2002
Daniel Pearl
Wall Street Journal South Asia bureau chief, abducted in Karachi while investigating militant networks and murdered. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh's conviction was overturned in 2020, a case that became a symbol of impunity.
Section 08 · Voices remembered
They reported. They paid.
A gallery honouring journalists whose work cost them their lives.
2022
Arshad Sharif
Investigative anchor who left Pakistan after multiple cases were filed against him. Kenyan police shot him near Nairobi in October 2022; a Pakistani fact-finding team called it a planned, targeted killing.
Also remembered
2006 · Mir Ali, North Waziristan
Hayatullah Khan
2009 · Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Musa Khan Khel
2011 · Karachi, Sindh
Wali Khan Babar
2011 · Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab
Syed Saleem Shahzad
2013 · Quetta, Balochistan
Journalists in the Quetta bombings
2016 · Quetta, Balochistan
Shehzad Khan & Mehmood Khan
2020 · Mehrabpur, Sindh
Aziz Memon
2023 · Sukkur, Sindh
Jan Mohammad Mahar
2024 · Mirpur Mathelo, Sindh
Nasrullah Gadani