Chandio, bureau chief for the Sindhi-language television
station Awaz and president of the local press club, was killed by assailants
outside his house in Mirpurkhas, Sindh province, according to news reports.
Gunmen shot Chandio at least twice when he answered their knock at his door,
according to Mazhar Abbas, former head of the Pakistan Federal Union of
Journalists. Chandio, 45, died after being transported to a local hospital.
The motive was not immediately clear. The media support
group Rural Media Network Pakistan said Chandio had received threats related to
family and business matters. He was also a former member of Jeay Sindh Qaumi
Mahaz, a political party seeking independence for the province. He was survived
by his wife, mother, and six children, according to local media reports.