Anwar Jan Baloch, Pakistan

Anwar Jan Baloch, a reporter of  the daily paper Naveed-e-Pakistan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in  Nahar Kot area of  the Barkhan district of Balochistan on July 23. Police arrested a provincial minister and his bodyguards. Anwar had been writing about corruption issues and also posting stories on social media.

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