Journalist shot dead for 'honour' in Jacobabad.

SUKKUR -- A journalist was shot dead apparently in the name of honour in Dodapur town of Garhi Khero taluka in Jacobabad district on Tuesday.

Some armed men broke into the house of a widow while Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani, reporter of Sindhi daily Koshish, was visiting her. They fired on him, leaving him seriously wounded.

Mr Mandrani, who was also serving as a primary school teacher, sustained bullet wounds in his head, the area police said, adding that the assailants fled after committing the crime.

Residents of the neighbourhood said that Mr Mandrani kept bleeding until some of his relatives rushed to the woman's house after receiving information about the incident. They took him to the Chandka Medical College Hospital in Larkana where he died during treatment.

A large number of people, including journalists, visited the hospital to inquire about Mr Mandrani's health. They expressed shock and grief after being informed about his death.

Meanwhile, police picked up suspects, Riaz Dayo and Nazeer Dayo, for interrogation.

The police claimed that Riaz confessed to have shot...