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Injured son of TV journalist dies

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 27 October 2012

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Injured son of TV journalist dies
Manzoor Ahmed, the son of a television journalist, succumbed to injuries from a shooting in Khuzdar. His brother Siraj was killed in the same attack.

QUETTA: Manzoor Ahmed, son of a television journalist, injured in a firing incident Thursday has died. Newspaper reports said he passed away in hospital Friday.

Two men on a motorbike opened fire on their car in Khuzdar in which his brother Siraj Ahmed was killed, leaving Manzoor injured.

They were sons of Nadeem Gurganari, President of the Khuzdar Press Club and a correspondent of Express News Television.

On September 29, Abdul Haq Baloch, a ARY Television reporter was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, also in Khuzdar in the restive Balochistan province. He was the press club’s general secretary.

KEY POINTS:

  • Manzoor Ahmed died in the hospital after a shooting incident.
  • The attack occurred in Khuzdar, Balochistan.
  • His brother Siraj Ahmed was killed during the attack.
  • Their father is Nadeem Gurganari, President of the Khuzdar Press Club.
  • This follows another fatal shooting of a journalist in the region.

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