Muhammad Bilal Khan (Urdu: محمد بلال خان; 1 January 1997 – 16 June 2019) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, poet, social media activist and blogger.[1][2] He was assassinated by an unknown person in Islamabad.[3]
Muhammad Bilal Khan | |
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محمد بلال خان | |
| Born | (1997-01-01)1 January 1997 Chilas, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Died | 16 June 2019(2019-06-16) (aged 22) Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Alma mater | Gordon College Rawalpindi International Islamic University |
| Employer | Al Wesal TV |
Bilal was born on 1 January 1997, in Chilas, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. He studied at the Gordon College Rawalpindi and was a student of Sharia at the International Islamic University Islamabad.[4] He also worked for Al Wesal TV channel.
On 16 June 2019 he was stabbed by an unknown person in G 9/4 area of Islamabad. He was laid to rest in Abbottabad.[5] Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari condemned Khan's killing and assured that the investigation.[6]
More than 2 years after his murder on 20 September 2021, interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad revealed in a press conference that Bilal Khan's killer, Syed Abid Ali Shah, a resident of Kurram District, had been arrested along with a dagger that was used in the murder.[7][8][9]