Ghulam Rasool Birhamani
Incident Description: Missing; tortured; body recovered
Summary of Case
On May 10, 2010, police found the scarred body of a reporter for the Daily Sindhu Hyderabad, Ghulam Rasool Birhamani, 30, at a deserted place two kilometres from Dadu in Sindh. Medical superintendent of Johi Taluka Hospital, Dr Mohammad Hashim Thahim, said the journalist’s death was caused by fatal injuries to the head. He also found torture marks on the body. Dadu Press Club President Ghulam Bhind told PPF that Birhamani had received threats from members of the Lashari tribe some days ago, after he reported on the marriage of an underage girl from the tribe.
General Secretary of the Wahi Pandhi Press Club in Dadu district, Aman Birhamani, had told PPF that the deceased was reported missing on the night of May 9, and that police found his body early on the morning of May 10. The deceased left behind a widow, a daughter and two sons. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) expressed concern over the murder and demanded that the Sindh government take immediate steps to ensure that the killers were arrested.