By Rafiullah Mandokhail.
ZHOB:
Slain Journalist Wali Khan Babar laid to rest, who was shot dead by snipers in Karachi on Jan 13th.
According to detail, the funeral prayer was offered last night in his ancestral village Garda Babar at 6:00 PM last night. He was laid to rest in the presence of hundreds of mourned, relatives, politicians and friends. Deputy Commissioner Hamid Al-Karim, Assistant Commissioner Suhail Hashmi, DPO Raz Muhammad Tareen, DSP Sheikh Zia Mandokhail, renowned politicians including Secretary Information Pk-MAP Raza Muhammad Raza, Central Leader ANP Sheikh Muhammad Yar Khan Mandokhail, JUI Nazaryati Leader Hafiz Hazrat Gul, JUI (F) Leader Molvi Shams u Din and elites participated in his last rites. It was very emotional scene and people were weeping.
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It is to be mentioned that Journalists, Pk-MAP and ANP activists staged a protest demonstration against the brutal killing of Wali Khan Babar. Journalists raised black flag on press club building, while they wore black arm bands to condemn Wali Khan Babar’s killing.
The protesters marched on various roads of the city caring banners and placards, they chanted slogans against the government and MQM. Addressing the protesters Raza Muhammad Raza, Sheikh Muhammad Yar Khan Mandokhail, Abdul Qayum Advocate, Dr. Aurangzeb Ehsas and Muhammad Rafiq Mandokhail condemned the cold-blooded murder of the young and promising journalist Wali Babar. They said “The government is shielding the professional killers in Karachi and awarding them a licence to kill anyone in the city”, adding that the government was patronizing the MQM, they accused. The protesters further said that the Karachi-based political party was resorting to “ethic cleansing of Pashtoons, Sindhis, Baloch and the Punjabis”, adding that none of the perpetrators of such blatant targeted killings had ever been arrested or punished.
They demanded of the government to investigate the incident and award exemplary punishment to the killers and provide foolproof security to media persons.
