LAHORE- The editor of daily Kohistan, B.A Nasir, was shot dead by an unidentified man.
Nasir had just stepped out of his office in Rang Mahal when someone shot him in the head. He was taken to a hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. His son too was murdered in 1995, and since then he had been pursuing the case.
Source: Dawn
Date:5/4/2002
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