Muhammad Bilal Khan (journalist)

Muhammad Bilal Khan (محمد بلال خان; 1 January 1997 – 16 June 2019) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, poet, social media activist and blogger. He was assassinated by an unknown person in Islamabad.

Bilal was born on 1 January 1997, in Chilas, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. He studied at the Gordon College Rawalpindi and was a student of Sharia at the International Islamic University Islamabad. He also worked for Al Wesal TV channel.

Assassination
On 16 June 2019, Bilal Khan was stabbed by an unknown person in G 9/4 area of Islamabad. He was laid to rest in Abbottabad. Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari condemned Khan's killing and assured that the investigation.

More than 2 years after his murder on 20 September 2021, interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad revealed in a press conference that Bilal Khan's killer, Syed Abid Ali Shah, a resident of Kurram District, had been arrested along with a dagger that was used in the murder.