Primeir said he shared the grief of the bereaved family equally.

Senior producer of private channel  Atharmateen was killed in a shooting in Nazimabad area of Karachi.

According to SSP Central Rana Renowned Usman, the accused were returning to the civilian when journalist Athar Mateen hit the motorcycle of the accused in his car to thwart the incident, causing the suspects to fall down and fire at Athar Mateen’s car in anger.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed expressed grief over Mateen’s death and sought a report from the Sindh chief secretary and inspector general of police.

In a statement on Twitter, Rasheed strongly condemned Mateen’s death, saying murder of a senior journalist at the hands of robbers is a gruesome incident.