Javed Naseer Rind

Javed Naseer Rind (died 5 November 2011) was an Urdu-language editor and columnist for the Daily Tawar and an active member of the Baloch National Movement. He was abducted 10 September 2011 and his corpse was discovered 5 November 2011 in Balochistan, Pakistan.

Early history Rind was an editor and columnist for the Urdu-language Daily Tawar, which is known as a pro-independence and anti-government newspaper based in Quetta. Rind was an active member of the Baloch National Movement, as were other employees of the Daily Tawar, and he was a coordinator for his local. A London-based source said that Rind had been fired and lost his position within the movement when he had been in communication with him while reporting on the UK trial of Hyrbyair Marri and Faiz Baluch on charges of terrorism. Journalists are often the target of death threats. By 2012, between 28 and 33 journalists were killed in Balochistan. Rind is among the 22 journalists between 2008 and 2012 who have become casualties of the Balochistan conflict. In 2010, Balochistan was considered the most dangerous place for journalists with six out of ninety seven deaths worldwide. In 2011, Rind's death pushed the count to over ten deaths. Nationwide, he was one of 12 Pakistani journalists killed in 2011 and one of around 23 Pakistani journalists killed from the beginning of 2010 to the end of 2011. Regionwide, he was one of 19 killed in 2011 in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, according to the South Asian Free Media Association. A spokesperson for IFJ said, "Authorities must act swiftly to end this cycle of violence and impunity in what is statistically one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist."

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists is educating journalists about how to react when they receive threats and the support they can get as a result.