The mystery surrounding the murder of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has deepened after it emerged that police had hurriedly buried his body after finding it in a canal in Punjab province on Monday. Following pressure from Shahzad's family, a judge ordered the exhumation of the body.Shahzad was reported missing while driving from his home to a TV station in the heart of Islamabad on Sunday evening, two days after he authored an article in which he alleged that Al Qaida had infiltrated the Pakistan Navy. His body, bearing marks of torture, was found entangled in a net in a canal in Mandi Bahauddin district, 200 km from Lahore, on Monday.
News On AIR | June 2, 2011 9:21 AM
Mystery deepens on murder of Pakistani journalist Shahzad