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Journalists in Pakistan say they’re under threat of abduction and even of being killed if they criticise the state authorities. Whoever is in power, legal action against journalists who’ve spoken out against the authorities is nothing new. Press freedom campaigners say that in 12 months 140 journalists were threatened or attacked with some saying that democracy itself is under attack. For Assignment Mobeen Azhar hears the allegations made by those who say they’ve been targeted to shut them up - allegations which the authorities deny. Archive: AAJ News, May 2023 GNN, February 2023, Naya Daur February 2022, GEO TV October 2022 Assignment Series Editor: Penny Murphy (Image: Sunset in Islamabad. Credit: Feng Wei Photography/Getty)
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