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East or West, journalists are ‘traitors’

April 6, 2014

TONSBERG (Norway): While Taliban accuse Pakistani journalists of siding with ‘disbelievers’ against Muslims, Norwegian Christian fundamentalist, Anders Behring Breivik, thought the European journalists are soft on Muslim immigrants, blames them, among others, for ‘Islamic colonisation’ of Europe and declares them ‘category B traitors.’ Anders who killed 77 people in July 2011 through bombing in Oslo and firing at an island,

Reporting under threat

March 28, 2014

If there is a bomb blast, there will be two kinds of people running towards the bombsite rather than away from it: the police and the media. Both have lost their lives due to the nature of their jobs. While the Pakistani police are still unsung and uncared for, the dangers to the Pakistani media we keep reading and hearing

First-ever convictions in a case of a murdered Pakistani journalist

March 6, 2014

On Saturday March 1, 2014 a Pakistani court 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 calls on

In Pakistan, six convicted in Wali Khan Babar murder

March 4, 2014

In Pakistan, six convicted in Wali Khan Babar murder 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

PAKISTAN: Six convicted for murder of Wali Khan Babar, Reporter Geo News

March 2, 2014

PAKISTAN: Six convicted for murder of Wali Khan Babar, Reporter Geo News KARACHI: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on March 1, 2014 awarded the death sentences to two persons and life imprisonment to four in the murder case of Wali Khan Babar reporter of Geo television

Becoming Bad News

February 10, 2014

Karachi: Asharq Al-Awsat—Fears are growing among Pakistan’s journalists following a recent spate of killings and death threats against media workers in the country that have been linked to the Pakistani Taliban. In response, some journalists have hired bodyguards to accompany them at work, while others have asked their families to leave the country. Perceptions of danger have grown during the

David Rohde narrates his story of escape from Taliban

February 6, 2014

NEW YORK: Famous American author and journalist David Rohde, who escaped from Taliban captivity, has said that Pakistan should adopt a both dialogue and offence policy towards Taliban and it seems as if the Pakistani government is adopting the same combination. The people who believe in dialogue should be treated the same way but the policy of offence should be

Seven Pakistani journalists honoured at Newseum memorial re-dedication

May 14, 2013

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

COMMENT: Pakistani journalists, security agencies and the state — Musa Khan Jalalzai

March 13, 2013

According to international media, more than 48 journalists have been killed in Pakistan by various terror groups and state agencies in the last few years Pakistani and international print and electronic media have been publishing heartbreaking reports on the harassment of journalists by Pakistan state security agencies and militant groups since 9/11. The Taliban, sectarian groups and the ISI are

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