Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Pakistan TV journalist killed in Swat Valley


Pakistani journalist Mosa Khankhel, a correspondent for Geo TV and The News, died with his boots on as he headed for Swat in the country's restive northwest to report on peace talks between a radical cleric and his son-in-law who heads the Taliban that controls the area. Unidentified gunmen shot Khankhel dead at Matta, near Swat, where the peace talks were to be held.In his last report before his death on the departure of cleric Sufi Mohammad of the Tahrik-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) for talks with Maulana Fazlullah, the journalist said: "The convoy is departing for Matta. Sufi Ahmed will go with the convoy to Matta.

4 comments:

  1. this is an example of a totalitarian government, democracy is being defeated in pakistan!!!

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  2. Well done Fizzy!!! u r doing great job by working on this blog....

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  3. strict action should be taken against this ruthless killing...

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