Nasrullah Gadani

Nasrullah Gadani
نصراللہ گڈانی
Born1984
Died24 May 2024(2024-05-24) (aged 40)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Cause of deathAssassination
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Social Media Activist
EmployerDaily Awami Awaz
Known forActivism against feudal hegemony in Sindh.[1]

Nasrullah Gadani, was a Pakistani journalist and social media activist, renowned for his work in Sindhi language. He fervently opposed the feudal lords of Sindh, voicing his activism both through print and digital media. In May 2024, he was shot dead by unknown assailants.[2]

Early life

Nasrullah Gadani was born in the village of Qabool Gadani near Mirpur Mathelo in the Sindh province of Pakistan. He belonged to a poor family and only got basic education.[3]

Career

Gadani began his journalistic career with the Sindhi language newspaper, Awami Awaz, with which he remain associated until his death. He later used to go 'live' on YouTube in a form of spot reporting. He campaigned for access to education, end of feudal hegemony, and environmental conservation.[3] He was arrested in May 2023 for exposing the corruption of a local judge before being subsequently released at the intervention of a regional organisation working for the safety of journalists.[4]

"Bhotar, my foot"

In the aftermath of the 2022 Pakistan floods, Gadani rode his motorbike through the inundated streets of his hometown, asserting in his live broadcast, "O people of the town, you can see the faces of your elected assembly members in these dirty and disease-borne waters." Instead of a registration plate on the back of his motorcycle, he inscribed the words "Bhotar My Foot" (Sindhi, "Masters, my foot").[3] The slogan became a top trend on Sindhi social media.[2]

Lund incident

One of his last exposes was doing a live broadcast on the protocol given to Shahbaz Lund, the son of a local MP. On his motorbike, he rode beside the motorcade and questioned how a non-entity like Lund could get an official police protocol. He was subsequently fired at by Lund's guards before he managed to escape.[3]

Assassination

In the morning of 21 May 2024, Gadani was making his way to the Mirpur Mathelo Press Club, of which he was president, on his motorbike when he was targeted by 3 assailants in a car. He was shot three times in the chest and abdomen, and was immediately taken to the local hospital for emergency first aid.[5] After that he was transported to the Sheikh Zayed Hospital across the nearby regional border into Punjab. With his condition worsening, Gadani was airlifted to the Agha Khan Hospital in Karachi, where he succumbed to his injuries on 24 May 2024.[6]

Gadani's body was brought to his hometown via ambulance, along the way it was stopped several times by students and onlookers to shower it with rose petals in a sign of respect for the slain journalist. His funeral was attended by thousands of locals and he was laid to rest later in the day.[7] Over the past 4 years, Gadani was the 13th journalist who was killed in Sindh, the highest number across Pakistan.[8]

Investigation

Gadani's family, including his mother and two close relatives, maintain that he was killed on the orders of the local MP, Khalid Khan Lund, and his son, town mayor, Shahbaz Lund. The family also named Lund's second son, Noor Muhammad Lund, in their statement and decried that the local police had not included their names in the First information report (FIR) because they were powerful and belong to the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. The family was only able to record their statement 40 days after the murder of Gadani.[9]

On 1 June 2024, local activists moved the Sindh High Court to form a judicial commission to probe the murder of Gadani and expressed mistrust on the ongoing official investigation.[10]

On 10 June 2024, Sindh police claimed to have arrested one of the culprits, Asghar Lund, and recovered the murder weapon from him.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bangwar, Ali Hassan (2 June 2024). "Nasrullah Gadani: the martyr of truth". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b Tunio, Hafeez (24 May 2024). "Another journalist's murder in Sindh sparks outcry". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Mujtaba, Hasan (28 May 2024). "'Masters, My Foot!' – How Journalist Nasrullah Gadani's Assassination Could Spark A Movement In Sindh". The Friday Times. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Commission for newsmen protection asks Sindh IGP to form new body to probe Nasrullah Gadani's killing". DAWN.COM. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Pakistan Police Detain 3 Suspects In Kamal Lond In Murder Case Of Journalist Nasrullah Gadani". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Nasrullah Gadani / IFJ". www.ifj.org. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  7. ^ Shamsi, Waseem (25 May 2024). "Wounded journalist Nasrullah Gadani dies at Karachi hospital". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  8. ^ Tunio, Hafeez (21 August 2023). "Journalism remains most perilous vocation in Sindh". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Family points finger at PPP MNA, two sons in journalist Nasrullah Gadani's murder in Ghotki". DAWN.COM. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Court moved against killing of journalist". The Express Tribune. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  11. ^ Shamsi, Waseem (10 June 2024). "Main suspect held, murder weapon seized in journalist Gadani's case". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 15 July 2024.

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