Section 07 · Danger record
Where and when it was most dangerous
Counts below cover cases in this archive only, not national totals. Press-freedom groups record 90+ journalists killed in Pakistan since 2000; Karachi, Quetta, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the former tribal areas recur most.
Cities and towns (archive cases)
- Karachi3
- Quetta2
- Islamabad1
- Mandi Bahauddin1
- Mehrabpur1
- Mir Ali1
- Mirpur Mathelo1
- Sukkur1
- Swat1
Overseas cases such as Arshad Sharif (Kenya) are excluded from this ranking.
Roads where attacks happened
- Liaquatabad, Karachi street — Wali Khan Babar, 2011 (Killed)
- Airport road (Shahrah-e-Faisal), Karachi — Hamid Mir, 2014 (Attacked)
- Magadi–Nairobi road — Arshad Sharif, 2022 (Killed)
Year-by-year snapshot
12002
12006
12009
22011
12013
12014
12016
22020
12022
12023
12024
The scariest years
- 2010Among the deadliest years: CPJ and RSF ranked Pakistan the most dangerous country for journalists, with militant bombings and targeted killings.
- 2011Wali Khan Babar and Syed Saleem Shahzad killed; Pakistan again topped global danger lists.
- 2013January Quetta twin bombing killed media workers responding to the first blast.
- 2022Arshad Sharif shot dead in Kenya after leaving Pakistan amid multiple cases.
When warnings were given
- 2011Syed Saleem Shahzad told Human Rights Watch he had been threatened by intelligence officials months before his death.
- 2014Hamid Mir had said publicly he feared an attack before being shot in Karachi.
- 2019–2020Aziz Memon said in a video he had received threats over his reporting.
- Aug 2022Arshad Sharif left Pakistan after sedition cases and reported threats; killed in Kenya in October.