"We have no hope and faith on police and government as they are not serious in providing justice and no progress has been made in the case in fact 'they' neglected the commission's recommendations."
This was stated by Anita, widow of slain journalist Saleem Shahzad. On May 29, 2011, Shahzad was picked up from federal capital while on his way to appear in television talk show to discuss his investigative report on Mehran Naval base attack, published on May 27, 2011 and his dead body with visible torture marks was found about 150 kilometers away from Islamabad, floating in a canal in the limits of Saddar Police Station district Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab province, on May 30.
Shahzad leaves behind his widow and three children, two sons and a daughter. Shahzad, an Islamabad based journalist, Bureau Chief of "Asia Times Online" (a Hong Kong-based news website), and South Asia Correspondent for Italian news agency Adnkronos International (AKI) in Pakistan.
Hamza Ameer, Shahzad's brother-in-law and the correspondent of Turkish Radio and Television, who is pursuing the case, regretted that even after six years of Shahzad's murder, neither the aggressors apprehended nor the recommendations of an inquiry commission formed to probe the incident have been implemented.
Ameer told Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) that he is disappointed at the lack of progress in the investigation and said, "Today we are commemorating his death anniversary but journalists and NGOs have forgotten his brutal murder". "Police have gravely neglected the investigation and every new appointed Station House Officer of Saddar Police station Mandi Bahauddin used to make phone calls to me and asking about updates and clue of accused in Shahzad case but since last two years this practice has also been stopped as well" he added.
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