State v. Mohammad Shahrukh
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 30.50420402694667
Longitude: 71.31445294618544
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Pakistan
- Decision Date
- 1 de mar. de 2014
- Case Status
- On Appeal
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Granted
- Keywords
- Freedom of Expression
- Political Expression
- Terrorism
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Case Number
- N/A
- Case Summary
The Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court convicted six men of the 2011 murder of Wali Khan Babar, a TV reporter for Geo News. All men belonged to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the largest political party in Karachi, and are believed to have targeted Babar for his reporting on the Movement’s turf wars and its role in land grabbing, extortion and targeted killings. This decision marks only the fifth instance where the killers of journalists were convicted. Columbia Global Freedom of Expression notes that some of the information contained in this report was derived from secondary sources. This case analysis was provided by the Pakistan Press Foundation
- Case Significance
The decision does not establish a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Source Name and URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression