`Both were providing a brave and vital service to their societies when they were killed for doing their jobs well,` the group which has nearly 500 journalists and photographers to cover South Asian developments as members said.
It said, `At the time of their deaths, each were working on stories of great importance: Jyotirmoy Dey had exposed Mumbai`s powerful oil mafia and money-launderers, Syed Saleem Shahzad had revealed how al-Qaeda militants had infiltrated the Pakistan Navy.`
Pointing to killing of journalists in the two countries over the last two decades, the club said, `It is not enough for officials and politicians to condemn these killings.
They must bring those responsible to justice, and recognise the essential role journalists perform.
(T.A045/H-AK)
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