Pakistan Government may have sanctioned the abduction and subsequent killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, a top US military official has said.

The Pakistan Government has formed a commission headed by a senior judge to investigate the abduction and killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who went missing two days after he alleged the Navy had been infiltrated by Al Qaeda elements.

The call record of slain Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad’s cellular phone has been erased, with the log of the 18 days before his abduction and murder being wiped out from the system, a media report said on Tuesday.

Journalists in Pakistan have set a June 10 deadline for the government to set up a judicial commission to probe the abduction and murder of Syed Saleem Shahzad, a media report said.

A Pakistani journalist who investigated Al Qaida’s alleged infiltration of the navy and told a rights activist he’d been threatened by the country’s intelligence agencies was found dead on Tuesday. The police said his body showed signs of torture.

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency on Wednesday denied any involvement in the killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad and said the incident should not be used to ‘target and malign’ the c

Prominent journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who went missing in the Pakistani capital over the weekend, was found dead in Punjab province on Tuesday with his body bearing marks of torture, police said.