Senior journalist and a former president of press club, shot dead
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MULTAN - Saeed Butt – a senior Journalist of an Urdu daily (Khabrain) and former president of press club, was shot dead on Tuesday.
Two unidentified armed men shot at him at a shop in Khanewal district’s Abdul Hakeem town last night.
Police said Saeed Butt, 48, was sitting at a shop in main market of Abdul Hakeem, a sub-district of Khanewal district, when two masked men, suspected to be robbers, barged into the shop and demanded money from the deceased.
According to eye witnesses’ account, Butt handed over his wallet but dacoits demanded more money and on his refusal opened fire at him. The suspects fled away after the incident.
The journalist succumbed to his wounds on the way to DHQ Kabirwala. His body was later handed over to his loved ones after the postmortem.
Saad Butt, son of the deceased journalist said his father had been receiving threatening phone calls for reporting incidents of honour killing for the past one month. He claimed that his father was murdered for performing his duty with honesty.
