28 May 2010
Ejazul Haq
Shooting
Television journalist Ejazul Haq was killed in Lahore while reporting through his mobile telephone when gunmen armed with grenades attacked two mosques.
Reporters heard the shots that killed him in one of the mosques and his last words. Dozens of members of the Ahmadiyyah community were also killed in the twin attacks during Friday prayers.
“It is tragic that [Mr. Haq] paid with his life for his professional dedication,” said Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO. She voiced hope that the Pakistani authorities enhance the safety of media professionals, “who are being made to pay an unacceptably heavy sacrifice to the fundamental human right of freedom of speech and to our right to be informed of events that concern us.”
