Brutal Murder of a Senior Journalist Malik Mohammad Ismail Khan!
My elder brother and a veteran journalist Malik Mohammad Ismail Khan Resident Editor of a national news agency "PPI" was brutally murdered in Islamabad the federal capital of Pakistan on the night of 31st October 2006, under mysterious circumstances near his office. The police are still clueless and there is no headway in the whole investigation.I am a Pakistani and now living in the "United Kingdom" for the last few years. I would like to draw the attention to the authorities, especially the Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan, that on the night of 31st October 2006 my elder brother Malik Mohammad Ismail Khan, a veteran journalist was brutally murdered in Islamabad the federal capital of Pakistan under mysterious circumstances near his office. The police are still clueless and there is no headway in the whole investigation. My fifty three year old elder brother Malik Ismail Khan Shaheed was in journalism for the last thirty years and he was working as a Resident Editor of an independent national news agency Pakistan Press International (PPI) at Islamabad, at the time of his brutal murder by unidentified people on the midnight of 31st October/01st November 2006. He had no enmity or personal conflict with any one. During his career he worked with prominent media organisations including Daily "The Muslim", daily "The Frontier Post", daily "Mashriq" News agencies "Online" and "PPI". He started his career in journalism as a Reporter from Attock in 1976, and worked his way up to Peshawar and Islamabad as a Senior Staff Reporter, Chief Reporter, Editor Reporting, Bureau Chief and Resident Editor till his sudden death, which has devastated our whole family. He was an honest, upright, fearless and a conscientious journalist and was widely admired and respected in the community of journalists for his qualities of character and professionalism. He was a much loved and respected, son, brother, uncle, husband, father and grand father, he will be dearly missed and our family will not be able to come to terms with how he died until his killers are found and punished. According to the Police his body was found from the green belt area of F-6/1 (which is some thirty/forty feet away from Shaheed-e-Millets Road not so far away from his office "PPI") near a busy Super Market, as an unknown person, in the morning on Wednesday 01st November 2006 and was moved straight away to the "PIMS" (Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences) for autopsy, without any detailed forensic search of the scene. Whilst his identity cards and other possessions were in his waistcoat, which was found by the police later on in the day, and then they told "PPI" office and our family members in the afternoon. The murderers took only his mobile phone, which is still missing and many phone calls made and received by him are not listed in the incoming and outgoing details. Doctor Wasim A Khawaja of "PIMS" who did the autopsy stated that "it was a target killing and there were very clear marks on both of his wrists". There were also very clear finger print marks on his face near his mouth, showing that he had been gagged, and there was a little round mark (bruise) on the left side of his chest above the heart. The Doctor said that he had been killed after being tied up and abducted because there were no signs of resistance on his hands etc. Kohsar Police Station in Islamabad registered an FIR No.466 dated 01.11.2006 under section 302/34 PP against unknown assailants on the complaint of his younger-son Zishan Ismail Khan and started the investigation but even after the passing of Two years and Seven months, the capital's police have no clue and headway. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) also done an investigation but nothing has come from their investigation too. Even though the Ex-Government's Ministers and Officials have claimed that the actual culprits will be caught very soon, and after the noisy protest of the journalist community, Prime Minister and Federal Interior Minister (then) have been ordered two separate inquiries for a full investigation, and under the chair of Federal Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah, a joint interrogation team worked but nothing has come from any inquiry or interrogations. The fact of the matter is that, after a long time of the brutal murder of a senior journalist who was such a very kind, humble and caring person, there is no headway or any clue as to finding the actual murderers because the investigative departments have not done their work properly. They have ruined the whole investigation. I appeal to the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to take "Sou Moto Action" into the brutal murder of a senior journalist and provide justice to our family in finding the actual murderers and bringing them to exemplary punishment.
Abdul Waheed Khan
Sunday, 3 May 2009
"SHUHDA-I-PRESS IN PAKISTAN AND APPEAL FOR JUSTICE"
Shuhda-i-Press
Abdul Waheed Khan Birmingham,UK
According to a news published in newspapers that the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) would arrange a conference to mark the World Press Freedom Day (on 3rd May) to advocate freedom of press and acknowledge the services of those journalists who have been killed in the line of duty and they would be awarded "Shuhda of Press Freedom Medals". This is realky appreciated that CPNE is going to acknowledge the services of those journalists who gave their lives for the great cause of "Freedom of Press" in Pakistan but it is really sad that the murder cases of most of the martyred journalists are still unsolved. My elder brother, an Islamabad based veteran journalist and Resident Editor of PPI news agency, Malik Mohammad Ismail Khan, had been brutally murdered under mysterious circumstances near his office on the night of 31st October 2006 during Pervez Musharaf's dictatorship and uptill now his murderers are still at large and there is no clue or head-way in the police investigation. Malik Mohammad Ismail was a professional journalist and a thorough gentleman who always worked for democracy and a positive image of independent journalism in Pakistan. He was an honest, upright, fearless and a conscientious journalist and was widely admired and respected in the community of journalists for his qualities of character and professionalism. My brother was in journalism for the last 30 years and during his career he worked with prominent media organisations including 'The Muslim', 'The Frontier Post', 'Mashriq' News agencies 'Online' and 'PPI' as Staff Reporter, Chief Reporter, Bureau Chief and Resident Editor till his sudden death which has devastated our whole family and we are still waiting for justice. Kohsar police station had registered an FIR No. 466 dated 1.11.2006 under section302/34 PP and started the investigation but nothing has come from any inquiry or interrogation and the federal capital police had ruined the whole investigation. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had also done a separate inquiry and submitted a report to the police department but our family has not heard anything regarding this report. On the occasion of World Press Freedom day I request and demand that the Government order a re-investigation in all the journalists' murder cases since 1999 by the Judicial Commission, under the supervision of Supreme Court. I also request the leadership of journalists community, especially the office-bearers of CPNE, PFUJ, RIUJ and RIPC that they should continue their painstaking efforts and raise the voice in this regard. I know that our dear brother and other martyred journalists will never come back to us but, justice needs to be done.
Abdul Waheed Khan Birmingham,UK
According to a news published in newspapers that the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) would arrange a conference to mark the World Press Freedom Day (on 3rd May) to advocate freedom of press and acknowledge the services of those journalists who have been killed in the line of duty and they would be awarded "Shuhda of Press Freedom Medals". This is realky appreciated that CPNE is going to acknowledge the services of those journalists who gave their lives for the great cause of "Freedom of Press" in Pakistan but it is really sad that the murder cases of most of the martyred journalists are still unsolved. My elder brother, an Islamabad based veteran journalist and Resident Editor of PPI news agency, Malik Mohammad Ismail Khan, had been brutally murdered under mysterious circumstances near his office on the night of 31st October 2006 during Pervez Musharaf's dictatorship and uptill now his murderers are still at large and there is no clue or head-way in the police investigation. Malik Mohammad Ismail was a professional journalist and a thorough gentleman who always worked for democracy and a positive image of independent journalism in Pakistan. He was an honest, upright, fearless and a conscientious journalist and was widely admired and respected in the community of journalists for his qualities of character and professionalism. My brother was in journalism for the last 30 years and during his career he worked with prominent media organisations including 'The Muslim', 'The Frontier Post', 'Mashriq' News agencies 'Online' and 'PPI' as Staff Reporter, Chief Reporter, Bureau Chief and Resident Editor till his sudden death which has devastated our whole family and we are still waiting for justice. Kohsar police station had registered an FIR No. 466 dated 1.11.2006 under section302/34 PP and started the investigation but nothing has come from any inquiry or interrogation and the federal capital police had ruined the whole investigation. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had also done a separate inquiry and submitted a report to the police department but our family has not heard anything regarding this report. On the occasion of World Press Freedom day I request and demand that the Government order a re-investigation in all the journalists' murder cases since 1999 by the Judicial Commission, under the supervision of Supreme Court. I also request the leadership of journalists community, especially the office-bearers of CPNE, PFUJ, RIUJ and RIPC that they should continue their painstaking efforts and raise the voice in this regard. I know that our dear brother and other martyred journalists will never come back to us but, justice needs to be done.
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