Ghulam Rasool Birhamani

Ghulam Rasool Birhamani (1970?–1980? – 9/10 May 2010), a native of the Sindh province, Pakistan, was working as a reporter for the Daily Sindhu Hyderabad in Wahi Pandhi (Gorakh Hill), Dadu on a controversial story involving child marriage when his body was found the morning after he went missing on 9 May 2010.

Death Birhamani, between the ages of 30 and 40, was kidnapped on 9 May 2010. His body was found the next day outside Wahi Pandhi in the Sindh province of Pakistan, and was reported to have been badly scarred and showed signs of torture.

At the time of his death Birhamani was working on a story about a 12-year-old girl who was forced to marry Najma Lashari, who was ten years her senior. This marriage was among members of the Lashari tribe, who were not very happy with Birhamani's report about child marriage. Birhamani allegedly received several threats from members of the tribe before he went missing.

According to a physician at the Johi Taluka hospital, Birhamani died of a head injury.

Context Birhamani spent most of his career focusing on ethnic violence and tribal politics. His family believes that had a great deal to do with his death, not just his more recent interactions with the Lashari tribe. According to CPJ, 90 percent of all journalists killed worldwide are local reporters.

Career Birhamani worked for over two decades for various Sindhi-language dailies, according to the journalists union. Before his death he was a reporter for the Daily Sindhu Hyderabad in Pakistan. He had previously reported on the conversion of minority Hindu girls to Islam, but his most recent scoop had been a story about child marriage.

Personal Birhamani is survived by a wife, two sons, and a daughter.