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AFTER having exhausted all other avenues to trace investigative journalist Saleem Shahzad, his brother-in-law reported him missing to the local police station in the small hours of May 30, 2011, exactly 10 years ago this day. He was found the following day. Dead.
On the evening of May 29, Saleem Shahzad left his Islamabad home for a TV station to participate in a programme but he did not reach his destination and inquiries made later showed his phone was switched off some 12 minutes into his journey.
On May 31, 2011, his mortal remains were found by an irrigation worker entangled in the gates of the Upper Jhelum Canal works, a couple of hours drive southeast of Islamabad, and the same day his car was discovered abandoned a short distance away.
Pakistan drafts laws to protect journalists: Here is what is in the bills
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Thursday May 27, 2021
Pakistan has been listed amongst the top five deadliest countries for journalists in the world, by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). And just recently, it decided to do something about it, when it tabled two bills for the welfare and protection of journalists in the National Assembly and Sindh Assembly.
A few days after the bills were tabled, journalist and blogger Asad Ali Toor was attacked at his home by unidentified men. Around the same time, Fareed Khan, a photographer in Karachi was arrested. While, separately, a team of a private television channel was manhandled.