February: Jacobabad: Fact-finding into murder of Sudham Chand Chawla. The noted minority leader and president Hindu Panchayat, Jacobabad, Sudham Chand Chawla, who mobilised a boycott of past elections to demand a joint electorate was murdered in the busy bazar of Jacobabad, city on January 28. Chawla was also a member of HRCP. His brother lodged an FIR nominating deputy district nazim Aijaz Jakhrani and others including a former MNA Babul Kakhrani. Police failed to arrest culprits who later on obtained bail from the court. The complainant and his family now fear for their lives. Mr. Ali Hasan, Vice Chairperson, Sindh went to Jacobabad to meet the aggrieved family and the members of the community.