On 7 August, journalist Ghulam Asghar Khand was shot to death by unknown actors while travelling from a press club to his residence in Khairpur. Khand, associated with the Sindhi Daily Sobh, was reportedly attacked and killed near the northern Sindh city of Khairpur. Unknown men riding motorcycles approached the journalist while he was at his guest house in the locality of Ahmadpur, before firing at him. The journalist received at least nine gunshot wounds during the attack. Khand was taken to Pir Jo Goth Taluka Hospital. The journalist died before receiving medical care.