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Journalist covering Swat rally shot dead

* No one claims responsibility for Musa Khankhel’s murder, govt orders inquiry

PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: A TV and print media journalist was found dead on Wednesday hours after he was abducted in Swat causing a serious setback to peace efforts, local journalists said.

Musa Khankhel, correspondent for Rawalpindi-based The News daily and a private TV channel, Geo News, was covering a ‘peace march’ led by Sufi in Matta when he was taken away and later found dead, the Mingora-based journalists told Daily Times by phone.

Inquiry: No group has so far claimed responsibility for the murder. The federal government has ordered an inquiry into the killing.

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) called for a countrywide protest on Thursday (today) demanding the immediate arrest of the journalist’s killers.

The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) and the Peshawar Press Club (PPC) condemned Musa’s killing and demanded the government immediately constitute an inquiry tribunal and arrest the perpetrators. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani expressed shock and grief over the murder of Musa Khankhel, APP reported. The president and the prime minister ordered an immediate inquiry into the murder.

NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti also expressed grief over the killing of the journalists and vowed to bring the culprits to justice, APP reported. staff report/app

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