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BLA guns down Baloch Journalist
BLA guns down Baloch Journalist
KHUZDAR: A former president of Khuzdar Press Club and a senior journalist belonging to a news agency was gunned down by unidentified persons on Sunday afternoon in Khuzdar district.
Some unknown attackers opened indiscriminate fire on Mohammad Khan Sasoli, a former president of Khuzdar Press Club and a correspondent of Independent News of Pakistan (INP) and Daily Aaj Kal, near Faisal Hotel in Khuzdar District on Sunday afternoon when he was driving along with his family. He died on the spot when his rammed into a shop as he failed to control it due to bullet injuries. Two persons were injured in the incident.
Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani has condemned the target killing of Faiz Mohammad Sasoli and ordered the health department in Khuzdar district to provide necessary medical treatment to the injured people of the incident.
No group has accepted responsibility for the murder even though it appeared to be a case of target killing. Previously, another journalist working with Daily Azadi, Haji Wasi Ahmed, had also been killed in Khuzdar. Faiz is the third journalist from Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province to be killed during the ongoing armed conflict.
Dr. Chishti Mujahid, a journalist working with Weekly Akhbar-e-Jahan, had also been killed in Quetta two years ago for which the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) had accepted responsibility.
According to locals Faiz had been receiving threats from certain quarters in the past and he had been targeted twice but he had survived the attacks .
A text message issued by “Freelance News”, a network that caters to SMS news of Baloch nationalist groups, termed Faiz Sasoli as a ring leader of Baloch Defense Armed Group (BDAG), which has been operating against Baloch Students Organisation (BSO-Azad) and Balochistan National Party-Mengal.
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BLA Kills Baloch Journalist | Farzana Shah
KHUZDAR: A former president of Khuzdar Press Club and a senior journalist belonging to a news agency was gunned down by unidentified persons on Sunday afternoon in Khuzdar district.
Some unknown attackers opened indiscriminate fire on Mohammad Khan Sasoli, a former president of Khuzdar Press Club and a correspondent of Independent News of Pakistan (INP) and Daily Aaj Kal, near Faisal Hotel in Khuzdar District on Sunday afternoon when he was driving along with his family. He died on the spot when his rammed into a shop as he failed to control it due to bullet injuries. Two persons were injured in the incident.
Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani has condemned the target killing of Faiz Mohammad Sasoli and ordered the health department in Khuzdar district to provide necessary medical treatment to the injured people of the incident.
No group has accepted responsibility for the murder even though it appeared to be a case of target killing. Previously, another journalist working with Daily Azadi, Haji Wasi Ahmed, had also been killed in Khuzdar. Faiz is the third journalist from Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province to be killed during the ongoing armed conflict.
Dr. Chishti Mujahid, a journalist working with Weekly Akhbar-e-Jahan, had also been killed in Quetta two years ago for which the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) had accepted responsibility.
According to locals Faiz had been receiving threats from certain quarters in the past and he had been targeted twice but he had survived the attacks .
A text message issued by “Freelance News”, a network that caters to SMS news of Baloch nationalist groups, termed Faiz Sasoli as a ring leader of Baloch Defense Armed Group (BDAG), which has been operating against Baloch Students Organisation (BSO-Azad) and Balochistan National Party-Mengal.
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BLA Kills Baloch Journalist | Farzana Shah
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