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US asks to investigate murder of Saleem
Jun 2nd
WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday provided more talk as the State Department called on the Pakistani government to investigate the murder of an investigative journalists.
On Tuesday, Syed Saleem Shahzad was found dead near a waterworks in the…
RIP Saleem Shahzad
Jun 2nd
On Sunday, Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad went missing in Islamabad. Yesterday, news agencies reported that Shahzad’s body was found about 93 miles southeast of the capital, in Sira-e-Alamgir. In the aftermath of this tragic and shocking death, the question, Who killed Saleem Shahzad? continues to echo in the halls of the blogosphere and news outlets. [...]
Saleem Shahzad laid to rest in Karachi
Jun 1st
KARACHI: Saleem Shehzad, who was murdered after being kidnapped from Islamabad, has been laid to rest Wednesday afternoon in Karachi, Geo News reported.
His body was brought to Karachi from Islamabad and then was taken to his residence in Clifton. The…
Saleem Shahzad Murder: Another move to trap the Hunters?
Jun 1st
Dark clouds have lowered down on the journalist community of Pakistan, as well as the global network with the shocking murder of Saleem Shahzad, a top line investigative journalist from Pakistan. Saleem, maintained a low profile as far as the main stre…
ISI officials declare murder of Saleem Shazad as National tragedy
Jun 1st
ISLAMABAD: ISI officials have declared the recent killing of journalist Saleem Shazad as quite a National tragedy, over which the entire Nation is grieved. In a statement released concerning the tragic incident, and spate …
Slain Shahzads second autopsy
Jun 1st
ISLAMABAD: Slain journalist Saleem Shahzads second autopsy was conducted in the PIMS Hospital here, Geo News reported.
Family sources told that on their insistence a Medical Board constituting of three doctors conducted the autopsy of the murdered j…
Charges filed against 9/11 accused at Guantanamo
Jun 1st
WASHINGTON: Prosecutors filed charges Tuesday against 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators, bringing the five a step closer to facing a Guantanamo military tribunal.
The charges, which must now be approved by a tribu…
Shehzads murder may be personal enimity: Malik
Jun 1st
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that journalist Salim Shehzads murder could be a case of personal enimity, Geo News reported.
Malik visited Salim Shehzads residence to condole with the family and condemned his murder.
Late…
US condemns killing of Saleem Shahzad
Jun 1st
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday condemned the abduction and murder of a Pakistani journalist who had written about alleged links between the Pakistani military and Al-Qaeda.
“The United States strongly condemns the abducti…
Daring journalist killed, body dumped in canal
Jun 1st
ISLAMABAD: A daring and well-connected journalist, Syed Saleem Shahzad, who was kidnapped from Islamabad three days ago has been killed by unknown captors.
The Punjab police have found his body from the Head Rasool area in Mandi-Bahauddin on Tuesday …
