1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2002: Pakistan - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="R14gyqnySB"><a href="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-pakistan/">Attacks on the Press 2002: Pakistan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-pakistan/embed/#?secret=R14gyqnySB" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2002: Pakistan” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="R14gyqnySB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Pakistani journalists have long navigated a treacherous course, threatened by militant groups, criminal gangs, political bosses, and powerful intelligence agencies, but the rest of the world scarcely noticed these dangers until the assassination of American reporter Daniel Pearl. Months after Pearl's murder, another journalist was killed in Pakistan: Shahid Soomro. Like Pearl, Soomro was killed…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2003/03/caseIcon_killed.gif