A Journalist Munir Shakir was gunned down in Khuzdar

Unknown armed men gunned down a local journalist in Khuzdar on Sunday."Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a local journalist, Munir Shakir when he was on way to Khuzdar town on his bike," police said adding that the victim succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital. The assailants managed to escape.The victim Munir Shakir was correspondent of a Balochi TV channel and a local newspaper.The police rushed to the site and launched search operation in the area. Further investigation was underway  Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the killing of Munir Shakir in Balochistan, on August 14. Shakir was heading home from Khuzdar Press Club when some unknown armed men opened fire on him. He was taken to District Headquarters Hospital, where he passed away.
According to Abdul Rasheed Butt, member of Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ), Shakir worked for Online News Network and was also the correspondent of Balochi TV, Sabzbagh.
Butt said Shakir had never received any threats. The deceased journalist was in his early 30s and had been associated with journalism for the last 7 to 8 years. 
Unidentified people shot dead Waqt News reporter in Khuzdar on Sunday.
Munir Ahmed Shahkir, a senior journalist of Khuzdar district, was shot dead by unknown armed men when he was passing from Hospital Road. He received several bullet wounds and was rushed to the nearest hospital but he succumbed to injuries. Police quoting eyewitnesses said the assailants were riding a motorbike and fled the scene after showering bullets on the deceased. Hospital sources said the man died due to excessive bleeding.
A large number of journalists and relatives of Shahkir reached at the hospital. Police handed over the body to the heirs after completing legal formalities.
The journalist community strongly condemned the brutal murder of the veteran journalist and demanded immediate arrest of culprits. They also announced three-day mourning over the killing and demanded protection for newsmen.
Four journalists including two former presidents of Khuzdar Press Club had been killed in the past two years. Balochistan Union of Journalists also condemned the murder, saying in a statement that 13 journalists had been killed in Balochistan during the last three years but so far not a single murderer had been arrested.
On the other hand, Levies Force personnel recovered a decomposed body lying in a desolated area in Loralai district and moved it to a local hospital for autopsy. The identity of the deceased was yet to be ascertained.In a statement, PFUJ President Pervaiz Shaukat condemned the latest killing. He said Shakir’s murder exposed the government’s failure to safeguard the lives of journalists.
He said since the start of 2011, a large number of journalists have been killed in the line of duty and the security people have miserably failed to nab the culprits and provide safety to media persons.
PFUJ Secretary-General Amin Yousuf strongly condemned the latest target killing of Shakir. He came down hard on the government, criticizing it for failing to protect the lives of journalists. He said the government had not taken any notice of the target killing. “The PFUJ would be left with no choice but to take extreme steps if this trend did not stop,” Yousuf said.
Journalists are being targeted for their work, and they are performing their duties under the most trying times, he added.
Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) President Esa Tareen also condemned the incident. He said this was not the first incident in Balochistan as many journalists had been threatened, attacked, injured and even killed in the past. He said this was a continuing trend and none of the culprits had ever been arrested.
Tareen termed it as a conspiracy against journalists and demanded the government to unveil the conspiracy and expose the perpetrators of the crime. He said journalists in various districts of Balochistan were providing information and reporting without any salary and on top of it were being threatened by various elements.
He said due to the insecure situation prevailing in the province, many journalists have been compelled to leave the profession. He stressed on the government to take notice of the killing and take concrete steps to provide security to them as this was giving a bad name to Pakistan in the international communi

Journalist gunned down in Khuzdar

QUETTA: Unknown armed men gunned down a local journalist in Khuzdar on Sunday.

"Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a local journalist, Munir Shakir when he was on way to Khuzdar town on his bike," police said adding that the victim succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital. The assailants managed to escape.

The victim Munir Shakir was correspondent of a Balochi TV channel and a local newspaper.

The police rushed to the site and launched search operation in the area. Further investigation was underway. 

Senior Journalist Killed in Khuzdar

Senior Journalist Killed in Khuzdar

Baloch Hal News | December 14, 2010:

KHUZDAR: The President of Khuzdar Press Club and a senior journalist Mohammad Khan Sasoli has been killed, police confirmed.

Officials said unidentified persons opened fire on Mohammad Khan Sasoli on his way back home.

No group has accepted responsibility for the killing yet.

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the killing of Mohammad Khan Sasoli, President of Khuzdar Press Club in Baluchistan and Correspondent of DawnNews TV here on Tuesday night by unknown assailants and demanded of the government to ensure arrest of perpetuators.

According to the reports reaching the PFUJ Secretariat, Mohammad Khan Sasoli (36) after doing his routine professional assignments left Khuzdar Press Club for his home situated in Labour Colony on his vehicle at 7.30pm. When he reached in front of his house two unknown motorcyclists wearing masks opened indiscriminate fire on him moment he come out of his vehicle. He received four bullet wounds in his head, chest and died on the spot. The assailants later fled from the scene.

He was married and leaves behind a son, a widow, old father, mother and three brothers and sister to mourn his death. He was in the profession for the last 15 years and worked for Daily “Zamana, Royal TV, news agency INP while presently he was working for DAWNNEWS TV. He belongs to a poor family and was occasionally paid by the Dawn News.

The journalists of Khuzdar claimed that almost all members of the Khuzdar Press Club were threatened by various pressure groups and Balochistan National Liberation Moment. About eights months ago President of the Khuzdar Press Club Faiz Din was also killed but his killers are still at large.

Likewise, Lala Hameed Baloch, Correspondent of urdu-language Daily Intikhab of Gwadar was found dead on Nov 18 with gunshot wounds. His killers are too not arrested so far.

This is fourth death of a media person in Pakistan during the last 10 days and 15th during the current year which is highest in the entire world.

Condemning the killing of Mohammad Khan Sasoli, the PFUJ Secretary General, Shamsul Islam Naz termed it a direct attack on democracy and freedom of press. Shamsul Islam Naz added that this incident has once again proved that the media persons are forced to work in hostile environments and they are not being provided any protection both from the government and media houses.

The PFUJ said that “an act of violence on a media practitioner is not only a crime against the individual victim, but it also represents an attack on freedom of expression, which is a fundamental right and a cornerstone of democratic society”.

The PFUJ asked the Balochistan government to spare no effort in investigating this murder and bringing the culprits to justice.

The PFUJ demanded that aggrieved families be also compensated forthwith and it urged the world media organisations to send fact finding missions to Pakistan to assess the miserable conditions of media persons and their killing owing to negligence of media owners and failure of the government to protect the life of media persons