Failure of authorities in spotlight as murders of at least 98 journalists go unsolved since 1992: report
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Home 12 years on, journalist Shan Dahar's killers roam free, new report by CEJ lays bare investigative, procedural flaws On January 1, 2014, journalist Zakir Hussain Dahar, known as Shan Dahar, was hit with a gunshot to his back in the town of Badah, Larkana district in Sindh. He had been leaning against the counter of a small medical store, caught up in a dispute between patients of a nearby Basic Health Centre (BHC) and the pharmacist, a little past midnight, when the bullet struck his upper back. Dahar, then bureau chief at AbbTak News, happened to be in the narrow lane that night because he had been investigating the disruption in supply of medicines from a non-governmental organisation marked free-of-charge. Twelve years and blatant procedural irregularities later, police maintain Dahar's killing was an accident, caused by a stray bullet fired from 60 metres away, yet another casualty of unabated celebratory aerial firing on New Year's Eve.
Published: January 22, 2026 4:24 pm
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