ISLAMABAD: At least 42 journalists were killed in Pakistan during the last four years, stated documents submitted by the information ministry in the Senate.
The documents elaborated that out of the 42, 15 journalists were killed in Punjab, 11 in Sindh, 13 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), and three in Balochistan.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Murtaza Javed Abbasi said that it was only in one of the 42 cases that the accused was arrested for the murder of a journalist.
The Senate directed the Ministry of Interior to submit a comprehensive report on the killing of journalists in Pakistan.
Senator Danesh Kumar, however, disagreed with the number of slain journalists and said that the Ministry of Information is unaware that not three, but more than 10 journalists have been killed in Balochistan. (Courtesy Express Tribune)
