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42 Journalists Killed In Pakistan In Past Four Years: Pak Parliamentary Affairs Minister

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January 21, 2023
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42 Journalists Killed In Pakistan In Past Four Years: Pak Parliamentary Affairs Minister

Islamabad, January 21: Pakistan Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi on Friday informed the Senate that 42 journalists have been killed in the country over the past four years, Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper reported.

According to data from the information ministry, 15 of the journalists were from Punjab, 11 were from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and three from Balochistan. The journalists were either shot dead, targeted or killed by terrorists.

The data shows that seven suspects were arrested in Punjab out of which two are currently out on bail. Five out of the seven arrested are standing trial while eight suspects are on the run. One accused has been released by the court.

Four suspects have been arrested in Sindh while seven are facing trial.

Two suspects in KP were acquitted, four are facing trial and one suspect is on the run. Two suspects in Balochistan escaped, one is facing trial, one suspect was sentenced and another is facing an investigation.

Speaking in the Senate, Jamaat-i-Islami party’s Mushtaq Ahmed said the federal and provincial governments had failed to protect journalists. He said that if the culprits had been caught, then “Arshad Sharif would not have been martyred”, Dawn newspaper reported.

Abbasi while responding to Ahmed said that it was a “critical situation” and the government should take swift action against the culprits and provide special security to journalists.

He directed Pakistan’s interior and information ministries to prepare a consolidated report on the matter and present it to the House within a period of two months.

Meanwhile, Balochistan Awami Party Senator Danesh Kumar pointed out that there were over ten journalists murdered in the province instead of the three shown in the documents, Dawn newspaper reported.

In his reply, the parliamentary affairs minister said that the report was compiled after consultation with all the quarters concerned and if someone had given a wrong figure, “he must be accountable as it is a sensitive matter”.

Recently, media reported that gender pay gap, gender biasness, and unfair treatment of female employees are issues rampant in Pakistan and the condition of women working as journalists in the South Asian country is no secret to the world.

Pakistan has consistently ranked low on indices rating freedom of expression, even online spaces are no different. Women in particular face the brunt of harassment and abuse. Women journalists are even more at risk of violence and threats due to the strict patriarchal societal norms in Pakistan.–(ANI)

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