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List of journalists killed during the Balochistan conflict (1947–present)

This is a list of journalists killed during the Balochistan conflict. The conflict has been going on since 1947, but since 2001, 28–33 journalists have been killed[1][2] and between 2009 and 2012 at over 23 journalists have been killed.[3][4]

Places in Balochistan where journalists have been killed.
Islamabad
Islamabad
Karachi
Karachi
Turbat
Turbat
Khuzdar
Khuzdar
Quetta
Quetta
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Places in Balochistan, Pakistan, where journalists have been killed. The red shaded area is Balochistan, one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Mentioned locations within Pakistan relative to the capital Islamabad and the largest city Karachi.

List edit

  • Khalil Ullah Sumalani

2008 edit

  • Chisti Mujahid, a columnist for Akhbar-i-Jehan, was assassinated by the Baloch Liberation Army in Quetta, 9 February 2008, for an article he had written about the death of leader Balach Marri.[5][6]
  • Khadim Hussain Sheikh, a journalist for the Urdu-language Khabrein, was killed in Hub, 14 April 2008.[7]

2009 edit

  • Wasi Ahmed Qureshi, Daily Azadi, died 16 April 2009, in Khuzdar from gunshot wounds from days earlier. Some news report claim that Baloch liberation army was responsible for killing Wasi Ahmed Qureshi.[8]

2010 edit

  • Malik Mohammad Arif, a Samaa TV camera operator, was killed by a suicide bomber on 16 April 2010.[9]
  • Faiz Muhammad Sasoli, Aaj Kal, was shot to death 27 June 2010 in Khuzdar while driving and after having survived two previous attempts on his life. Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant group, claimed responsibility for killing him.[10]
  • Abdul Hameed Hayatan, a.k.a., Lala Hamid Baloch.[11]
  • Mohammad Sarwar[12]
  • Ejaz Raisani died from injuries 6 September 2010 from an earlier suicide bomb.[13]


2011 edit

2012 edit

2013 edit

2014 edit

  • Attack on the Online International News Network killed two journalists and one media worker on 28 August 2014 in Quetta. Irshad Mastoi was believed to have been the target while student reporter Abdul Rasul and accountant Mohammed Younus were also killed.[27]

2020 edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Journalists demand more protection from authorities". The Peninsula (Qatar). 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. ^ Akbar Notezai, Muhammad (23 July 2013). "To be a journalist in Balochistan". Daily Times. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  3. ^ "22 Balochistan journalists killed in four years". Dawn (Pakistan). 9 July 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  4. ^ Akbar Notezai, Muhammad (18 March 2013). "Balochistan and journalists". Daily Times. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  5. ^ Naziha Syed Ali (23 July 2013). "Dangerous times". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  6. ^ "IFJ Global – Murder of Journalist in Pakistan Must Be Investigated Promptly". IFJ.org. 11 February 2008. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  7. ^ Khadim Hussain Sheikh (14 April 2008). "Khadim Hussain Sheikh – Journalists Killed – Committee to Protect Journalists". Cpj.org. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  8. ^ Wasi Ahmad Qureshi (16 April 2009). "Wasi Ahmad Qureshi – Journalists Killed – Committee to Protect Journalists". Cpj.org. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  9. ^ Malik Arif. "Malik Arif – Journalists Killed – Committee to Protect Journalists". Cpj.org. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Reporter gunned down in Balochistan – Reporters Without Borders". Reports Without Borders. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  11. ^ Talpur, Mir Mohammad Ali (8 September 2013). "COMMENT : Truth invites IRE". Daily Times. p. 2. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  12. ^ Mohammad Sarwar (3 September 2010). "Mohammad Sarwar – Journalists Killed – Committee to Protect Journalists". Cpj.org. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  13. ^ "Ejaz Raisani". Committee to protect Journalists. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  14. ^ "PFUJ Outraged Over Baloch Journalist's Murder". The Baloch Hal. 6 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  15. ^ "Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar shot dead". Pakistan Times. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  16. ^ "Journalist gunned down in Pakistan's violent Baluchistan". Committee to Protect Journalists. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  17. ^ "Baloch Journalist Siddique Eido, Among Two Killed, Dumped in Gwadar". The Baloch Hal. 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  18. ^ Greenslade, Roy (16 August 2011). "Greenslade Blog: Pakistani journalist murdered". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  19. ^ AsiaNet (6 November 2011). "Journalist's body found in Khuzdar". The Nation.
  20. ^ Greenslade, Roy (22 May 2012). "Pakistani journalist abducted and killed | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  21. ^ "Abdul Qadir Hajizai". Committee to Protect Journalist. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  22. ^ "70 including SAMAA cameraman, reporter killed; over 120 hurt in two successive blasts in Quetta". Samaa TV. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  23. ^ "SAMAA cameraman Imran laid to rest in Quetta". SAMAA TV. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  24. ^ "Three Journalists Killed, Three Injured in Quetta Blasts". Reporters Without Borders. 12 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  25. ^ "Another Journalist gunned down, second in three days". Reporters without borders. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  26. ^ "Two missing Baloch men found dead in Karachi". Dawn. Pakistan. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  27. ^ Roy Greenslade (30 August 2014). "Pakistani journalists shot dead in attack on news agency office". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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