Unidentified gunmen shot a senior Pakistani journalist on Tuesday whereas he was taking a stroll close to his home in Islamabad. Absar Alam, who additionally served as a md of Pakistan Electronic Media Authority (PEMRA), the nation’s digital media watchdog, was rushed to a hospital the place he was out of hazard.
Alam confirmed the assault in a video message uploaded on Twitter. “I’ve been hit in my ribs,” he mentioned, including that he had not misplaced hope. My message to those that did that is that I’m not going to be scared by such ways,” Alam mentioned.
So far, no person has taken duty of the assault. The Islamabad Police have constituted a particular group to analyze the matter from all facets.
The group has been directed to make use of all scientific and forensic strategies to hint the accused concerned in the incident, based on a tweet by Islamabad Police. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry condemned the incident in a message on Twitter, including that the police had been requested to analyze the assault.
PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz, additionally condemning the incident, mentioned silencing the voice of dissent is a most cancers that has “plagued this country for many years”. “Absar Alam sahab is the latest victim of this cruel and barbaric crime. May Allah SWT heal his wounds and the wounds of this country,” she added.
Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari deplored the incident and demanded that the folks concerned in the incident be arrested. “An inquiry should be launched into the incident,” Bilawal mentioned as he prayed for the early restoration of the journalist.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan additionally strongly condemned the “assassination attempt” on the senior journalist. “HRCP sees such cowardly acts of violence against journalists as an assault on an already muzzled media,” it added.
Pakistan is taken into account as one of the vital harmful nations for journalists. The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) in its Media Freedom Report 2020 mentioned that a minimum of 10 journalists have been murdered and a number of others threatened, kidnapped, tortured and arrested in the nation in 2020. .
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