Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
December 4, 1994 |
Karachi / Sindh
|
Mohammad Salahuddin, editor of the Urdu weekly,
Takbeer, was shot and killed outside his office in Karachi.
In his editorials, he was very critical of the MQM, a Karachi-based
party supported by many Muslim migrants from India.
|
1
|
0
|
December 6, 1994 |
Karachi / Sindh
|
Mohammad Samdani Warsi, business manager of the
Urdu-language daily Parcham, was shot and killed by unidentified
assailants at the newspaper's office. The assailants were looking
for Parcham's editor but turned on Samdani when they failed
to find their original target. The paper's editorial policy supported
the MQM.
|
1
|
0
|
January 17, 1997 |
Lahore / Punjab
|
Z.A. Shahid, news photographer of daily Khabrain
was killed when a bomb exploded outside the Sessions Court premises
in Lahore on January 17. The bombing targeted leaders of the SSP
who were being brought from jail to a hearing. At least 19 people
were killed and more than 80 injured. Five of the injured were
journalists.
|
1
|
5
|
February 1, 2002 |
Gadap / Karachi / Sindh
|
Daniel Pearl was an American journalist and South
Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal who was abducted
and killed by al Qaeda at Gadap, about 30 miles north of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
January 21, 2003 |
Manglawar Bazaar / Mingora / Swat / KP
|
Fazal Wahab, a freelance writer, was shot and
killed by unidentified militants while he was sitting in a roadside
shop in Manglawar Bazaar of Mingora in Swat District of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
November 10, 2003 |
Satellite Town / Quetta / Bolochistan
|
Two journalists and seven police personnel are
injured in three bomb blasts in the Satellite Town area of Quetta.
|
0
|
2
|
February 7, 2005 |
Wana / South Waziristan Agency / FATA
|
Amir Nowab, a freelance cameraman for Associated
Press Television News and a reporter for the Frontier Post
newspaper, and Allah Noor, who was working for Peshawar-based
Khyber TV, were killed by unidenfied militants in Wana of South
Waziristan Agency of FATA. The journalists were on their way back
from the town of Sararogha, where they were covering the suspected
surrender of TTP ‘chief’ Baitullah Mehsud. Two other journalists
were also injured. A group calling itself Sipah-e-Islam (Soldiers
of Islam) claims responsibility.
|
2
|
2
|
June 16, 2006 |
Miranshah / North Waziristan Agency / FATA
|
Hayatullah Khan’s body was found by villagers
in the North Waziristan town of Miranshah, where he had been kidnapped
six months earlier on December 5, 2005. Khan, who was also a reporter
for the Urdu-language daily Ausaf, had received numerous
prior threats from Pakistani Security Forces, militants, and local
tribesmen because of his reporting.
|
1
|
0
|
January 9, 2007 |
Hangu / KP
|
Unidentified assailants behead an Afghan journalist,
Anwar Saleh in the Hangu town.
|
1
|
0
|
April 28, 2007 |
Charsadda / KP
|
Mehboob Khan, a freelance journalist, was killed
in a suicide bomb attack aimed at Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao.
The minister escaped with minor injuries, but 28 people died in
the attack at a political rally in Charsadda town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Three other journalists were also injured.
|
1
|
3
|
June 2, 2007 |
Bajaur Agency / FATA
|
Noor Hakim Khan, a correspondent for the Daily
Pakistan and a vice president of the Tribal Union of Journalists,
was one of five people killed by a roadside bomb in the Bajaur
Agency of FATA.
|
1
|
0
|
July 3, 2007 |
Islamabad / Punjab
|
Javed Khan, a photographer for the Islamabad-based
daily Markaz and a cameraman for U.K.-based DM Digital
TV, was shot in the chest and neck while caught in crossfire between
SFs and the students of Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad.
Four other journalists were also injured in the clashes.
|
1
|
4
|
October 19, 2007 |
Karachi / Sindh
|
Muhammad Arif was among more than 130 people killed
in bombing in Karachi, which took place during a political rally
held to celebrate former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming.
|
1
|
0
|
February 9, 2008 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Chishti Mujahid, a veteran columnist for the weekly
Akbar-e-Jehan, was killed by militants outside his home
in Quetta. A spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army, claimed
responsibility for the murder, saying Mujahid was “against” the
Baloch cause.
|
1
|
0
|
February 29, 2008 |
Mingora / Swat / KP
|
Siraj Uddin, a reporter for The Nation,
was killed in a suicide bombing that took the lives of more than
40 persons in Mingora town of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
May 22, 2008 |
Khar / Bajaur Agency / FATA
|
Mohammed Ibrahim, a reporter for Express TV,
was shot dead by unidentified militants outside Khar, the main
town of the Bajaur Agency in FATA. The journalist was returning
by motorcycle from an interview with local TTP ‘spokesman’ Maulvi
Omar.
|
1
|
0
|
August 29, 2008 |
Swat / KP
|
Abdul Aziz Shaheen, who worked for the local Urdu-language
daily Azadi, was killed in an airstrike that hit the lockup of
TTP militants where Shaheen was being captive in the Swat. Abdul
Aziz Shaheen was kidnapped from the Peuchar area of the Matta
tehsil of Swat.
|
1
|
0
|
January 4, 2009 |
Dera Ismail Khan / KP
|
A suicide bomber killed Mohammad Imran, a cameraman
trainee for Express TV, and Tahir Awan, a freelance reporter
for the local Eitedal and Apna Akhbar newspapers,
in Dera Ismail Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
2
|
0
|
February 18, 2009 |
Swat / KP
|
Musa Khankhel, a journalist of Geo TV and
The News, was killed while covering a peace march led by
Muslim cleric Sufi Muhammad, father-in-law of TNSM leader Maulana
Fazlullah in Swat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
August 24, 2009 |
Jamrud / Khyber Agency / FATA
|
Three unidentified militants fired at the Afghan
journalist, Janullah Hashimzada, and his colleague, Ali Khan,
while they were travelling on a public minibus near the town of
Jamrud in Khyber Agency of FATA. Hashimzada killed on the spot
while Ali Khan injured severely. Both journalists worked for Afghanistan’s
Shamshad TV.
|
1
|
1
|
December 22, 2009 |
Peshawar / KP
|
A photojournalist, Khurram Pervez, also sustained
injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate
of the Peshawar Press Club in Peshawar.
|
0
|
1
|
December 29, 2009 |
Miranshah / North Waziristan Agency / FATA
|
The Taliban militants detained a freelance journalist
working for the Associated Press (AP) for shooting in the volatile
tribal region in violation of a ban imposed by them in Miranshah
of North Waziristan. Taliban spokesman Ahmadullah Ahmadi said
by phone from somewhere in North Waziristan that the reporter
had been taken into ‘custody’ for violating the ban.
|
0
|
0
|
February 17, 2010 |
Sariab Road / Quetta / Balochistan
|
Unidentified militants shot dead a journalist,
identified as Hameed Marwat, at the Sariab Road in Quetta.
|
1
|
0
|
April 14, 2010 |
Khar / Bajaur Agency / FATA
|
A journalist, Muhammad Imran Khan, and his sister
were injured when unidentified militants made a failed attempt
to abduct them from their home in Khar of Bajaur Agency in the
FATA. The TTP spokesman Azam Tariq told journalists in North Waziristan
that the "pro-America" media was spreading wrong information
about the TTP.
|
0
|
2
|
April 16, 2010 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Samaa TV cameraman, Arif was killed in
a suicide bombing at a local civil hospital in Quetta, capital
of Balochistan, killing at least eight people and injuring numerous
others, including five journalists.
|
1
|
5
|
April 17, 2010 |
Kacha Pakka IDP camp / Kohat / KP
|
Azamat Ali Bangash, a cameraman and correspondent
for Samaa TV, was killed in a suicide bombing while covering
food distribution at the Kacha Pakka IDP camp on the outskirts
of Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
May 9, 2010 |
Wahi Pandhi / Sindh
|
Ghulam Rasool Birhamani, a reporter for the Daily
Sindhu, Hyderabad, was found outside his hometown of Wahi
Pandhi in Sindh, a day after he had been reported kidnapped. Birhamani's
family believed he was killed because of his reporting on ethnic
issues in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
May 28, 2010 |
Model Town / Garhi Shahu / Lahore / Punjab
|
Ejazul Haq, a technician for the local Lahore
cable station City-42 TV, was killed while working at the scene
of an armed attack on Ahmadiyya place of worship in Model Town
and Garhi Shahu areas of Lahore in Punjab.
|
1
|
0
|
September 6, 2010 |
Quetta / Balochistan
|
Ejaz Raisani was killed of injuries which he sustain
while covering a rally of Shiite demonstration in Quetta that
comes under a suicide attack. Six media personnel, four of them
cameramen, were also injured.
|
1
|
6
|
September 14, 2010 |
Hangu / KP
|
Misri Khan Orakzai, a newspaper reporter and head
of the local journalists association, was shot several times as
he entered the press club building in Hangu town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
TTP claimed responsibility.
|
1
|
0
|
December 6, 2010 |
Ghalanai / Mohmand Agency / FATA
|
Pervez Khan Mohmand, a journalist with Waqt
TV, and Pervez Khan, were among 50 people killed in a double-suicide
bomb attack on a jirga being held outside the office of the assistant
political agent of Mohmand Agency at Ghalanai, the headquarters
of Mohmand Agency, in FATA.
|
2
|
0
|
January 13, 2011 |
Liaquatabad / Karachi / Sindh
|
Wali Khan Babar, Geo TV reporter, was shot
dead after his story on target killing in Karachi, at Liaquatabad
area.
|
1
|
0
|
May 10, 2011 |
Peshawar / KP
|
Nasrullah Khan Afridi, a journalist of Khyber
News Agency, was killed when his car blew up in Peshawar. Police
said LI ‘chief’ Mangal Bagh, had threatened Afridi in Khyber.
In May 2006, CPJ reported that unidentified assailants had lobbed
two hand grenades at Afridi’s house in Bara, the main town of
Khyber Agency in FATA.
|
1
|
0
|
May 31, 2011 |
Bahauddin / Punjab
|
Syed Saleem Shahzad, a Pakistani investigative
journalist for leading European and Asian media, found dead on
May 31 near the town of Mandi Bahauddin, about 75 miles (120 kilometres)
south of the capital, Islamabad.
|
1
|
0
|
June 11, 2011 |
Peshawar / KP
|
Asfandyar Khan, a reporter for the Akhbar-e-Khyber,
died in a double bombing that took the lives of more than three
dozen people in Peshawar. Seven other journalists sustained minor
injuries.
|
1
|
7
|
June 17, 2011 |
Peshawar / KP
|
Shafiullah Khan, a trainee reporter at The
News, died six days after suffering extensive burns in a June
11 double bombing in Peshawar.
|
1
|
0
|
August 14, 2011 |
Hospital Road / Khuzdar / Balochistan
|
A senior journalist and member of the Khuzdar
Press Club, Munir Ahmed Shakir, was shot dead by unidentified
assailants on the Hospital Road in Khuzdar town of Khuzdar District
in Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
August 22, 2011 |
Nishar Hall / Jail Road / Peshawar
|
A journalist was injured when unidentified assailants
attacked the team of a private TV channel, AVT Khyber News, near
Nishar Hall on Jail Road in Peshawar.
|
0
|
1
|
September 22, 2011 |
Landikotal / Khyber Agency / FATA
|
Unidentified militants ambushed and injured a
senior tribal journalist and former Khyber Agency Tribal Union
of Journalists president Khalil Khan Afridi in Landikotal town.
|
0
|
2
|
November 5, 2011 |
Khuzdar / Balochistan
|
Bullet-riddled body of a journalist, identified
as Javed Naseer Rind, was found in Khuzdar. Javed Naseer Rind
worked as a senior sub-editor in local newspaper, Daily Tawar,
in Mastung. Rind was abducted on September 10 near his resident
in Mehmoodabad area of Hub Town in Lasbela District.
|
1
|
0
|
January 17, 2012 |
Shabqadar / Charsadda / KP
|
A senior tribal reporter, Mukarram Khan Atif,
correspondent for Washington-based Pashto language Deewa Radio
and a reporter for a private TV channel, was shot dead by two
unidentified assailants in Shabqadar area of Charsadda District
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
1
|
0
|
May 19, 2012
|
Singani Sar / Turbat / Kech / Balochistan
|
A bullet-riddled dead body of missing journalist
Razzaq Gul was found in a deserted area of Singani Sar area, near
Turbat city in Kech District. Razzaq Gul, a correspondent for
Express News, was abducted near his house on May 18, 2012.
|
1
|
0
|
August 27, 2012
|
Gulshan-e-Iqbal area / Karachi / Sindh
|
Zainul Abedin, op-ed Editor of The News,
one of Pakistan's leading English Dailies, was beaten up by four
men outside his home in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area for watching TV and
listening to music. The assailants who attacked the journalist
are members of the proselytising group - Tablighi Jama'at.
|
0
|
1
|
September 29, 2012 |
Khuzdar / Balochistan
|
Unidentified militants shot dead Abdul Haq, the
General Secretary of Khuzdar Press Club, in Khuzdar District of
Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
October 7, 2012 |
Sadoro Janwari / Khairpur / Sindh
|
Seven people, including six activists of PPP and
a reporter of Dharti TV Channel Mushtaque Khand were killed and
10 people, including three reporters and Administrator of KTMA,
injured when armed militants opened fire at a public meeting on
in Sadoro Janwari village of Khairpur District in Sindh.
|
1
|
3
|
October 22, 2012 |
Lyari / Karachi / Sindh
|
A Shia sport reporter of Janbaz Newspaper,
identified as Ali Raza, was shot dead within Baghdadi Police remits
at Khadda Market in Lyari area of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
November 2, 2012 |
Islamabad / Punjab |
Marvi Sirmad, a journalist and a human rights
activist, escaped attempt on her life in Islamabad. In her complaint
to Secretariat Police she said that an unidentified assailant
fired shots at her car while she was going home.
|
0
|
0
|
November 18, 2012 |
Panjgur / Balochistan
|
A Journalist, identified as Rehmatullah Abid,was
killed by unidentified armed assailants in Panjgur District of
Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
November 26, 2012 |
Islamabad |
Senior journalist and anchor Hamid Mir escaped
an assassination bid when Police defused a bomb planted under
his car in Islamabad. Mir, who hosts the Capital Talk evening
show on Geo TV and writes a column for Jang, was criticised
by the TTP last month in the wake of the shooting of teenage activist
Malala Yusufzai. TTP claimed responsibility for the attack.
|
0
|
0
|
December 20, 2012 |
Quetta-Sukkur highway / Machh / Bolan / Balochistan
|
A local journalist and two other persons were
shot dead when a group of armed assailants intercepted a bus coming
from Quetta on its way to Punjab and opened fire on the passengers
and abducted six passengers on Quetta-Sukkur highway in the Machh
area of Bolan District.
|
1
|
0
|
February 27, 2013 |
Miranshah town / North Waziristan Agency / FATA
|
A journalist Malik Mumtaz Khan was shot dead in
Miranshah town of North Waziristan Agency.
|
1
|
0
|
March 1, 2013 |
Kalat / Balochistan
|
A local journalist, identified as Mehmood Ahmed
Afridi, President of the Kalat Press Club, was shot dead by unidentified
assailants near the main bus stop of Kalat city (Kalat District).
No one has claimed responsibility for the murder.
|
1
|
0
|
August 16, 2013 |
Koramgi Road / Karachi / Sindh
|
A female staff, identified as Raheela Zohair,
and a security guard, Mir Ali, were injured when four unidentified
militants on motorcycles opened fire at the Express Media office
located at Korangi Road in Karachi District of Sindh.
|
0
|
2
|
August 22, 2013 |
Lyari Town / Karachi / Sindh |
A dead body of a missing journalist, identified
as that of Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch, was found dumped on the outskirts
of Karachi. Razzaq, an ethnic Baloch, was a sub editor at the
daily Tawar (Voice), a Balochi-language daily, who went missing
in March 2013 from Lyari Town.
|
1
|
0
|
October 11, 2013 |
Warana / Takht-e-Nusrati / Karak /
KP |
Unidentified assailants shot dead a local journalist
Ayub Khan Khattak in his native Warana village in Takht-e-Nusrati
tehsil of Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police sources
said unidentified assailants opened fire on Ayub Khattak and he
died on the spot.
|
1
|
0
|
January 29, 2014 |
Bakhshali / Mardan / KP |
Unidentified militants killed a journalist, Bakht
Taj Yousafzai, affiliated with a Mardan District Newspaper, in
Bakhshali village of Mardan District.
|
1
|
0
|
April 19, 2014 |
Sharae Faisal / Natha Khan / Karachi
/ Sindh |
Unknown gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Hamid
Mir in Karachi, Sindh province, injuring the senior reporter and
television anchorperson. The incident took place on Sharae Faisal
near Natha Khan area when the gunmen opened fire on his vehicle
around 5:30 pm.
|
0
|
1
|
April 24, 2015 |
Phase-II / DHA / Karachi / Sindh
|
Sabeen Mahmud, the director at T2F, was shot dead
by unidentified assailants in the Phase-II area of DHA in Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh, in the night.
|
1
|
1
|
June 28, 2015 |
Usta Mohammad / Jaffarabad / Balochistan
|
A journalist, identified as Zafarullah Jatak,
was shot dead while he was asleep at his home in Usta Mohammad
town of Jaffarabad District in Balochistan.
|
1
|
0
|
September 8, 2015 |
Bahadurabad / Gulshan Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Geo News satellite engineer Arshad Ali Jafri was
killed and the driver Anees was injured when unidentified militants
opened fire at the Geo News Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG)
van in Bahadurabad area of Gulshan Town in Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh.
|
1
|
1
|
September 8, 2015 |
Hayatabad / Peshawar / KP
|
Senior tribal journalist, Abdul Azam Shinwari,
was shot at and injured in Hayatabad area of Peshawar in KP. Shinwari
hails from the Landikotal tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA.
|
0
|
1
|
September 9, 2015 |
North Karachi Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A journalist, Aftab Alam, was shot dead near his
home in North Karachi Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
November 3, 2015 |
North Waziristan Road / Tank
/ KP |
A local senior journalist Dr Muhammad Zaman Mehsud
was killed when unidentified militants fire at his vehicle on
North Waziristan Road in Tank District of KP.
|
1
|
0
|
November 20, 2015 |
Faisalabad / Punjab
|
Three employees of television channel Dunya News
were injured in a hand grenade attack on the Faisalabad Bureau
office by unidentified motorcycle bourne assailants in Faisalabad
District of Punjab.
|
0
|
3
|
November 22, 2015 |
Kohat / KP
|
Unidentified assailants shot dead a TV journalist,
Hafeez Ur Rehman (42) on the outskirts of Kohat District in KP.
|
1
|
0
|
November 27, 2015 |
Essa Nagri / Gulshan Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
A staff member, identified as Hassan Mateen, was
injured when unidentified militants attacked the Dawn News DSNG
van in Essa Nagri area of Gulshan Town in Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh.
|
0
|
1
|
December 28, 2015 |
North Nazimabad Town / Karachi / Sindh
|
Unidentified armed assailants attacked the driver
and took away the Geo News van from North Nazimabad Town in Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
0
|
0
|
May 7, 2016 |
Karachi / Sindh |
Unidentified militants killed two people, including
Shia religious scholar and rights activist Syed Khurram Zaki and
his journalist friend Rao Khalid, in a sectarian attack in North
Karachi Town of Karachi. Both the victims belonged to the Shia
community. While Khalid was currently working as a journalist,
Zaki was a former journalist.
|
2
|
1
|
January 12, 2017 |
Kalat / Balochistan
|
Unidentified assailants shot dead a journalist,
Muhammad Jan (37), in Kalat town of same District in Balochistan.
Muhammad Jan, who worked for local Urdu language daily newspaper
'Qudrat', was shot dead while he was on his way home on a motorcycle.
|
1
|
0
|
June 11, 2017 |
Haripur / KP
|
A senior journalist of a local newspaper, identified
as Baksheesh Allai, was shot dead by undefiled assailants in the
Haripur town of same District in KP.
|
1
|
0
|
October 12, 2017 |
Swabi / KP |
A local journalist, Haroon Khan, a correspondent
for Waqt News TV, was shot dead outside his house in Swabi town
of same District in KP. Haroon Khan came under fire when he stepped
out of his home. He was also affiliated with Akhbar-i-Khaiber,
while earlier he remained associated with the Mashriq TV.
|
1
|
0
|
Total*
|
60
|
56
|