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    <description>Pakistan</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Television stations in Balochistan suspended by cable operators following threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2012/02/02/television_stations_suspended/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cable operators suspended Urdu-language broadcasts after being threatened by Baloch nationalists who accuse the news media of failing to provide coverage of their grievances.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Shahzad Commission fails to identify those responsible in killing of journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2012/01/30/shahzad_commission/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite strong indications of ISI involvement, the commission concluded that the state, militant groups including the Taliban and al-Qaeda, and unnamed "foreign actors" could all have had a motive to kill Saleem Shahzad on the basis of his writings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Inquiry unable to find culprits of journalist's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2012/01/19/shahzad_inquiry/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Tribal journalist gunned down in Charsadda]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2012/01/19/atif_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the killing of Mukarram Khan Atif, in response to his refusal to give coverage to the Taliban on his radio station.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalists threatened after questioning role of military]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2012/01/02/friday_times_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to press reports, Sethi and Mohsin suspect the threats have emanated both from “non-state and state actors”. Threats came a week after journalist Hamid Mir, senior anchor of the Geo News TV Network, also claimed that he had received threatening messages from the “security establishment”.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Television anchor threatened]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/12/22/mir_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hamid Mir, a senior anchor for the Geo News television network, received threatening messages after discussing topics on his talk show that were critical of the security establishment.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Copies of newspaper torched, correspondent threatened]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/12/09/reporter_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Niaz Ali Shah, a correspondent for "Mashriq" newspaper, was warned not to file a news item regarding corruption by the Labor minister.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalist flees country after attempted abduction
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/12/08/khan_flees_country/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Afnan Khan had received repeated death threats from unknown callers, which he had informed authorities about on several occasions, but no one had bothered to provide him with protection.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Cable operator association bans BBC broadcasts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/12/01/bbc_banned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The announcement that all foreign news programmes would be banned comes shortly after the BBC aired a documentary that was critical of Pakistan's role in the war on terror. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Reporter injured in shootout; journalists threatened]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/11/28/kohati_shot/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ehsan Kohati, a reporter for Waqt News TV, is in stable condition after he was shot while covering a rally in Karachi. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Senior journalist receives death threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/11/25/malick_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mohammad Malick believes the threats were a reaction to columns he was written on the "Memogate issue" that were critical of government policies.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/11/25/malick_death_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Explosion rocks CD market in Swabi]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/11/11/swabi_cd_bomb/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[No one was hurt in the blast but six shops were completely destroyed and two others were damaged. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - IFJ welcomes establishment of Press Council of Pakistan ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/11/07/press_council_established/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The council, which was established by the Press Council Ordinance in 2002, is now active and has held its first meeting. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Abducted journalist found dead, tortured in Balochistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/11/07/naseer_rind_found_dead/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFJ supports calls for an inquiry into the killing of Javed Naseer Rind in what was the most dangerous area of the most dangerous country in the world for journalists in 2010.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalist's home attacked with explosives in South Waziristan tribal area]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/10/24/jawed_noor/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jawed Noor said he received death threats prior to the attack and noted that militant groups in the area do not want journalists to publish news against them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalist tortured in "targeted killing"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/10/12/targeted_killing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/10/12/targeted_killing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalist killed in Lahore]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/10/11/qureshi_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to one of his brothers, Faisal Qureshi had received death threats from men claiming to be from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement political party.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalist attacked, seriously injured in tribal area]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/09/23/afridi_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Khalil Khan Afridi, a senior journalist and former president of the Tribal Union of Journalists, was attacked with a hand grenade as he was returning home in Landikotal.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Bomb blast targets market selling music and video CDs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/09/20/market_bombed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Militants had earlier warned shopkeepers selling music and video CDs to shut their businesses, saying there was "no room for music in Islam."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Foreign journalists banned from town where Bin Laden was living]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/09/20/foreign_journalists_banned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Noémie Karine Géraldine LeHouelleur and Olivier Joulie were arrested near the Bin Laden compound and were questioned for six hours by police and members of the Federal Investigation Agency for "travelling without valid documents."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/09/20/foreign_journalists_banned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalist assaulted by former government minister's guards]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/09/06/effendi_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Farhan Effendi was injured when Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Mirza's guards turned on him during a press conference in Hyderabad.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - ATV Khyber News team attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/08/24/khyber_news_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The team was returning after enquiring about the health of the Provincial Education Minister at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, when individuals travelling in a car and on a motorbike intercepted their vehicle.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/08/24/khyber_news_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - IFJ condemns killing of journalist in Balochistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/08/16/shakir_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFJ's affiliate in Pakistan said the murder of Muneer Shakir exposes the failure of the government to protect media personnel.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalist abducted in North Waziristan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/08/15/darpakhel_abducted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Armed men abducted Rahmatullah Darpakhel from a market in the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan and drove him away, according to local media reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/08/15/darpakhel_abducted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Privately-owned television station's news team attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/29/samaatv_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The SAMAA TV news crew was attacked while they were covering a police operation against a group of car thieves.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/29/samaatv_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Assailants open fire on TV host's car]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/28/asim_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The attack is believed to be in retaliation for Syed Sheryar Asim's recent reporting on criminal gang activities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/28/asim_death_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Two journalists assaulted in Bahawalpur]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/20/bahawalpur_journalists_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Muhammad Yaseen Ansari and Khalid Sardar incurred injuries to their faces, shoulders, and arms following a mob attack. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/20/bahawalpur_journalists_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Civil servants ordered to refrain from providing information to the media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/18/access_to_info/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A letter sent to government servants said communication of any statement of fact, opinion or other information likely to embarrass the government is prohibited.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/18/access_to_info/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Senior minister harasses, threatens TV team
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/15/geo_tv_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Guards acting for the provincial minister for works and services obstructed a GEO TV team on assignment in Karachi, confiscating cameras, microphones and bulletproof vests. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/15/geo_tv_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Top US military official says Pakistani government sanctioned journalist's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/11/shahzad_investigation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Saleem Shahzad was killed shortly after publishing a two-part article about alleged links between the Pakistani military and Al-Qaeda. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/07/11/shahzad_investigation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Camera operator detained and assaulted by police in Lahore]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/24/butt_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Waheed Butt was detained and assaulted by police as he was filming the arrest of a 12-year-old boy. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/24/butt_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalist arrested, threatened by police in Quetta
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/22/tarakai_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jamal Tarakai is apparently being targeted because of evidence he presented to a tribunal regarding an incident involving the security forces firing on five Chechens.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/22/tarakai_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - "Guardian" journalist assaulted by police]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/21/kiani_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Waqar Kiani was attacked five days after a news report was published in "The Guardian" about abduction and torture by suspected Pakistani intelligence agents in July 2008 in Islamabad.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/21/kiani_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Union wins government backing for murder inquiry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/21/murder_inquiry/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The government said it would appoint a Supreme Court judge to lead the inquiry into the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/21/murder_inquiry/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Injured journalist dies of blast wounds]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/21/khan_death/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Shafiullah Khan, a young trainee reporter at "The News", succumbed to critical wounds he received a week earlier during two deadly blasts that ripped through the military cantonment's Khyber Supermarket, in Peshawar.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/21/khan_death/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Seven journalists injured in attack by students during protests
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/17/veterinary_students_protest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ayaz Ali Sheikh, Iqrar, Zafar Iqbal, Zafarul Islam, Suhail Qureshi, Tariq Nazir Chaudhry and Shahzad Anwar were attacked by students and sustained injuries; two of the journalists were rushed to the hospital.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/17/veterinary_students_protest/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[India - IFEX members call for journalists' protection following deadly week for media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/india/2011/06/15/journalists_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It was another deadly week for journalists in Asia, with at least three journalists killed in separate incidents in Pakistan, India and the Philippines. With such abysmal records bringing the murderers of slain journalists to justice - all three countries rank in the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Impunity Index - the outlook is bleak for the latest victims, say IFEX members, who are calling for new ways to address journalists' safety and to counter impunity.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/india/2011/06/15/journalists_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Pakistani journalists receive threats after covering controversial killings]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/13/journalists_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Abdul Salam Soomro and Jamal Tarakey captured images of apparent military violence against unarmed foreigners and a local man being threatened, their colleagues told CPJ.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/13/journalists_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalist killed, eight others injured in Peshawar blasts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/13/peshawar_blasts/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Asfandyar Abid Naveed was killed and eight others were injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the Khyber Supermarket in Peshawar. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/13/peshawar_blasts/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Government urged to set up Shahzad judicial commission by 10 June]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/03/judicial_commission/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/03/judicial_commission/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Journalist found dead after reporting links between Pakistani officials and militants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/01/militant_journalist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A prominent Pakistani journalist considered to be an expert on Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants was found dead on 31 May about 150km outside the capital, Islamabad, where he had been abducted two days earlier, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Freedom House and other IFEX members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/01/militant_journalist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Thirty-four IFEX members call for murder investigations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/01/murder_investigations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/01/murder_investigations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Body of missing journalist found with torture marks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/31/shadzad_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Syed Saleem Shahzad was abducted while on his way to participate in a television talk show to discuss an investigative report.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/31/shadzad_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - IFJ urges interior minister to report on attacks against journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/26/investigations_appraisal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/26/investigations_appraisal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Media regulatory authority warns foreign channels over unauthorised satellite uplinking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/12/foreign_channels_issued_warning/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Pakistani media law, any foreign channel must seek prior permission for temporary uplinking in order to directly air an event or incident from Pakistan.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 13:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/12/foreign_channels_issued_warning/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Tribal journalist killed in bomb blast]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/11/afridi_murdered/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It is believed Nasrullah Khan Afridi was targeted because of his investigative reporting on militant organisations in Pakistan's Tribal region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/11/afridi_murdered/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Tribal journalist targeted in bomb blast]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/11/afridi_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An investigative journalist who often wrote about militants in Pakistan's Tribal Areas was killed last night in an apparently targeted bomb blast in Peshawar, report Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/11/afridi_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - President vows to pursue justice in journalist murders
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/06/justice_for_journalits/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The president's commitment, made on World Press Freedom Day, will be monitored by CPJ and national press freedom groups.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/05/06/justice_for_journalits/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - Tribal Areas correspondent shot in Rawalpindi]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/04/26/bhittani_shot/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Abdullah Bhittani was shot three times by two men on a motorcycle as he was returning to his hotel on the evening of 12 April.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/04/26/bhittani_shot/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan - In surge of violence, another journalist targeted in Karachi]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/04/21/kamal_shot/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Naveed Kamal, a news reporter with the local news channel Metro One TV, is in serious condition after being shot as he was returning home from work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/04/21/kamal_shot/</guid>
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