Police: Gunmen kill Pakistani reporter working for local TV
Police and industry officials say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a Pakistani journalist in the eastern city of Lahore before fleeing the scene
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It was not immediately clear who was behind the killing of Husnain Shah, who worked for the Capital TV news channel as a reporter. The attackers targeted Shah near the Lahore Press Club.
Senior police officer Safdar Raza Kazmi said officials were still investigating to determine who killed Shah.
Angered over the attack, journalists rallied in Lahore, condemning the assault and demanding the arrest of the killers.
Punjab chief minister Usman Buzdar condemned the attack and ordered a probe into the incident.
Pakistan has long been a deadly country for journalists. In 2020, it ranked ninth on the Committee to Protect Journalists’ annual Global Impunity Index, which assesses countries where journalists are regularly killed and the assailants go free.