Muhammad Bilal Khan | |
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محمد بلال خان | |
Born |
Chilas,
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | 1 January 1997
Died | 16 June 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan | (aged 22)
Cause of death | Assassination |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Alma mater |
Gordon College Rawalpindi International Islamic University |
Employer | Al Wesal TV |
Muhammad Bilal Khan ( Urdu: محمد بلال خان; 1 January 1997 – 16 June 2019) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, poet, social media activist and blogger. [1] [2] He was assassinated by an unknown person in Islamabad. [3]
Bilal was born on 1 January 1997, in Chilas, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. He studied at the Gordon College Rawalpindi and was a student of Sharia at the International Islamic University Islamabad. [4] He also worked for Al Wesal TV channel.
On 16 June 2019, Bilal Khan was stabbed by an unknown person in G 9/4 area of Islamabad. He was laid to rest in Abbottabad. [5] Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari condemned Khan's killing and assured that the investigation. [6]
More than 2 years after his murder on 20 September 2021, interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad revealed in a press conference that Bilal Khan's killer, Syed Abid Ali Shah, a resident of Kurram District, had been arrested along with a dagger that was used in the murder. [7] [8] [9]
Muhammad Bilal Khan | |
---|---|
محمد بلال خان | |
Born |
Chilas,
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | 1 January 1997
Died | 16 June 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan | (aged 22)
Cause of death | Assassination |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Alma mater |
Gordon College Rawalpindi International Islamic University |
Employer | Al Wesal TV |
Muhammad Bilal Khan ( Urdu: محمد بلال خان; 1 January 1997 – 16 June 2019) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, poet, social media activist and blogger. [1] [2] He was assassinated by an unknown person in Islamabad. [3]
Bilal was born on 1 January 1997, in Chilas, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. He studied at the Gordon College Rawalpindi and was a student of Sharia at the International Islamic University Islamabad. [4] He also worked for Al Wesal TV channel.
On 16 June 2019, Bilal Khan was stabbed by an unknown person in G 9/4 area of Islamabad. He was laid to rest in Abbottabad. [5] Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari condemned Khan's killing and assured that the investigation. [6]
More than 2 years after his murder on 20 September 2021, interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad revealed in a press conference that Bilal Khan's killer, Syed Abid Ali Shah, a resident of Kurram District, had been arrested along with a dagger that was used in the murder. [7] [8] [9]