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May 14, 2013

Journalist thrashed by PPP activists

HYDERABAD: Armed activists of the PPP allegedly roughed up and injured the Hyderabad bureau chief of daily Awami Awaz, Imtiaz Chandio, and his brother Irshad Chandio at Fateh Chowk on Monday. They were also held hostage for one hour. Imtiaz Chandio told Dawn that he and his brother were covering a sit-in organised by the PPP against the alleged rigging

Seven Pakistani journalists honoured at Newseum memorial re-dedication

WASHINGTON: The funeral toll pierces the hall like the dying shriek of each of the 82 journalists whose names were read out at a memorial re-dedication at the Newseum in Washington on Monday. Seven Pakistani media men were among those honoured. Pakistan, ‘one of the deadliest countries in the world for journalists,’ saw another seven journalists killed in 2012 in