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Journalists covering Sindh s lockdown restrictions thrashed by Karachi police ANI | Updated: May 25, 2021 14:52 IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): Journalists reporting on the new restrictions imposed by the Sindh government in Karachi were thrashed by police on Monday night.
As per a report in The News International, Fareed Khan, a journalist associated with an international wire agency, was busy covering the lockdown coverage in the city s Federal B Area when he was allegedly beaten up by police officers, reported Geo News. The cops shoved me into a police mobile van and continued to roam in the area for around half an hour during which they misbehaved with me, Fareed Khan explained. I showed my office identity card and camera and told them that I am on official duty but despite this, they continued to misbehave with me and took me to the police station where I was kept under illegal detention.
Karachi Police rough up journalists as Sindh clamps lockdown
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May 25, 2021
KARACHI: A senior photojournalist associated with a wire agency and a senior reporter of a private news channel were thrashed by the Karachi Police in districts West and East on Monday, hours after the Sindh government announced its lockdown against Covid-19.
In the aftermath of the incidents, journalists who work late hours were wondering how they would go to their offices on Tuesday in the absence of directive on lockdown and instructions to the police, which the government failed to issue.
In the first incident, Fareed Khan, associated with an international wire agency, who was busy in lockdown coverage in Karachiâs Federal B Area that falls within the limits of Jauharabad police station of District Central, was manhandled by police despite the fact that he introduced himself as a journalist while showing the camera and the office identity card.