Mukarram Khan Aatif

Year: 2012

Nationality: Pakistan

Killed by: Military Officials, Political Group

Location: Shabqadar, Pakistan

Press organization: Freelance

What's Mukarram Khan Aatif's story?

Two gunmen killed Aatif, a reporter for the Pashto-languageservice of the U.S. government-funded Voice of America, at a mosque inShabqadar, north of Peshawar. The assailants, who struck during eveningprayers, shot Aatif multiple times before fleeing on motorcycles, police toldreporters. Aatif died of his injuries at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar. Animam was injured in the attack.

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