QUETTA: The journalists community staged walkout from the session of
Baluchistan Assembly against the killing of a reporter Munir Shakir on
the appeal of Baluchistan Union of Journalists. They also tied black
strips on their arms.
After boycott journalists hold a protest
rally outside assembly building . They were holding black flags and
placards on which the demand for arrest the killer of Munir Shakir were
mentioned ,whereas they also put locks on their mouths.
On the
occasion Provincial Ministers Ain Ullah Shamas, Shahnawaz Mari, Abdul
Rehman Mangal and Jameel Kalmati came to negotiate journalists .
The
journalists apprised ministers that it is the fourth incident of
killing journalists but neither any investigation was made nor any
culprit was apprehended. They demanded compensation for the family
members of all the journalists , that have been killed in the line of
duty.
Provincial ministers assured the journalists that
government is taking steps to eradicate targeted killings from
Baluchistan .They said Chief Minister and ministers were attacked.
Terrorists even killed nephew of CM, but the provincial government is
not ignorant of the facts.
They said that journalists are the
eyes of the society and government would take every possible step to
protect them. They said that CM has instructed IG police to arrest the
killer of Munir Shakir, who was working as reporter with Online News
Network at Khuzdar. Online
