According to the documents submitted by the Ministry of Information to the Senate, a total of 42 journalists were killed in Pakistan in the past 4 years. 15 of which were killed in Punjab, 11 in Sindh, 13 in KP and 3 in Balochistan. The total number has reached to 42.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister stated that only one of the accused in the murder cases was arrested in all those years. The Ministry of Interior should submit a comprehensive report on the killing of journalists to the Senate, he added.
Senator Kumar claimed that the Ministry is unaware of the fact that 10 not 3 were killed in Balochistan. He questioned the credibility of the government in protecting the journalists.
Furthermore, Senator Mushaq Ahmed stated that no arrests have been made yet in the attacks on the lives of Hamid Mir, Absar Alam Asad, and Matiullah. Arshad Sharif would not have been martyred if the accused of all those attacks had been caught, he added.
According to Senator Kamran Murtaza, a journalist loses his life in search of the truth. If it comes out who they were active against, the murderers will be caught too.