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AAJ TV correspondent gunned down in Pakistan’s volatile northwest frontier province

The International Press Institute (IPI) calls for a transparent investigation into the 14 August murder of Aaj TV correspondent Sadiq Bacha Khan, who was gunned down in broad daylight on his way to work in Mardan, a town in the restive North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Khan was a former president of the Mardan […]

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Letter: Pakistan government uses official advertising to curtail critical publications

His Excellency Gen. Pervez Musharraf President Islamic Republic of Pakistan Islamabad Pakistan Fax: + 92-51-922-4206 Vienna, 12 March 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is concerned about the use of advertising to pressure newspapers in Pakistan into curtailing their […]

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Letter: American journalist kidnapped

His Excellency Gen. Pervez Musharraf President and Chief Executive Islamic Republic of Pakistan Rawalpindi Pakistan Fax: + 92 51 922 4206 Vienna, 30 January 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply concerned for the safety of journalist Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped […]

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Letter: Army inspection at heaquarters of Pakistan’s Dawn Group of newspapers

His Excellency Gen. Pervez Musharraf Chief Executive General Headquarters Pakistani Army Rawalpindi Pakistan Via Fax: + 92 51 922 4206 Vienna, 29 September 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply concerned at the methods employed by an army inspection team at the headquarters of […]

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