DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The relatives and members of the Christian and journalists communities and civil society on Thursday staged a protest rally against the police and district administration for their failure to arrest the killers of journalist Qais Javed Masih.
The protesters, including the sisters and a son of slain Qais Javed Masih, members of Christian and journalist communities and civil society staged the protest at the GPO Chowk. Holding posters and placards inscribed with slogans of “justice for slain journalist Qais Javed” and “arrest the killers of journalist”, the protesters demanded the government to insert the 7-ATA in the first information report and arrest the killers forthwith.
A local journalist was shot dead by unidentified persons inside his house in Dera Ismail Khan on Monday night, police said on Tuesday. According to the first information report (FIR), lodged at the Cantt police station today on the complaint of the deceased's cousin, Qais Javed had entered his house and was in his front
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Pakistan: Journalist assassinated at home in KP province
Qais Javed, a journalist affiliated with Ehadnama media news, was shot dead in front of his home on the night of December 7 in the north western city of Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the gruesome murder and urge the authorities to conduct impartial investigation and punish the guilty. Journalist Qais Javed. Credit: Sirajuddin.
Unidentified gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot Qais Javed multiple times around his stomach before decamping from the scene. He was rushed to a nearby hospital in Dera Ismail Khan but died on the way. Police are yet to make any arrests.
The Tablet December 10, 2020
In this 2011 photo, Christian women held pictures of Shahbaz Bhatti, the slain Pakistani minister of minorities, as they demanded a sentence for his killers during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan. Pope Francis led an audience with members of the Missione Shahbaz Bhatti association at the Vatican nearly 7 years later. (Photo: CNS/Athar Hussain, Reuters)
WINDSOR TERRACE As the United Nations and various international organizations observe Dec. 10 as the annual day to declare the dignity and human rights of all persons, Pakistan’s religious minorities planned demonstrations against increased abductions and forced conversions and marriages of their women and girls by Muslims.
Christian journalist gunned down in Pakistan
Qais Javed becomes fourth member of the media killed in the country this year
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A 37-year Methodist has become the latest victim in continuing violence aimed at media people in Pakistan.
Qais Javed, the journalist son of Mohan Masih, a former member of the ruling Pakistan Justice Party, was shot dead on Dec.7.
Javed died in a drive-by shooting in the north-western city of Dera Ismail Khan, police and family said.
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He came under attack as he and his son were about to enter their house, according to the report the family filed with police.