Dr. Shujaat Bukhari

Shujaat Bukhari (25 February 1968 – 14 June 2018) was a Kashmiri journalist and the founding editor of Rising Kashmir, a Srinagar-based newspaper.

Bukhari served as the president of Adbee Markaz Kamraz, He was instrumental in organising several Kashmir peace conferences and was part of the Track II diplomacy between India and Pakistan. Between 1997 and 2012 he was a correspondent for The Hindu in Srinagar.

He was shot dead outside his office in the Press Enclave area of Srinagar on 14 June 2018.He had survived three assassination attempts on previous occasions. Jammu and Kashmir Police identified and released the photos of suspects and held Lashkar-e-Taiba responsible for his killing.

Education

Bukhari had done his Masters in Journalism from Ateneo de Manila University as a fellow of the Asian Centre for Journalism and was a recipient of the World Press Institute fellowship. He was also a fellow of the East–West Center, Hawaii.