Javed Naseer Rind

Incident Description: Shot Dead

On November 5, 2011, senior sub-editor with the Urdu-language Daily Tawar, Javed Naseer Rind’s bullet-riddled body was found near Ghazi Chowk in Khuzdar, Balochistan. According to The Express Tribune, his body was shifted to a hospital. “The victim was shot in the head and the bullet had passed through the skull. The body bore multiple marks of brutal torture,” doctors at the District Headquarters Hospital, Khuzdar were quoted as saying.

Rind’s body was found after he was abducted on September 10 from his residence in the Mehmoodabad area of Hub Town. As per The Express Tribune, his relatives had registered a First Information Report (FIR) about the kidnapping, however, had not accused anyone. Rind was also a member of the pro-independence Baloch National Movement. Shahzada Zulfiqar had told PPF that Rind was a freelance writer, he always wrote for the truth and that was the actual reason of his abduction and murder.

He further said that Rind had received the threats many times before his kidnapping.

Rind's uncle, Aziz Rind, told PPF that the case had been closed as the police had not investigated the case or found out who was involved in the murder, nor had the journalist's family tried to pursue the case further. The Balochistan government has appointed the District & Session Judge Khuzdar as the Tribunal of Inquiry.