The 45-year old correspondent for the Daily "Zamana" Quetta and the Daily Balochistan times in Quetta in Ussta Muhhamad, a district of Jafferabad, was travelling home in a taxi with his son on February 2 when the car was fired upon in a purported attempted robbery. Khawaja died at the scene while the taxi driver died later en route to hospital. Khawaja leaves behind a wife, three sons and two daughters.
