Journalist deaths in Pakistan reach 8, trending toward record year

FILE - Pakistanis light candles for journalists killed in a targeted suicide bombing, to mark World Press Freedom Day, in Quetta on May 3, 2018. Media freedom advocates are expressing outrage this week, as Pakistan recorded its eighth journalist killing so far in 2024.

Pakistan has reported the killing of an eighth journalist in 2024 and is poised to encounter its deadliest year for media practitioners.