DRECTOR GENERAL OF UNESCO BOKOVA DENOUNCES BALOCHITSAN TERRORIST ATTACK

USPA NEWS - The Director-General of UNESCO today denounced the terrorist attack that killed at least 70 people in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan´s Balochistan province, including journalists Shehzad Ahmed and Mehmood Khan on 8 August.

Director-General denounces Balochistan terrorist attack that claimed many civilian lives including journalists Mehmood Khan and Shehzad Ahmed---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Director-General of UNESCO today on August 10th, denounced the terrorist attack that killed at least 70 people in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan´s Balochistan province, including journalists Shehzad Ahmed and Mehmood Khan on 8 August. "I condemn the killing of Mehmood Khan and Shehzad Ahmed,“ the Director-General said. “There can be no justification for violence targeting civilians. The loss of these media professionals in the brutal terrorist attack in Quetta undermines citizens´ ability to sustain informed debate that is the bedrock of good governance and dialogue,“ Ms Bokova added. Mehmood Khan, a cameraman for Dawn News, and Shehzad Ahmed, a cameraman for Aaj TV, were reporting at the time of the bomb blast on a gathering of mourners following the murder of the president of the Baluchistan Bar Association earlier in the day. The Director-General of UNESCO issues statements on the killing of media workers in line with Resolution 29 adopted by UNESCO Member States at the Organization´s General Conference of 1997, entitled “Condemnation of Violence against Journalists.“ These statements are posted on a dedicated webpage, UNESCO condemns the killing of journalists.