Every journalist will be protected to the best ability of the state by a Pakistan People's Party government, Benazir Bhutto, Chairperson of PPP said in a statement on Thursday.
Condemning the murder and arrest of two journalists on June 17, Mohtarma Bhutto said that the rise in violence against members of the media was of deep concern to the PPP.
She said the present regime had failed to protect the members of the press or the electronic media. The former prime minister asked the journalists and the media personalities to support the PPP and its allies so that collectively stability, law and order and lives of every citizen could be protected.
According to the reports received, Abdul Lateef Gola, a correspondent of Daily Jang in Jafferabad city, Balochistan province was arrested on June 17, 2007 by the police officers at around 1 AM from his house. His whereabouts are unknown and the police are denying his arrest.
In another case, Noor Ahmed Solangi, a correspondent of the daily, Khabroon, in Kingree, Sindh province was shot dead by six men riding on motorcycles. He was struck by nine bullets from A K-47 and died instantly. It was reported in the local press that the deceased had received threats from the tribal leaders of a tribe who are members of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q), a political party in the regime of General Musharraf.
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