12 Facts About Khurram Zaki

Khurram Zaki was educated in Karachi, where he attended the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences from 1998 to 2001.

Khurram Zaki worked in the Strategy Department as Activation Manager under the leadership of Syed Abdul Karim Tanveer.

Khurram Zaki conducted a number of current affairs and political talk shows like "Front Page" and "Election Beat" focusing on Terrorism, Talibanization, Sectarianism and Security issues.

Khurram Zaki announced a sit-in outside CM house Karachi and requested other civil society activists to join the same on 2 February 2015.

Khurram Zaki had a brief scuffle and verbal exchange with police officials when, while leading the protest, he tried to enter the red-zone.

On 16 December 2015, the first anniversary of Army Public School Peshawar massacre, Khuuram Khurram Zaki announced a Civil Society protest outside Lal Masjid Islamabad.

Khurram Zaki reiterated that peaceful protests are constitutional right of every citizen and thus he and other civil society activists would continue with their planned protest.

Police constables grabbed Khurram Zaki and dragged him towards the police van.

Khurram Zaki continued to ask them for the reasons of arrest as they had not broken any law of the land.

Khurram Zaki ordered the suspension of SHO and Show Cause notice was served to Superintendent of the Police, Islamabad.

Khurram Zaki was killed, while a journalist, Khalid Rao, and a pedestrian, Aslam, were injured.

Khurram Zaki demanded the Sindh chief minister to admonish the relevant police officers to reopen the murder case and bring the ASWJ terrorists to book.