What happened : The CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists) has ranked Pakistan at nine this year on their annual Global Impunity Index. The Global Impunity Index highlights countries where journalists are killed, and their killers go free. They have released the following ranking, with the ‘worst records of allowing killers of journalists to go free: Somalia, Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Mexico, Philippines, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. Details : The Karachi Union of Journalists (@karachi_union_of_journalists) tweeted, “One may wish that there was no Pakistan in it, but the fact is that journalism has been made a crime in Pakistan and the crime is punished by state elements as well as non-state elements. But our struggle continues and will continue.” Since the Global Impunity Index’s inception, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been the mainstays on the list. Also: Story of another journalist, named Kashif Hussain getting killed, by unknown assailants. Why it matters : According to the CPJ, currently, there are 12 unsolved murder cases of journalists, and 62 journalists have been killed in attacks since 1992. The recent attacks on journalists have been reported in the capital against Absar Alam when he was allegedly shot in the stomach during his walk. Whereas senior journalist @asad_ali_toor was also allegedly beaten up in his apartment. At the same time, allegedly senior journalist @matiullah6943 was allegedly abducted outside the school, where he had dropped his wife. Also, senior journalist @official.hamidmir was barred from doing his show @capitaltalk.
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