Extremist Islamist group kills Pakistani journalist for his pro-Israel comments

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 07:09:00 +0000

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A journalist was killed in Karachi by activists of an extremist Islamist group after he made pro-Israel comments on his television channel, according to Sindh province Home Minister.

Four suspected militants were arrested for murdering journalist and anchorperson Imtiaz Mir, who was gunned down on September 21 as he left his office in Malir area of Karachi.

Home Minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjhar claimed on Monday (October 27, 2025) that the slain journalist was targeted because the killers regarded him as an alleged sympathiser of Israel and for his comments.

Inspector General of Sindh Police Ghulam Nabi Memon and city police chief Javed Alam Odho told the media that the four arrested individuals had confessed to carrying out the killing on the orders of their handler who was based outside Pakistan.

“The arrested suspects are ‘educated’ individuals, and their ringleader is living in a neighbouring country,” Mr. Memon said without naming any country.

The suspects were identified as Ajlal Zaidi, Shahab Asghar, Ahsan Abbas and Faraz Ahmed and are said to be associated with ‘Lashkar Sarullah,’ which is part of the banned Zainabiyoun Brigade.

He said that two federal intelligence agencies had jointly worked with Karachi police during the investigation, and all held suspects had “confessed” their involvement in the murder.

One of the suspects also had a previous criminal record, he added.

IGP Memon said that spent bullet casings recovered from the crime scene in Kala Board, Malir, had matched with pistols seized from the custody of the arrested suspects.

Published – October 28, 2025 12:39 pm IST

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Global media body mourns killing of 10th scribe in Pakistan in 2024

admin — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:59:50 +0000

Nisar Lehri, senior journalist in Mastung locality of Pakistan’s Balochistan. File
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A global media safety and rights body has mourned the killing of the tenth journalist in Pakistan in 2024.

Armed assailants gunned down the 50-year-old Nisar Lehri, a senior journalist in Mastung locality of Pakistan’s Balochistan and a member of the local press club, on September 4 for reasons not officially disclosed. Nine others were killed before him in the country this year.

“Pakistan has slowly turned into a graveyard of working journalists in South Asia,” the Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said in a statement on Wednesday.

Expressing serious concern over the continued killing of media persons in Pakistan even though the country is not witnessing any war currently, PEC president Blaise Lempen demanded a fair probe into Lehri’s untimely death.

“For any reason, the perpetrators should not enjoy immunity and they must be booked under the law of the land,” he said.

The PEC’s Guwahati-based South Asia representative, Nava Thakuria said Lehri’s killing followed that of Muhammad Bachal Ghunio of Mirpur Mathelo locality in the Sindh province, on August 27.

The eight other Pakistani journalists killed since January 1 were Malik Hassan Zaib, Khalil Afridi Jibran, Nasrullah Gadani, Kamran Dawar, Mehar Ashfaq Siyal, Maulana Mohammad Siddique Mengal, Jam Saghir Ahmad Lar, and Tahira Nosheen Rana.

Mr. Thakuria said Bangladesh has followed Pakistan in the killing of journalists since the movement against reservation in government jobs led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as the Prime Minister. Five Bangladeshi journalists killed during and after the movement were Tahir Zaman Priyo, Hasan Mehedi, Shakil Hossain, Abu Taher Md Turab, and Pradip Kumar Bhowmik.

Published – September 05, 2024 08:29 am IST

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Extremist Islamist group kills Pakistani journalist for his pro-Israel comments

Global media body mourns killing of 10th scribe in Pakistan in 2024