Newseum honor for slain Shahzad

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 10 May 2012

Slain Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad will be included on the Journalists Memorial at the Newseum in Washington. The May 14 ceremony will also honor 71 other journalists who died because of their work. Shahzad went missing from Islamabad and was later found dead in a canal, with ISI involvement alleged but denied.

Summary

WASHINGTON: The name of Pakistani journalist Syed SaleemShahzad, murdered last year, is to be included on the Journalists Memorial at the Newseum in Washington. The ceremony which is to take place on May 14 will also honor 71 other journalists who lost their lives because of their work. Shahzad’s body was found in a canal 150 kilometres from Islamabad, two days after he went missing from the capital. The 40-year-old Shahzad was a correspondent for Adnkroknos International and Southeast Asia bureau chief for the Asia Times Online. Suspicion over Shahzad's murder has fallen on the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), which has denied involvement in his death. Days before Shahzad's disappearance he did a story published on Asia Times Online alleging links between Al-Qaeda and officials in the Pakistani navy.

KEY POINTS:

• Shahzad’s name will be added to the Newseum Journalists Memorial in Washington on May 14.
• The ceremony will also honor 71 other journalists killed in connection with their work.
• Shahzad disappeared from Islamabad and his body was found two days later in a canal about 150 kilometres away.
• He worked for Adnkronos International and served as Southeast Asia bureau chief for Asia Times Online.
• Suspicion has fallen on the ISI, which denied involvement; he had recently reported alleged Al-Qaeda links within the Pakistani navy.