Attacks against journalists in Pakistan: Facts and Figures

Headline Title: Attacks against journalists in Pakistan: Facts and Figures 30 April 2014 Total number of interviews with journalists and other media workers – over 100. According to Amnesty International’s research, at least 34 journalists may have been killed as a direct consequence of their work since democratically-elected government was restored in March 2008. Only in one case have the perpetrators been convicted, the 2011 killing of Geo TV correspondent Wali Khan Babar, and even in this case there were serious concerns about fair trial issues. Since Prime Minister…

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