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GHOTKI: An area journalist, Bachal Ghunio, was shot lifeless by unknown suspects within the Sindh district on Tuesday, Geo News reported, citing police.
According to the police, the journalist was gunned down throughout a go to to his fields.
The journalist’s physique, the police added, has been shifted to the Ubauro hospital with investigations underway.
With locals blaming dacoits for Ghunio’s killing, his household has held a protest outdoors the workplace of the senior superintendent of police in Mirpur Mathelo, demanding the arrest of the suspects.
Ghunio’s homicide comes within the wake of a notable improve in violence in opposition to journalists within the nation in current occasions making him the ninth one to be killed in 2024.
Last month, reporter Malik Hassan Zaib was shot lifeless by unknown assailants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district whereas he was travelling along with his brother.
On May 3, Muhammad Siddique Mengal of Balochistan was killed in a bomb assault. Ashfaq Ahmed Sial from Muzaffargarh was shot by two motorcyclists on May 15, whereas Kamran Dawar from the Tapi space in North Waziristan was shot lifeless May 21.
On the identical day, journalist Nasrullah Gadani was shot by assailants on bikes close to Korai Goth, 12 kilometres from Mirpur Mathelo, and succumbed to the accidents three days later.
Journalist Khalil Jibran of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Landi Kotal space was additionally shot lifeless by unidentified assailants on a motorbike on June 18.
Speaking with Geo News, the slain journalist’s minor son stated there was enmity between his father and a few members of the group, nonetheless, Ghunio was killed regardless of the problems being determined upon.
He additional revealed that opponents had additionally attacked his father a couple of years again.
Taking discover of the journalist’s killing, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has issued instructions for the speedy arrest of these chargeable for the killing.
The chief minister additionally ordered the intensification of operation in opposition to dacoits within the riverine space.
Terming the concentrating on of journalists as an assault on press freedom, Sindh Assembly Opposition Leader Ali Khurshidi has referred to as for the arrest of these chargeable for Ghunio’s killing.
Expressing alarm over assaults on Pakistani journalists in June, the International Press Institute (IPI) international community referred to as on the authorities to make sure the protection and safety of the media.
Prior to the IPI’s assertion, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), in an announcement issued in May this yr, had stated that journalism was “below menace” in Pakistan.
