Mukarram Khan Atif (died 17 January 2012) was a Pakistani journalist and reporter working for Dunya News and Deewa Radio. [1] He was killed in Pakistan on 17 January 2012 by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan because of his anti-Taliban reporting. [2] [3] [4] He was the first reporter killed in Pakistan in 2012. [5]
Mukarram Khan Atif had one wife and no children. He had arrangements to marry a second wife in February 2012. [6] He had two brothers, the younger one named Muslim Khan. [7] Mukarram Khan Atif and his family were native to the Mohmand tribal region. [8] They were relocated after receiving threats from militants to Shabqadar, a subdivision of the Charsadda district roughly 15 miles north of Peshawar. [4]
Mukarram Khan Atif was a reporter for Dunya TV and Deewa Radio, a Pashto language radio channel of the Voice of America's Pashto language service. [9] [10] He had been working for Deewa Radio since 2006. [2] Atif was also the President of the Mohmand Agency Press Club. [3]
Safiullah, the bureau chief of Dunya TV, stated that Atif was a pleasant, hard worker. David Ensor, director for Voice of America, stated "Atif risked his life on a daily basis to provide his audience with fair and balanced news from this critical region and we mourn the loss of our colleague." [2] Atif was trained to educate journalists on how to protect themselves. [6]
On 17 January 2012 Mukarram Khan Atif was praying in a mosque near Peshawar after sunset. [11] Local police officers told reporters that two armed men came in and killed him with several shots, some to the head. They fled on motorcycles. [12] Nasruminallah, an Imam at the mosque, was also injured in the attack. [1] [3]
Atif was taken to Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar where Rahim Jan, a senior doctor, stated that he was dead before he arrived. [5] [12]
His funeral prayer was offered on the Subhan Khur high school grounds. Police were present to avert any unwanted actions at the funeral and burial grounds. [6] Despite the fears of attack, many different people, including members of Tribal Union of Journalists and journalists from Peshawar, attended the funeral. No government officials attended. Atif was buried in Akhwand Zafar Baba graveyard of Shabqadar. [13]
Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesperson for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, claimed responsibility for Atif's murder. [3] In a telephone conversation with Peshawar journalists, Ehsan stated "We have been warning him to stop his propaganda against us in the foreign media. He did not include our version in his stories." [14]
Many people condemned Mukarram Khan Atif's murder. The list includes:
In response to Atif's death, Reporters Without Borders stated "The Pakistani authorities must at all costs take action to protect journalists, especially those who are subjected to threats. Otherwise, there will be no improvement in conditions." [18]
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