New York, March 3, 2014–A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted six defendants for their roles in the murder of Wali Khan Babar, a Geo TV journalist who was shot dead in Karachi in January 2011, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the convictions–the first in the murder of a Pakistani journalist–but […]
ISLAMABAD: Although party’s spokesman Wasay Jalil denies that convicted killers of Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar belong to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the joint interrogation report by country’s six top intelligence agencies has established that at least three of the six convicts were from MQM. It is also a strange coincidence that Salman Mujhahid, […]
ISLAMABAD: Welcoming the court decision in Wali Khan Babar murder case, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Saturday announced to observe March 4 as the countrywide solidarity day with the family of the late Geo reporter. The statement says PFUJ welcomes the court decision and announces March 4 as the solidarity day with the […]
By: Umar Cheema and Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: As the Anti-Terrorism Court in Kandhkot announced its verdict on Saturday handing death sentence to two killers of Geo TV reporter Wali Khan Babar and life imprisonment for another four, it turned out to be a historic judgment. There is good news: Babar’s case is the first where […]
ISLAMABAD: Elder brother of slain Geo TV’s reporter Wali Khan Babar and main complainant in the murder case, Mohabbat Khan Babar, is being transferred to Islamabad following serious threats to him from target killers in case he continues pursuing the case. Earlier, the government ordered shifting the case from a trial court in Karachi to […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists has deplored the killing of Geo TV reporter Wali Khan Babar, who was shot dead in Karachi on Thursday, shortly after covering gang violence in the city. Wali Khan Babars death is the latest in a string of targeted attacks on journalists in Pakistan . The government has not addressed […]
SHIKARPUR: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Saturday the hearing of the television journalist Wali Babar murder case. Judge Mushtaque Ahmed Leghari of the ATC Kandhkot/Kashmore put off the hearing till Jan 25 as Advocate Salman Mujahid Baloch, the lawyer for the accused persons, did not appear in court. The court issued a final warning to […]
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 […]
Three years have passed since the murder of Geo TV journalist Wali Khan Babar in Karachi. While no justice has been found in Babar’s case, his death has not been forgotten. Journalists Beena Sarwar, Umar Cheema, and Malik Siraj Akbar along with CPJ’s Bob Dietz commemorated the anniversary of Babar’s death on Monday during a […]
Karachi: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Kandhkot issued a notice on Saturday to the defence counsel in the murder trial of Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar, telling him to appear on January 8 or a decision would be announced against the defendants, Geo News reported. Defence counsel Suleman Mujahid Baloch, who is a member […]
SHIKARPUR: An anti-terrorism court in Kandhkot on Saturday adjourned the hearing of the Wali Babar murder case to Jan 4. Judge Mushtaq Ahmed Laghari of the ATC adjourned the hearing again due to the absence of the defence counsel. The counsel for the complainant, Murtaza Babar, a brother of the victim, remained present in the […]
SUKKUR: Saturday was the second hearing of the murder case of Geo Television reporter Wali Khan Babar in which neither the lawyers nor the witnesses showed up. The case was recently shifted to Kandhkot as the prosecutors and witnesses were facing security threats in Karachi. The first hearing of the case in Kandhkot was scheduled […]
With the International Day Against Impunity one month away, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has written to the leaders of Iraq, Russia and Pakistan to urge them and their governments to address the issue of impunity for violence against journalists in their countries. The letters mark the launch of IFJ’s new high profile campaign […]
Karachi: The Anti-Terrorism Court-III adjourned the murder trial of Wali Khan Babar for a week on Tuesday after the special public prosecutor went on leave and an acting prosecutor failed to appear. Special Public Prosecutor Abdul Maroof was to make final arguments in the murder case of Babar, a Geo News reporter who was shot […]
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