Media under attack: Senior journalist Aftab Alam shot dead in Karachi

02:16 PM | 9 Sep, 2015

KARACHI (Staff Report) - Senior journalist Aftab Alam has been killed in a suspected target attack in Sector 11-C, North Karachi today.

According to media sources, he was shot near his house. The injured was taken to Abbassi Shaheed Hospital, where he succumbed to injuries.

The police confirmed that he was shot once in the head which resulted in his death.

Two media persons have been target killed within 24 hours in Karachi.

Alam has also worked at Geo News and Samaa TV for some time. Last night, a Geo News technical engineer was shot dead in Bahadurabad.

This is a developing story

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Nudrrat Khawaja is a journalist and a member of the staff.

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Currency	Symbol	Buying	Selling
US Dollar	‎USD	277.4	280.4
Euro	EUR	293	296
UK Pound Sterling	GBP	342.25	345.65
U.A.E Dirham	AED	75.2	75.9
Saudi Riyal	SAR	73.3	74.05
Australian Dollar	AUD	181	182.8
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Canadian Dollar	CAD	201	203
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Hong Kong Dollar	HKD	35.53	35.88
Indian Rupee	INR	3.33	3.44
Japanese Yen	JPY	1.86	1.94
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New Zealand Dollar	NZD	164.22	166.22
Norwegians Krone	NOK	25.31	25.61
Omani Riyal	OMR	722.87	730.87
Qatari Riyal	‎QAR	76.45	77.15
Singapore Dollar	SGD	204.5	206.5
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Swiss Franc	CHF	305.08	307.58
Thai Bhat	THB	7.56	7.71

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