Police thrash journalists
LAHORE: About 250 journalists staged a protest outside the LHC after they were beaten up by police when they were trying to cover a lawyersÂ’ convention at the LHCBA on Saturday. Police thrashed Daily Times reporter Rana Tanveer, snatched his press card and ordered him to run away. Police also snatched the camera and cell phone of photographer Taqveem-e-Millat Shah. They beat up Royal TV cameraman Rana Shahzad and snatched his camera and recorded material. Geo TV reporter Mudasher Butt and cameraman Mohammad Afaq were also injured by the police.
Posted by: Fred 2007-03-18 |