Time for govt to establish credibility as journalists' protector: CPJ
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 9 September 2015
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Pakistani government to take decisive action after an attack on a Geo TV van in Karachi. The attack resulted in the death of a technician and injuries to a driver, highlighting the urgent need for journalist protection.Summary
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Tuesday that government officials’ condemnation of an attack on a Geo TV van in Karachi will ring hollow unless the perpetrators of this crime were brought to justice.
Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator said police must clearly establish a motive for the attack. "If the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is ever going to establish its credibility as a protector of journalists, now is the time."
A Geo TV technician was killed and a driver injured in the shooting. Arshad Ali Jaffery, a technician, was shot seven times in the attack, and the driver was shot twice in the shoulder but managed to drive to a hospital, police told local media. Two other Geo media workers near the van escaped injury. – Committee to Protect Journalists
Key Points
- CPJ calls for accountability in the Geo TV van attack in Karachi.
- A technician was killed, and a driver injured during the shooting.
- Bob Dietz from CPJ stresses the importance of establishing a motive for the attack.
- The government must prove its commitment to journalist protection.
- Failure to act could undermine the government's credibility.
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