Security for journalists: Opposition stages walk out from Senate

The opposition walked out from the Senate after demanding security measures for journalists from the government.

Web Desk January 20, 2014
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ISLAMABAD: The Opposition 'walked out' from the Senate on Monday after demanding the government provide security for journalists, reported Express News. 

Senator Zahid Khan said that "nobody from the government does anything," stressing on the fact that there are poor security measures for journalists throughout the country.

Zahid also stated that "Express News was targeted for the third time in the last few months and nothing was done about it".

On Friday, three people associated with Express News were killed when a van belonging to the channel came under attack near the Matric board office in Nazimabad area of Karachi.
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COMMENTS (4)

Motiwala | 10 years ago | Reply The Govt. of the lion of Punjab is not interested in anybody's security. the State does not have it's writ anywhere. Even army is toothless, half of it is filled with supporters of militants of any hue.
confused | 10 years ago | Reply Who is safe in Pakistan? The ethnic minorities (Balochis, Urdu speaking, etc) haven't been safe from day one. Heck even the ethnic majority (Bengali) was not safe from the current ethnic majority. The minority sects (Brailvy, Shiite, Sufis, etc) and minority religions have never felt secured. The only place where no major terror activities happen is a certain provincial capital. Pakistan is heading towards its end game where only the upper half of that province will remain intact! Hope ET prints this honest opinion
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