40 journalists have been killed in India in 25 years, 60 in Pakistan

The report goes on to state that of the journalists killed, about 41 per cent were war correspondents and 46 per cent were political correspondents.

A recent report from the Committee to Protect Journalists says that 40 journalists have been killed in India and 60 in Pakistan in the last 25 years. These numbers merely indicate those cases that have been reported. All in all, the report says, 1,234 journalists have been killed worldwide since 1992. The highest number of casualties has been reported from Iraq, with killings of 179 journalists until as recently as February 2017.

The report from CPJ states that the latest killing of a journalist was reported from the Philippines where Joaquin Briones from Remate was killed on March 13. One hundred and eight journalists have been killed in Syria so far. In this year alone, Taimoor Khan from Samaa TV was killed on February 12 in Karachi, Pakistan and Abdul Hakim Shimul from Samakal was killed on February 3, in Shahjadpur, Bangladesh.

1234 journalists have killed since 1992 according to our records. More than half were print and broadcast reporters. https://t.co/f9Gk0nW8rx pic.twitter.com/wJ4MRzC0Ve

— CPJ (@pressfreedom) March 23, 2017

The report states that of the journalist killed, about 41 per cent were war correspondents and 46 per cent were political correspondents. Twenty-one per cent of the slain journalists covered human rights and 20 per cent covered corruption related beats. Four per cent of the killed journalists include business correspondents and 2 per cent include sports journalists. Twenty per cent of the killed journalist covered culture as a beat and 16 per cent reported on crimes.

India stands ninth in the 20 deadliest countries list as far as journalists killings are concerned, according to the report. Pakistan stands at the sixth place. The statistical analysis has been drawn from reports of journalists' killing since 1992.

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