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Pakistani journalist killedPosted Apr 19 2008

The Pakistan Federation of Journalists Union and the Associated Press of Pakistan report that anonymous gunmen on motorbikes shot journalist Khadim Hussain Sheikh while he was leaving his home also by motorbike in Hub, a town north of Karachi in the volatile Baluchistan province. Sheikh's brother was also on the motorcycle during the shooting and received gunshot wounds. The country's Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has opened an investigation for the murder. Sheikh was a stringer for Sindh TV and local bureau chief for the national Urdu daily Khabrein. Two other journalists have been murdered in the Baluchistan province so far this year.

Other updates from Pakistan

Apr 2012: Senior journalist murdered
Oct 2011: Web editor found dead in apartment
Jun 2011: Pakistani journalist reflects on colleague's death
Apr 2010: Filmmaker disappears after interview with Taliban leadership
Apr 2010: Cameraman killed in suicide bombing
Feb 2009: Attack on Indian journalists condemned
Jul 2008: Arrest made in murder of journalist
Apr 2008: Pakistan on way to lifting media restrictions on i
Apr 2008: Journalists in Pakistan face bodily harm
Oct 2007: Journalist Protest Incites Police Brutality
Jul 2007: Pakistani journalist killed in mosque clashes
Jul 2007: Journalist murdered in Sindh province
Apr 2007: Regulatory body threatens independent TV station
Apr 2007: Pakistani reporter's family killed