Senior Jhelum journalist Imtiaz Baig was killed by unidentified men outside a local mosque, police said.
Imtiaz Baig was associated with Samaa TV for 8 years.
According to police authorities, the Samaa TV reporter was killed after unidentified men attacked him with baton outside a local mosque, reported The Nation.
The police are yet to ascertain the motive behind the killing.
Earlier reports suggested that Baig had died in an accident.
Journalists in Pakistan have faced serious obstacles to their work, including harassment, intimidation, assault, arbitrary arrest and detention, abduction, and death.
Earlier, Waziristan-based journalist Gohar Wazir was allegedly abducted by five unidentified men, who tortured him in captivity for more than 30 hours before releasing him on April 21.
Gohar Wazir is the president of the Bannu Press Club and mainly reports on human rights abuses in Waziristan.
The journalist had alleged that during the captivity, he was given electric shocks while he remained handcuffed until he conceded to their demands. The journalist’s captors had demanded that he record a video praising pro-government militants, according to the statement.
Women journalists have also complained about a surge in verbal abuse online. Senior journalist Gharida Farooqi recently opened up about the harassment she had to endure as a woman journalist in Pakistan in a report by The Washington Post, These women journalists were doing their jobs. That made them targets, especially from PTI trolls.
