June 19, 2007	Tuesday	Jamadi-us-Sani 03, 1428

KARACHI, June 18: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the murder of a young journalist in Sindh and suspected kidnapping of a senior reporter in Balochistan over the past two days and demanded action against people behind the crimes.

Nisar Ahmed Solangi, who worked for a Sindhi daily, was gunned down in Pir-jo-Goth in the interior of Sindh and senior journalist Abdul Latif Gola, staff reporter of an Urdu daily, was kidnapped from Jaffarabad in Balochistan, allegedly by intelligence agencies.

In a statement, the PFUJ expressed concern over the deteriorating safety situation for journalists, particularly in Sindh, Balochistan and tribal areas.

Meanwhile, members of the Balochistan Union of Journalists held a demonstration in Quetta on Monday and demanded immediate recovery of the missing journalist belonging to Suhbatpur area in Jaffarabad district, our correspondent in Quetta adds.

The protesters holding placards assembled outside the press club and chanted slogans against intelligence agencies which, they said, were harassing journalists.

The BUJ members said Mr Gola had been missing since Saturday night and his family was of the view that he had been taken away by intelligence agencies.