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Sukkur police claim breakthrough in TV reporter murder case

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SUKKUR: Police on Sunday claimed to have made a breakthrough in the murder case of TV reporter Ajay Lalwani by announcing arrest of the prime suspect and two of his accomplices in the wake of a protest march by media persons from Salehpat to Sukkur and sit-in outside Sindh High Court building in Sukkur a […]


Murderer of Sukkur journalist arrested in Lahore

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KARACHI – Ghulam Akbar Mangryo, the alleged murderer of journalist Ajay Lalwani in Sukkur, was arrested from Lahore railway station on Saturday. Police said the suspect would be shifted to Sukkur after getting his transit remand. Sukkur police and Lahore’s Naulakha police jointly carried out a raid at the railway station and took Mangryo into […]


Pakistan Urged to Probe Killing of Journalist

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ISLAMABAD – A global media watchdog is demanding authorities in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province urgently conduct a “credible” investigation and arrest those responsible for this week’s killing of a journalist. Police and witnesses said Ajay Kumar Lalwani, 31, was sitting in a barbershop in the province’s Sukkur city on Wednesday evening when unknown assailants riding […]


Journalist’s murder

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ANOTHER journalist has been murdered in cold blood, this time in Sindh’s Sukkur district, indicating that reporting the truth in Pakistan remains a perilous pursuit. Ajay Laalwani, a reporter for a private TV channel, was reportedly gunned down on Thursday while he was sitting in a barbershop in Salehpat town. Despite the passage of several […]


Journalists protest after Lalvani’s funeral

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SUKKUR: The journalist fraternity has protested against the killing of their colleague, Ajay Lalvani, by some unidentified assailants in Sukkur. After the funeral ceremony of the slain journalist at Saleh Pat near Rohri, Sukkur, and the protesters marched from the Taluka hospital to the funeral place, claiming that the incident was a target killing. The […]


Journalist shot dead in Sukkur

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SUKKUR: A journalist associated with a private news TV channel was gunned down here on Thursday. A group of armed men opened fire on Ajay Laalwani, a reporter of Royal News TV, when he was sitting at a barber shop. He suffered injuries and was taken to Civil Hospital, Sukkur, where he died during treatment. […]


Discovery Of Old Bones Raises Fresh Questions About Pakistani Journalist’s Death

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When Pakistani road workers discovered human remains on their construction site in North Waziristan in early March, they unearthed more than the bones of an elderly teacher who was abducted and killed 13 years ago. The victim, Muhammad Salam, was also a potential witness to the 2006 killing of Hayatullah Khan — a journalist who […]


Journalists must not become the source

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Freelance journalist Ahmad Ali Joya was murdered in Bahawalnagar on May 24. He was reported to be helping the police in tracing a gang of criminals and was, perhaps, killed by the same men. This has raised the question of whether journalists should become the source. Only an independent investigation will lead to the final […]