Pakistan Journalist Killed After Alleging Government Ties To Terrorists
Mollie Hemingway, Ed. ·
May 31, 2011 at 6:45am
Well this is horrible news. Syed Saleem Shahzad was the Pakistan bureau chief of Asia Times Online. Last week he authorized publication of a story alleging links between the Pakistan Navy and al Qaeda. Today, he was found dead and his body showed signs of torture. He had been missing from Islamabad since Sunday evening.
Obviously we don't know all the details of what happened, but this is a depressing reminder of the corruption within the Pakistan government and how difficult it is to fight against it.
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Dec '10
Re: Pakistan Journalist Killed After Alleging Government Ties To Terrorists
Pakistan seems to be corrupt from leaf to root, in the government, military and civilian sectors. But the corruption spans two types: the ordinary kind, typified by a President whose nickname was once "Mr. Ten Percent," and the fanatic kind, typified by the Islamicists permeating the military and civil society who believe that the tools of state power belong to their cause.
Jun '10
Re: Pakistan Journalist Killed After Alleging Government Ties To Terrorists
That's a problem in a lot of countries. Many of the government institutions are just additional crime gangs that you have to walk carefully around. The only lesson most people take away is, don't stick your head up. If you live around government corruption long enough, it seems like just part of nature. You forget that things could be very different.
Re: Pakistan Journalist Killed After Alleging Government Ties To Terrorists
Sooner or later in Pakistan there will be a civil war, and it will start within the military.
Mar '11
Re: Pakistan Journalist Killed After Alleging Government Ties To Terrorists
What does it say when a reporter is so brave that he risked and lost his life to tell the truth in Pakistan while “reporters” in America won’t risk the social opprobrium of their peers to tell the truth about an arrogant, narcissistic demagogue who has brought us to the brink of fiscal collapse?
Edited on May 31, 2011 at 8:33pm