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Athar Mateen’s killer arrested

KARACHI: Provincial Minister Information & Labor Senator Saeed Ghani has taken to the Twitter stating that Police had arrested a man named Ashraf, involved in the murder of Samaa TV’s Senior News Producer Athar Mateen.

Senator Saeed Ghani  further hoped that the killer would be punished according to the law.

It may be recalled that the 45-year-old journalist, who was associated with Samaa TV had been slain by gunmen in the North Nazimabad area here on Friday (18th of February, 2022) morning.

According to details, after dropping his kids at school when Ather Mateen was heading back home, two motorcyclists attempted to stop him near Shah Medical Hospital, Block-A North Nazimabad. When Ather Mateen hit them they fell off the bike and shot him dead before bolting from the scene of crime.

PM  Imran Khan, while condemning the murder of Ather Mateen, said he stood by the grieved family in the hour of grief and directed the concerned authorities to make all-out efforts to take the culprits to task.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.