. At the launch of its 2013 annual report at its London headquarters here, the human rights organisation’s Secretary General Shalil Shetty gave example of senior GEO TV and Jang Group journalist Hamid […]


One journalist killed, two injured in suicide blast

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Tariq Aslam, sub-editor of Urdu-Language newspaper “Daily Pakistan” died while Azhar Ali Shah, news editor of same paper and Ihtisham Khan, reporter of “Express News” television station were wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a political rally on April 16, 2013 in Peshawar, the capital city of northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhuwa. According to press […]


Gunmen kill senior journalist in Balochistan

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Syed Ali Shah QUETTA: Armed gunmen killed senior journalist Mehmood Jan Afridi in Kalat town of Balochistan on Friday evening. Deputy Commissioner Kalat, Bashir Ahmed Bazai said gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at Mehmood Jan Afridi in Bus Addah area of Kalat. He said the assailants managed to escape from the spot. Police and […]


Militancy strikes: Blast near DVD shop, mosque kills 10 in Orakzai

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HANGU: Ten people were killed and another 26 were wounded on Friday when a bomb exploded near a shop selling DVDs in the lower Orakzai Agency – an area that the military claims to have cleared of Taliban fighters. The attack happened in Kalaya, the main town of Orakzai Agency where the military has been […]


Better legal mechanisms to defend journalists urged

Islamabad: Attack on journalists during duty should be considered an act of terrorism. This was discussed at a media consultation session that concluded on Wednesday, said a press release issued by the Press Council Pakistan (PCP). The participants stressed on the increased role of legal aid committees of lawyers’ bodies for the protection of human […]


Journalist, two others shot dead

By: Saleem Shahid QUETTA: A local journalist and two other people were shot dead in Bolan district late on Thursday night. Levies sources said a group of armed men intercepted a bus coming from Quetta on its way to Punjab on Quetta-Sukkur highway in the Machh area of Bolan district and kidnapped six passengers. The […]