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The attack took place near the city center, in an area where military facilities are concentrated and where many major Pakistani media organizations have their offices. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings, and it was not clear if journalists or military personnel were the targets.
Peshawar, Khyber Super Market, 11 June 2011
Asfandyar Abid Naveed
- (PPF/IFEX) - Journalist Asfandyar Abid Naveed, 35, a reporter for the daily "Akhbar-i-Khyber", was killed and eight other journalists were injured when two blasts ripped through the military cantonment's Khyber Supermarket, in a commercial and residential area of Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, late in the night on 11 June 2011.
- * Asfandyar Abid Naveed, a journalist with Akhbar-e-Khyber, was killed in the blasts, which occurred on Saturday at a market in the capital of the Khyber Pankhtunkhwa region of Pakistan.
Two smaller blasts, one at a restaurant near the market and the other in a building adjacent to it, drew people to the site, including journalists who were there to cover the event. A second, more powerful blast then rocked the market, killing at least 34 people, and wounding over 100.
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http://cpj.org/killed/2011/shafiullah-khan.php Asfandyar Khan, a reporter for the newspaper Akhbar-e-Khyber, also died in the attack. Seven other journalists suffered minor injuries. The attack took place near the city center, in an area where military facilities are concentrated and where many major Pakistani media organizations have their offices. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings, and it was not clear if journalists or military personnel were the targets.
Asfandyar Khan, who worked with different media organizations and had recently joint Akhbar-e-Khyber, died in the second explosion.
Shafiullah Khan
- (PPF/IFEX) - On 17 June 2011, Shafiullah Khan, 28, a trainee reporter at the daily "The News", Peshawar, succumbed to critical wounds he received during two deadly blasts that ripped through the military cantonment's Khyber Supermarket in a commercial and residential area of Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan on 11 June.
- Khan had recently completed an MA in Journalism from Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan and had joined the paper a week before the deadly attack.
- He had received third degree burns and was transferred to the Khyber Teaching Hospital's (KTH) burn unit.
- Doctors said he also received metal shrapnel in his right shoulder.
- The News
June 17, 2011, in Wah Cantonment, Pakistan Khan, 28, a trainee reporter at the daily The News, died six days after suffering extensive burns in a June 11 double bombing in Peshawar that took the lives of more than three dozen people. The first, small blast went off at a market, drawing a large crowd, including journalists such as Khan who were covering the story. A second, larger explosion, apparently a suicide bomb, went off after a crowd had grown.
Khan, who also suffered shrapnel wounds to his right shoulder, died in a burn treatment center in Wah Cantonment, a military center near Rawalpindi, according to the Pakistan Press Foundation, a media support group.
- Pakistan media reports and the Khyber Union of Journalists said that Khan, 28, died on Friday morning in the intensive care unit of a local hospital.
Khan had recently completed his master's degree in journalism from Gomal University, in the town of Der Ismail Khan in FATA, according to Yousaf Ali, general secretary of the Khyber Union of Journalists. He had been working as a trainee for one week in The News International's Peshawar bureau when he was wounded, the paper reported.
Asfandyar Abid Naveed
- Alt Names- Asfandyar Khan
- Life Dates- 35; born in 1976, died on 11 June 2011
- Career- a journalist with newspaper Akhbar-e-Khyber
- Medium- Print
- Where Died- Killed in Peshawar, Khyber Super Market, 11 June 2011
- Nationality-
- Notability Statement
- Asfandyar Abid Naveed died while covering a suicide explosion used to draw media coverage for increased fatality due to a second larger suicide blast.
- Death:Who, what, where, when, why, how (or how much/many)?
- The Peshawar bombings in the Khyber Super Market on 11 June 2011 resulted in the death of two journalists and the injury of five more. Asfandyar Abid Naveed died instantly as a result of the second of two suicide bomb explosions.
- Context
- see wiki page "June 2011 Peshawar bombings"
- Personal and Career
- Career- Journalist with Akhbar-e-Khyber
- Maritial Status- N/A
- Education- N/A
Shafiullah Khan
Biographical Details: Who, alt names, life dates, nationality, job, medium, & outlet & city/country of outlet, and where died.
- Shafiullah Khan
- Alt Names- N/A
- Life Dates- 28; 1983- 17 June 2011
- Nationality-
- Career- Journalist-in-training with "The News"
- Medium- Print
- Where died- Peshawar
Notability Statement:
- Shafiullah Khan
Death: Who, what, where, when, why, how (or how much/many)?
- Shafiullah Khan had received third degree burns during the second bomb explosion at Peshawar. He was transferred to the Khyber Teaching Hospital's (KTH) burn unit and also suffered shrapnel wounds to his right shoulder, died in a burn treatment center in Wah Cantonment, a military center near Rawalpindi on 17 June 2011.
Context
- see wiki page "June 2011 Peshawar bombings"
Impact
Personal and Career
- Career- trainee reporter at the daily "The News"
- Maritial Status- N/A
- Education- Khan had recently completed his master's degree in journalism from Gomal University, in the town of Der Ismail.
External links
editThe Express News reports on the blasts in the Kyber Super Market area of Peshwar
Early: [1] The Express Tribune: #1
Later: [2] The Express Tributne: #2
Resources
editPakistan Press Foundation. "Injured Journalist Dies of Blast Wounds." - IFEX. International Freedom of Expression Exchange. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/21/khan_death/>.
Committee to Protect Journalists. "Shafiullah Khan." - Journalists Killed. Committee to Protect Journalists. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://cpj.org/killed/2011/shafiullah-khan.php>.
Committee to Protect Journalists. "Wounded Pakistani Journalist Succumbs to Burn Injuries." - Committee to Protect Journalists. Committee to Protect Journalists. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://cpj.org/2011/06/wounded-pakistani-journalist-succumbs-to-burn-inju.php>.
International Press Institute. "Singleview DW." The Global Network for a Free Media. International Press Institute. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://www.freemedia.at/index.php?id=248>.
Pakistan Press Foundation. "Injured Journalist Dies of Blast Wounds." - IFEX. International Freedom of Expression Exchange. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://www.ifex.org/pakistan/2011/06/21/khan_death/>.
"IFJ Mourns Death of Young Reporter in Pakistan." Web.