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FAISALABAD—Reporter Fawad Azam Awan was killed in a road accident in Jaranwala on Saturday.
As a reporter, he worked for the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) and was a Lahore Press Club council member.
According to eyewitnesses, he was riding a bike and was trying to overtake a trailer loaded with sugarcane when the accident happened.
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