Four of the five journalists killed in Pakistan this year were either reporting in Balochistan or belonged to Balochistan. PHOTO: FILE
The journalist was sitting at his public call shop near the bus stop in Kalat when unidentified armed men riding on motorbikes came and shot him dead. The Kalat Police Station head constable Lal Muhammed told The Express Tribune that Afridi was killed instantly.
Afridi's body was shifted to the district headquarter hospital for autopsy.
The slain journalist worked for a local Urdu Daily Inthiqab and was the president of the Mir Ahmed Yar Khan Kalat Press Club.
As many as five journalists have been killed in Pakistan in 2013. Four of those have been killed in or belong to Balochistan.
Earlier this week, Malik Mumtaz, who was associated with Geo News and Khyber TV, was brutally gunned down by unidentified people, on February 27, while he was on his way home to Miranshah from Chashma.
Last year, many targeted attacks took place on journalists in Balochistan.
The general secretary of Khuzdar Press Club Abdul Haq was gunned down on September 29, near Khuzdar Post Office in main Khuzdar city.
On October 25, unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire on the sons of Nadeem Gurgnari, killing Siraj Nadeem on the spot while the younger one Manzoor later on succumbed to injuries in the hospital.
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There is only one reason behind this gruesome murder. ETHNIC CLEANSING
Hope there will be folllow up story to explain reasons of his killling or atleast what his family and colleague think who killed him and why?
@jan faraz: "lets blame CIA, ZIONISTS etc."
Perhaps not this time. The CIA and others must get tired of killing people, and therefore leave some of the brutality to other organizations.
lets blame CIA, ZIONISTS, INDIA and ENEMIES OF ISLAM
very bad...
Although very worrying it should be realized that the US homicide rate is much higher than Pakistan's. The people who mete out these types of crimes do so for political and/or religious reasons or a combination of both. The instructions to do so come from above, so therefore it becomes difficult to apprehend the perpetrators. We cannot afford to loose people such as Mehood Afridi, and unfortunately it happens too often.
Foreign agencies trying to create disunity in our ranks while our politicians are expanding there bank accounts and army is more concerned about DHA plots... But we people of Pakistan will fight this agenda and remain united. Unity Faith Discipline. Pakistan Zindabad...Quaid e Azam Zindabad
@Bad
Who did it?
The terrorist/insurgent organizations like BLA, BRP, BLF, LeJ to silence any voices critical of their atrocities?
Deep State. anybody?
@Bad: well who did it
They are killing the Shias for their faith. But too many Sunnis are also being killed for various of reasons. We must fight this terrorists or they will completely take over our country.