[Reader-list] Former editor of Pakistan's The News Shaheen Sehbai (radio interview )
Harsh Kapoor
aiindex at mnet.fr
Sun Mar 10 07:33:36 IST 2002
NPR's OnTheMedia.org
Crackdown on Pakistani Press
Last week Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said that murdered
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl had been "too intrusive" in
his investigation of government corruption. The president has also
been threatening the domestic press. Intimidation by government
agencies led Shaheen Sebhai to quit his job as editor of Pakistan's
News last week. Host Bob Garfield talks to Sebhai about the worsening
situation for journalists in Pakistan.
You can hear the audio right now worldwide at http://www.onthemedia.org
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