by William Gomes
Columnist William
Gomes mentions various investigation reports conducted to bring to light the
murder of Saleem Shahzad. He writes, “Freedom of expression is one of the
essential pre-requirements for the practice, protection and promotion of
democracy. If we are to speak of a democratic Pakistan we need to examine,
whether the media is free. Each and every day media professionals are facing
threats of kidnapping or murder for telling the truth.
The truth about the
life and death of media professionals in Pakistan is a shocking one. According
to the New York based media watchdog ‘Committee to Protect Journalist’ (CPJ)
from the year 1992 to 2012 42 journalists were killed in Pakistan. Of the
reported 42 cases in 96 percent of the cases the perpetrators enjoyed complete
impunity. Only in 4 percent of the cases were the perpetrators brought to
justice. In murder cases involving the ISI the impunity was 100 percent.”
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o I �oH abes are to be tolerated in the Islamic Republic which — forget the original
secular vision of Jinnah — today stands reincarnated in the image of Ziaul Haq?http://newageislam.com/islam-and-the-media/william-gomes/pakistan--saleem-shahzad-case--rule-of-law-or-rule-of-isi?/d/6820
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