The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed to learn of the killing of another journalist in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on August 14.
According to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Muneer Shakir was attacked by unknown persons who opened fire on him at 12.20pm as he headed home from the press club in Khuzdar, in central Balochistan. Shakir died at District Headquarters Hospital in Khuzdar.
Shakir, who was aged in his early 30s, worked for Online News Network and was a correspondent with Balochi television station Sabzbaat.
Members of the Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) reported that Shakir was not known to have received any threats.
The PFUJ, an affiliate of the IFJ, said in a statement that the murder of Shakir – the sixth journalist killed in Pakistan in 2011 and the seventh media worker killed in Balochistan since early 2010 – exposed the failure of the Government to protect media personnel. More...
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According to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Muneer Shakir was attacked by unknown persons who opened fire on him at 12.20pm as he headed home from the press club in Khuzdar, in central Balochistan. Shakir died at District Headquarters Hospital in Khuzdar.
Shakir, who was aged in his early 30s, worked for Online News Network and was a correspondent with Balochi television station Sabzbaat.
Members of the Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) reported that Shakir was not known to have received any threats.
The PFUJ, an affiliate of the IFJ, said in a statement that the murder of Shakir – the sixth journalist killed in Pakistan in 2011 and the seventh media worker killed in Balochistan since early 2010 – exposed the failure of the Government to protect media personnel. More...
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