Three years have passed since the murder of Geo TV journalist Wali Khan Babar in Karachi. While no justice has been found in Babar's case, his death has not been forgotten.
The following is a 14 January 2014 CPJ blog post by Sumit Galhotra, CPJ Asia Program Research Associate:
Three years have passed since the murder of Geo TV journalist Wali Khan Babar in Karachi. While no justice has been found in Babar’s case, his death has not been forgotten. Journalists Beena Sarwar, Umar Cheema, and Malik Siraj Akbar along with CPJ’s Bob Dietz commemorated the anniversary of Babar’s death on Monday 13 January during a HuffPost Live discussion: “Pakistan’s Press in Peril?”
One by one, individuals connected to the investigation have been murdered or silenced. “Wali Khan Babar’s case looks like a Hollywood movie, where at least seven people have been murdered; anyone who helped in providing any information to the authorities, anyone who was an eyewitness was also eliminated,” said Akbar, who is editor-in-chief of The Baloch Hal.
