Pakistan
Journalist murdered in Sindh provincePosted Jul 20 2007
According to Reporters Without Borders, Ahmed Solangi, 34, correspondent for the Sindhi-language newspaper, Khabroon, in Kingri, Sindh province, died after he was ambushed while distributing newspapers June 17.
“We are shocked by the murder of Noor Ahmed Solangi, less than three weeks after the killing of Noor Hakim, in the tribal areas. Reporters Without Borders said.“The deteriorating working conditions and the insecurity facing journalists in the rural areas of the country are extremely worrying. It is crucial both that the local authorities find and punish the killers of Noor Ahmed Solangi and that the Pakistani authorities put an end to this lawlessness.”
Sindh's rural areas are currently the scene of serious conflict between rival clans. A reporter on Sindh TV News, Abdul Khaliq, dismissed a theory that Nisar Ahmed Solangi had been killed for ethnic reasons. “He was killed because of his profession,” the journalist said.