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Murder of Shahzad ‘assassination of journalism': Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Wednesday termed the murder of Salim Shahzad as assassination of journalism and of Pakistan, Geo News reported. Addressing the protesting journalists outside the Parliament, Nawaz Sharif said government should not try to conceal the facts. Journalists representing various journalists’ organizations are staging a 24-hour sit-in outside the Parliament against the gruesome murder of senior journalist Saleem Shahzad. “What are the elements in front of whom the law, Constitution and people appear helpless; who is it that endorses oppression rather than the oppressed; who are the people not allowing the formation of independent commission?” Nawaz Sharif questioned. He called upon the lawyers and civil society to stand by the journalists in their struggle against tyranny. The PML-N Chief said the door of the law will continue to be knocked till the justice is done. He asked the government to wake up as soon as possible, because ‘the nation is no longer ready to put up with more atrocities’.