Pakistan / Asia

  

Pakistan: CPJ urges probe into journalist killings

Washington, June 21, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists met with Pakistan’s new ambassador to the United States today to press for an investigation into the killing of Hayatullah Khan and other journalists. Ambassador Mahmud Ali Durrani said he would convey CPJ’s concerns to his government when he visits Islamabad at the end of the week.

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Pakistan: Missing journalist found killed

New York, June 16, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly distressed by reports that abducted Pakistani journalist Hayatullah Khan has been found dead. International news agencies reported that Khan’s body was found today by villagers in the North Waziristan town of Mir Ali, from where he was abducted on December 5.

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In Pakistan, cameraman killed while covering tribal violence

New York, May 30, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of Munir Ahmed Sangi, a cameraman for the Sindhi-language Kawish Television Network (KTN). Sangi was shot on Monday afternoon while covering a gunfight between members of the Unar and Abro tribes in the town of Larkana, in southeast Pakistan’s Sindh district, according to…

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Daniel Pearl: An Open Case

By Abi WrightFour years after Daniel Pearl was brutally murdered in Pakistan, questions and concerns remain.

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CPJ writes to Bush and Musharraf for word of abducted Pakistani journalist

Dear President Musharraf: We are greatly concerned about the disappearance of our colleague Hayatullah Khan, who has been missing since he was abducted by unknown gunmen in North Waziristan along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan on December 5. Members of his family and his colleagues have repeatedly asked the Committee to Protect Journalists to find out where he is being held and seek his release.

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CPJ writes to Bush and Musharraf for word of abducted Pakistani journalist

Dear President Bush: We are greatly concerned about the disappearance of our colleague Hayatullah Khan, who has been missing since he was abducted by unknown gunmen in North Waziristan along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan on December 5. Members of his family and his colleagues have repeatedly asked the Committee to Protect Journalists to find out where he is being held and seek his release. With that in mind, we are writing to you and to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.

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Pakistan: CPJ writes to Bush and Musharraf for word of abducted Pakistani journalist

New York, April 26, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists urged the leaders of the United States and Pakistan today to investigate the disappearance of Pakistani journalist Hayatullah Khan, who was seized by unidentified gunman along the Pakistan-Afghan border on December 5. The Khan family say they have been told by Pakistani government sources that Hayatullah…

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Journalists injured in Karachi bomb blast

APRIL 11, 2006 Posted: April 25, 2006 Aziz Ahmed, GEO TV Imran Ali, Ryassat Karachi Mazhar Hussain, GEO TV Shoab Hussan, Kainat newspaper Javed Jaija, Kawish Daily Danish Khan, ARY One TV

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Pakistan: CPJ calls on Pakistani and U.S. authorities to reveal all information about missing journalist

New York, April 11, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on U.S. and Pakistani authorities to reveal all information they have on abducted Pakistani journalist Hayatullah Khan after his brother claimed he was being held by the United States. Khan was seized by unidentified gunmen in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan…

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Pakistan: CPJ puts abducted journalist on its missing list

New York, March 10, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists today officially placed Pakistani journalist Hayatullah Khan on its list of missing journalists after repeated calls to Pakistani authorities for information about the abducted reporter went unanswered. Khan was seized by unidentified gunmen in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan on December 5. Some…

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