Vile social media attacks target Pakistani women journalists
In this Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 photo, Alena Waqar, a female journalist from local tv channel Geo News, gives live reporting during a rally, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

In this Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 photo, Alena Waqar, a female journalist from local tv channel Geo News, gives live reporting during a rally, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Sep. 18, 2020 10:07 AM EDT
In this Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 photo, Mona Khan, a freelance female journalist, interviews during a rally, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday, Sept. 18, condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

In this Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 photo, Mona Khan, a freelance female journalist, interviews during a rally, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday, Sept. 18, condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Sep. 18, 2020 10:09 AM EDT
In this Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 photo, Wajiha Khanian, a female journalist from local tv channel Dawn News, interviews during protest, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

In this Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 photo, Wajiha Khanian, a female journalist from local tv channel Dawn News, interviews during protest, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Sep. 18, 2020 10:08 AM EDT
A copy of a petition with more than 100 signatures of women journalists, which was given to the government last month demanding an end to the online assaults, is seen in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

A copy of a petition with more than 100 signatures of women journalists, which was given to the government last month demanding an end to the online assaults, is seen in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Sep. 18, 2020 10:07 AM EDT
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 file photo, Shireen Mazari, center, leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, addresses a news conference with party officials, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The government's Human Rights Minister Mazari said in a series of tweets. "Journalists do their job & to target them, especially gender-based abusive attacks on women journos, is absolutely unacceptable and disgusting,". Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 file photo, Shireen Mazari, center, leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, addresses a news conference with party officials, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The government's Human Rights Minister Mazari said in a series of tweets. "Journalists do their job & to target them, especially gender-based abusive attacks on women journos, is absolutely unacceptable and disgusting,". Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)

Sep. 18, 2020 10:09 AM EDT