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Pakistan

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From the Communiqué

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Inquiry unable to find culprits of journalist's murder

An official investigation into the killing of journalist Saleem Shahzad, who reported that Islamist militants had infiltrated the military, was unable to find his murderers, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Journalist tortured in "targeted killing"

The lifeless body of Faisal Qureshi, a Pakistani journalist who wrote for British online publication "The London Post", was found in his Lahore home on 7 October, report the International Press Institute (IPI), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

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Campaigns and Advocacy

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Government urged to set up Shahzad judicial commission by 10 June

The president of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) said journalists from throughout the country would assemble in Islamabad and stage a sit-in at the Parliament if the commission was not set up by this date.

Thirty-four IFEX members call for murder investigations

Representatives from the international community of journalists' organisations and press freedom defenders gathered in Lebanon for IFEX's bi-annual conference and urged the Pakistani government and its law-enforcement and security agencies to take immediate action to implement all appropriate measures to protect media personnel and to prosecute murderers of journalists.

IFJ urges interior minister to report on attacks against journalists

IFJ called on the minister and his provincial counterparts to conduct an urgent appraisal of investigations by local authorities into the murders of journalists and to make public his findings.

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Reports

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PPF report highlights cases and causes of impunity

The report reveals that while formal criminal complaints are lodged for cases where media workers have been killed, the murders not seriously investigated or prosecuted.

Interviews with journalists shed light on dangers, difficulties of the profession

Journalists confront a daunting array of problems that include terrorist threats, police violence, the unbridled power of local potentates and dangerous conflicts in the Tribal Areas.


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