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]

Islamabad

Karachi

Turbat

Khuzdar

Quetta

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

• Khalil Ullah Sumalani

2008

• 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

• Wasi Ahmed Qureshi, Daily Azadi, died 16 April 2009, in Khuzdar from gunshot wounds from days earlier.^[8]

2010

• 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.^[10]
• Abdul Hameed Hayatan, a.k.a., Lala Hamid Baloch^[11][12]
• Mohammad Sarwar^[13]
• Ijaz Raisani died from injuries 6 September 2010 from an earlier suicide bomb.^[14]

2011

• Ilyas Nazar^[15]
• Wali Khan Babar, GEO News – 13 January 2011, Karachi^[16]
• Abdost Rind, Daily Eagle (Urdu) – 18 February 2011, around Turbat^[17]
• Rehmat Ullah Shaheen
• Zarif Faraz
• Siddique Eido^[18]
• Munir Ahmed Shakir Sabzbaat, a Baloch TV station – 14 August 2011, Khuzdar^[19]
• Akhter Mirza
• Javed Naseer Rind, Daily Tawar – sometime between 11 September 2011 & 5 November 2011^[20]

2012

• Razzaq Gul Baloch, Express News – 19 May 2012, Turbat^[21]
• Haji Mohammad Rafique Achakzai
• Abdul Qadir Hajizai
• Dilshad Deyani
• Abdul Haq Baloch
• Khalid Musa
• Abdul Ahad Baloch
• Rehmat Ullah Abdi
• Jamshaid Ali Karl

2013

• Saif-ur-Rehman Baloch^[22]
• Muhammad Imran Sheikh^[23]
• Mohammad Iqbal^[24]
• Mehmood Ahmed Afridi
• Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch, Daily Tawar – sometime between 24 March 2013 & 24 August 2013^[25]

2014

• 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.^[26]

See also

• Censorship in Pakistan

References

1. "Journalists demand more protection from authorities". The Peninsula (Qatar). 29 January 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. 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. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
11. "UNESCO's Director-General condemns murder of Pakistani journalist Abdul Hameed Hayatan in Baluchistan". Crisis Balochistan. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
12. Talpur, Mir Mohammad Ali (8 September 2013). "COMMENT : Truth invites IRE". Daily Times. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
13. Mohammad Sarwar (3 September 2010). "Mohammad Sarwar – Journalists Killed – Committee to Protect Journalists". Cpj.org. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
14. "Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Daily Times. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
15. "PFUJ Outraged Over Baloch Journalist's Murder". The Baloch Hal. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
16. "Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar shot dead". Pakistan Times. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
17. "Journalist gunned down in Pakistan's violent Baluchistan". Committee to Protect Journalists. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
18. "Baloch Journalist Siddique Eido, Among Two Killed, Dumped in Gwadar". The Baloch Hal. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
19. Greenslade, Roy (16 August 2011). "Greenslade Blog: Pakistani journalist murdered". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 27 November 2012.
20. AsiaNet (6 November 2011). "Journalist's body found in Khuzdar". The Nation.
21. Greenslade, Roy (22 May 2012). "Pakistani journalist abducted and killed | The Guardian.". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
22. Akbar, Malik Siraj (10 January 2013). "Obituary: Saif-ur-Rehman, The Intrepid News-breaker". The Baloch Hal. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
23. "SAMAA cameraman Imran laid to rest in Quetta". SAMAA TV. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
24. "Three Journalists Killed, Three Injured in Quetta Blasts". Reporters Without Borders. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
25. "Two missing Baloch men found dead in Karachi". Dawn. Pakistan. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
26. Roy Greenslade (August 30, 2014). "Pakistani journalists shot dead in attack on news agency office". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved October 15, 2015.

External links

• Baloch Missing