JournalismPakistan.com | Published December 30, 2022
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ISLAMABAD—A total of seven Pakistani journalists were killed in the line of duty in 2022, including Arshad Sharif (pictured) in Kenya.
On January 24, 2022, Hasnain Shah, a crime reporter for Capital TV, was shot dead in Lahore by two men on a motorcycle. Shah, who was also a member of the Lahore Press Club, was at a traffic light when the two attackers shot him seven times and fled.
A week later, police said the journalist was killed over a financial dispute with a jeweler, as killers were paid half a million rupees for his murder.
In March 2022, a car carrying journalists, including Ziaur Rehman, was attacked by armed men in Khanewal. As attackers opened fire, one bullet hit Zia in the head. He worked as a reporter for the 7 News channel. The other journalists in the car escaped and took Zia to a hospital in Khanewal before shifting him to Nishtar Hospital in Multan. He died of his injuries on April 28.
On July 1, 2022, shooters killed Ishtiaq Sodharo, who worked for a local Sindhi weekly, in Khairpur. The following day, Iftikhar Ahmed, a reporter with the Urdu Daily Express, was killed by unknown killers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Two shooters killed Muhammad Younis, a senior journalist working for Daily Express, on August 27, 2022, in Shorkot, Punjab.
On October 10, 2022, the tragic death of Sadaf Naeem saddened everybody. A mother of two covering the long march of PTI chief Imran Khan was crushed to death near Sadhoke. Her death highlighted the reporters’ plight of working under the never-ending pressure of coming up with breaking news.
Daily Dawn maintained her death “ laid bare the pressures journalists in the field have to face, as well as the lack of professional training available to media practitioners.”
Two weeks later October 23, 2022, Pakistan was jolted by the news of Arshad Sharif’s murder in Kenya. Though the police in Kenya claimed it was a case of mistaken identity, it later became clear it was a planned targeted murder.
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July 08, 2025: The Pakistan government has approached a court seeking the removal of several YouTube channels operated by prominent journalists, accusing them of spreading false information and provoking unrest against state institutions.
June 11, 2025: Pakistan celebrated a narrow win over Bangladesh, but beneath the jubilation lies a deeper crisis—from sidelined veterans to a collapsing domestic structure—signaling an urgent need for cricket reform.
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May 30, 2025: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the murder of journalist Syed Mohammed Shah in Jacobabad, calling for urgent justice and improved safety for media professionals in Sindh.
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