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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Journalists protest Saleem Shahzad’s killing
LAHORE: Journalists from all parts of the country, including Tribal Areas, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, on Wednesday, held a sit-in in front of the Punjab Assembly to protest the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad, and demanded the government to identify his assassin(s). The protesting journalists rejected a government decision to put Federal Shariat Court Chief Justice Agha Rafiq in charge of the inquiry into the journalist’s murder, calling instead for a commission under a Supreme Court judge. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists warned that journalists would be compelled to announce their future course of action should the government failed to take a decision in this respect by 4pm on Thursday. No consensus could be reached as the protesting journalists rejected an offer by Firdaus Ashiq Awan and Farahnaz Ispahani to make a judicial commission under a high court judge. The government team assured them that the matter would be taken up with the president and prime minister and they (journalists) would be informed accordingly. raja riaz
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk