LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has taken note of murder of journalist Ashfaq Ahmed in Muzaffargarh.

The CM said those involved in the murder should be brought to justice and sought a report from the IGP Punjab on the matter.

The chief minister offered condolences and expressed her heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family, and prayed for forgiveness and higher ranks of the deceased soul in the heavens.

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Earlier, a local journalist was killed in Muzaffargarh by unknown armed men.

According to the police, the incident took place on Thermal Bypass, where the accused stopped journalist Ashfaq Ahmed Sial and killed him.

The police said that the investigation of the matter and the search for the accused are going on.