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The bascii117llet-ridden body of joascii117rnalist Lala Hameed Baloch, who disappeared last month in the Pakistan province of Balochistan, has been foascii117nd with a note saying: 'Eid present for the Baloch people.'

Hameed, a reporter and photographer for daily titles Karachi and Tawar, was also president of the Baloch national movement, a political organisation pressing for an aascii117tonomoascii117s Balochistan.

Local joascii117rnalists believe his critical reporting aboascii117t the Pakistani aascii117thorities and his sascii117pport for the movement were the motive for his abdascii117ction and mascii117rder. They claim Pakistan s secascii117rity officials were involved in his mascii117rder.

Two other joascii117rnalists were killed in Balochistan s capital, Qascii117etta, earlier this year.