Tag: Rising Kashmir

By Sheikh Qayoom, Srinagar : The murder in broad daylight of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, editor-in-chief of the English daily Rising Kashmir, has shocked the entire media fraternity in the Valley -- and has them wondering whether the killers will ever be brought to justice. Bukhari is not the first journalist who has fallen to the bullets of unidentified assassins in Kashmir. So far, none of the killers has been cuaght and punished. The first media person to be killed in Kashmir was Lassa Koul, director of the local Doordarshan Kendra. Koul...