Journalist shot dead in Khairpur

Khairpur: A Journalist was allegedly murdered by an unidentified man in Ahmedpur Khairpur on Monday.

According to details, the police spokesperson claimed that one unidentified individual shot journalist Ghulam Asghar Khund while he was traveling from his home to the press club.

A few years ago, Mushtaq Khund, the brother of the journalist Ghulam Asghar who had passed away, was also murdered.

Earlier, a private channel’s reporter Imtiaz Baig was killed in an ‘assassination attempt’ carried out by unidentified persons in Jhelum.

Police confirmed that Samaa TV reporter Imtiaz Baig was killed in an ‘assassination attempt’.

Police detailed that unidentified persons attacked Baig with batons when he came out of a local mosque after offering prayers.

The attackers fled from the scene after attacking the TV reporter, police said. Local media reports suggested that the senior journalist’s body was shifted to the district hospital.

The Police authorities launched an investigation to ascertain the motives of the attack.