ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS IN PAKISTAN

Early day motion 975, tabled 4 March 2009 by Virendra Sharma (Labour). Signed by 48 members.

That this House condemns the recent murderous attack on journalists by unknown armed gunmen in Pakistan including the recent brutal killing of Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi, the renowned scholar and leader of Jamaat Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat-Noorani province and regular Islamic commentator on Pakistan TV; and calls for the British Government to urge the Pakistan government to do all it can to catch and punish the perpetrators of these attacks, to devise a strategy and policy to ensure journalists' safety and to protect essential freedoms of the press in a democratic society.

Signatures by party: Labour 27, Liberal Democrat 11, DUP 2, Scottish National Party 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.