Pakistan is paradise of Murdering Journalists for speaking the truth

We have generals and politicians who sell themselves to the USA and are masters in murdering Journalists and Baloch who they regard as dirty flies !

An unjust state like Pakistan cannot last because it is based on injustice.

Led by third rate politicians and generals.

It is a 100 % fact that this state based on looted properties of 1947 will either be a Somalia or Yugoslavia ! More chances of being Somalia.

The whole state is a hoax ! There are no liberals ! There are no rightists or leftists ! All it has are shameless and cheap social climbers !

Agha.H.Amin

This is a crying shame. Even if Saleem Shehzad was Dracula and Frankenstein's monster rolled into one, the fact is that he was brutally murdered! WHO killed him is the question, and the Committee must ask it ...

 

Wah Village
District Rawalpindi
Pakistan

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From: Benjamin Ismaïl <asie@rsf.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 14:31
Subject: PAKISTAN. Slain journalist's associates say murder investigation has ground to halt (ENG/FRA)

Reporters Without Borders / Reporters sans frontières
05-31-2011

ENG : http://en.rsf.org/pakistan-slain-journalist-s-associates-say-26-07-2011,40691.html

FRA : http://fr.rsf.org/pakistan-les-proches-de-syed-saleem-shahzad-26-07-2011,40689.html

PAKISTAN

Slain journalist's associates say murder investigation has ground to halt

Two close associates of Syed Saleem Shahzad, an Islamabad-based investigative reporter for the Asia Times online newspaper whose dead body was found in Punjab province on 31 May, have given interviews to Reporters Without Borders in which they accuse the authorities of showing little interest in investigating his murder.

"We voice our support for Shahzad's relatives and colleagues and we urge the authorities to guarantee their safety," Reporters Without Borders said. "Several of them feel abandoned amid judicial proceedings that are not without risk for witnesses. The authorities cannot leave them without protection. The current foot-dragging in the investigation must end at once and everything must be done to shed light on this murder."

Shahzad's friend and colleague Muhammad Faizan and his brother-in-law Hamza Ameer spoke to Reporters Without Borders about the climate of intimidation to which they are exposed and their belief that the murder investigation has ground to a halt.

Interviewed on 22 July, Faizan said unidentified individuals tried to enter his home while he was at the morgue to identify Shahzad's body. Fortunately, his wife was able to chase them away, he said, adding that he regarded the intrusion as an attempt to intimidate him.

(audio online)

Ameer, who was interviewed on 20 July, said he was concerned about rumours that are tarnishing Shahzad's image, portraying him as a "secret agent" in the pay of foreign countries and accusing him of maintaining close relations with the Taliban. "We want his name and his work to be respected by the government and public, because he died in the cause of his profession."

(audio online)

Ameer also condemned "the lack of coordination" between the Islamabad police and the team investigating in the Punjab region where Shazad's body was found.

(audio online)

Pakistan was the world's deadliest country for journalists in 2010 with a total of 11 killed in connection with their work. Seven journalists have been killed in Pakistan since the start of this year.

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PAKISTAN

Les proches de Syed Saleem Shahzad, journaliste assassiné en mai 2011, dénoncent une enquête au point mort

Dans deux interviews accordées à Reporters sans frontières, des proches de Syed Saleem Shahzad, journaliste d'investigation du quotidien en ligne Asia Times, retrouvé mort dans sa voiture, le 31 mai 2011, dans la région du Punjab, dénoncent l'absence de volonté des autorités pour faire aboutir leur investigation.

"Nous tenons à exprimer notre soutien aux proches de Syed Saleem Shahzad et appelons les autorités à garantir leur sécurité. Plusieurs d'entre eux se sentent abandonnés dans une procédure judiciaire qui n'est pas sans risque pour les témoins. Les autorités ne peuvent les laisser sans protection", a déclaré Reporters sans frontières. "Elles doivent corriger au plus vite les lenteurs actuelles dans l'enquête et mettre tout en œuvre pour faire la lumière sur l'assassinat du journaliste d'Asia Times."

Dans deux interviews accordées à Reporters sans frontières, les 20 et 22 juillet 2011, Hamza Ameer, beau-frère du journaliste, et Muhammad Faizan, ami et collègue, rendent compte du climat d'intimidation auquel ils doivent faire face. Selon eux, l'enquête est au point mort.

Muhammad Faizan rapporte que des inconnus, heureusement chassés par sa femme qui a donné l'alerte, on tenté de pénétrer dans leur maison alors qu'il se trouvait à la morgue pour identifier le corps de Syed Saleem Shahzad. Il dénonce une tentative d'intimidation.

(audio en ligne)

Hamza Ameer se dit inquiet suite à certaines rumeurs qui ternissent l'image du journaliste, traçant de lui un portrait d'"agent secret" à la solde de pays étrangers et l'accusant d'avoir entretenu des relations étroites avec les taliban : "nous voulons que son nom et son travail soient respectés par le gouvernement et par le public, car il est mort à cause de son métier."

(audio en ligne)

Hamza Ameer dénonce également "le manque de coordination entre la police d'Islamabad et l'équipe d'investigation de la région de Punjab, où le corps de Syed Saleem Shahzad a été retrouvé".

(audio en ligne)

Le Pakistan a été le pays le plus meurtrier au monde pour les journalistes en 2010, avec onze professionnels des médias tués en lien avec leur travail. Sept journalistes ont été tués au Pakistan depuis le début de l'année.

Benjamin Ismaïl

Asia-Pacific Desk

Reporters Without Borders

Paris - France

33 1 44 83 84 70

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