Press Coverage
Archive of official statements, press releases, and media advisories issued by the task force.

Call to reopen journalist Shan Dahar murder case
More than 12 years after the killing of Larkana-based journalist Shan Dahar, an investigative report on the case has renewed

‘Pakistani authorities have failed to fully bring to justice killers of 98 journalists since 1992’
Pakistani authorities have failed to fully bring to justice killers of at least 98 murdered journalists since 1992. Provincial and

Truth denied: How Pakistani authorities built an unsolvable case
On January 1, 2014, journalist Zakir Hussain Dahar, known as Shan Dahar, was hit with a gunshot to his back

A hunt at last for the killers
In Pakistan, where killers of journalists have been getting away with murder for decades, an international coalition of rights watchdogs,

TARGETING THE JOURNALISTS
The month before was worse — one of the deadliest for Pakistani journalists — with four fatalities, evenly spread over

‘If you scream no one will hear you’
CPJ’s impunity index lists countries where perpetrators who kill journalists for their work, an act which CPJ defines as “murder,” evade

Task force formed to monitor investigation
As television anchor Hamid Mir put it, “Pakistan’s biggest tragedy is the journalist who is not ready to leave their