Confirming assessments of media freedom and human rights bodies, Pakistan has emerged as the media’s ‘graveyard’ with its restive Balochistan province emerging as its epicentre.
Confirming assessments of media freedom and human rights bodies, Pakistan has emerged as the media’s ‘graveyard’ with its restive Balochistan province emerging as its epicentre.
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Balochistan journalists boycott assembly proceedings
Provincial ministers and members of the opposition promised the arrest of the accused and dispense justice
The Balochistan Assembly. PHOTO: EXPRESS
QUETTA:
The Balochistan Union of Journalists boycotted the proceedings of the Balochistan Assembly session and staged a protest outside against the murder of a journalist in Quetta.
Provincial ministers and members of the opposition promised the arrest of the accused and dispense justice.
Abdul Wahid Raisani, a reporter affiliated with a local media outlet, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Qambrani road two days ago over the weekend on April 24.
Addressing the protest, BUJ President Salman Ashraf, Senior Vice President Shah Hussain Tareen, President Quetta Press Club Abdul Khaliq Rind and journalist Ayub Tareen said that the incident deserved a lot of condemnation.