By Rob Crilly, Islamabad
31 May 2011
inna Lillahi wa inna Illahi rajioun
The death of Syed Saleem Shahzad, who wrote for Asia Times Online and an Italian news agency, has sent shock waves through the country's newsrooms amid suspicions that he fell foul of the country's shadowy intelligence agencies.
He was reported missing in the capital, Islamabad, on Sunday.
On Tuesday police said family members identified a body pulled from a canal almost 100 miles away as that of the 40-year-old journalist.
They said his body bore signs of torture.
He disappeared two days after writing an investigative report in Asia Times Online describing how al-Qaeda carried out last week's attack on a naval airbase in Karachi.
Militants held commandos at bay for 18 hours, in an attack that humiliated the country's armed forces.
Mr Shahzad's explosive report claimed the navy had been in talks with al-Qaeda who wanted the release of officers arrested on suspicion of terrorist ties.
He also said he had been called in by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency last year after writing that Pakistan had released Mullah Baradar, who was second-in-command of the Afghan Taliban until he was detained in Karachi.
Ali Dayan Hasan, senior South Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch, said Mr Shahzad had complained about being threatened.
"The other day he visited our office and informed us that ISI had threatened him. He told us that if anything happened to him, we should inform the media about the situation and threats," said Mr Hasan.
A senior intelligence official dismissed the allegations as "absurd".
The death of the father-of-three from Karachi is a reminder of the risks faced by journalists in Pakistan.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says the country was the deadliest for reporters in 2010, with at least eight killed in the line of duty.
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inna Lillahi wa inna Illahi rajioun
it seems, if a communist stood up against the paki army and intel, then too the "heros" of IslamPolicy would say inna Lillahi wa inna Illahi rajioun on their death.
ReplyDeletebtw, just incase you are wondering - i hate the paki army and intel too...
but lol. This guy was clearly supporting the West. Yet, the "intellectuals" at IslamPolicy praise him (at least indirectly); when clearly there is no evidence to support he has done anything for Islam; on the contrary it seems as if he was clearly against Islam as taught by Muhammad (saw).
This site has become a joke with no editorial control and the inclusion of - spread the love "neo-islamic democratic salafis".
And I wouldn't be surprised, if its being controlled by the cocaine import agency...
This man died according to Allahs decree at the hands of the pak army, its up to Allah to judge him ,who knows maybe Allah forgave all his sins and he died a martyr better than you or me so becareful who you judge especially if they've already been inflicted with the enemies arrows .
ReplyDeleteWhat you cant even say inna Lillahi wa inna Illahi rajioun for your dead brother
This was reported as a news article no praise involved at all only following the Quran and Sunnah , may your face be dusted