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| PTI protest: Geo News correspondent beaten up by Rawalpindi police |
| 2024-09-29 |
| [GEO.TV] Geo News correspondent, Haider Sherazi, covering the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... 's (PTI) planned protest in Rawalpindi, was beaten up by the local police and taken into custody. Sherazi was covering the former ruling party's protest at Islamabad toll plaza, where the PTI workers and supporters clashed with the police. The journalist introduced himself to the charged cops many times, however, they kept beating him up along with other journalists and snatched their mobile phones. Sherazi received wounds on his face and head due to the police torture. The journalists were beaten up by the on-duty police officials when they filmed PTI protesters who opened a blocked route after resisting the cops. Speaking to Geo News, Inspector General (IG) Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Usman Anwar assured that the issue of police maltreatment of the journalists would be addressed. Pointing towards festivities between PTI workers and police teams, Anwar said that the incident might have occurred due to the prevailing tense situation in Rawalpindi. He added that he has contacted the city police officer (CPO) Rawalpindi to resolve the issue at the earliest. Following the Punjab police chief's directives, CPO Rawalpindi Khalid Hamdani ordered the suspension of the officials involved in torturing the journalists. He vowed that the police department would address the grievances of the journalists who were subjected to torture. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 See, we can learn something from Pakistan. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-09-29 02:03 |