Sports reporter gunned down in Karachi

JournalismPakistan.com | Published 13 years ago | JP Staff Report

KARACHI: A local newspaper reporter was killed by gunmen near Khadda Market in the limits of Baghdadi Police Station Monday.

Raza Sahil, a sports reporter, got hit by two bullets in the head, according to Business Recorder.

Two other people including a policeman were also killed the same day while four others sustained injuries in this southern port city where such killings have become routine.

On October 7, gunmen killed Mushtaque Khand of Dharti TV in an attack on a Pakistan Peoples Party public meeting in Khairpur district.

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