- The assailants ambushed and subjected Sami Ibrahim to torture as soon as he came out of the office.
- Eye witnesses said the suspects were standing idle there for a long time.
- Fayaz Chohan said he condemned the incident of attack on Sami Ibrahim and the attempt to abduct him.
ISLAMABAD: Unidentified persons have attacked senior anchorperson Sami Ibrahim outside Bol news office in Islamabad.
The assailants ambushed and subjected Sami Ibrahim to torture as soon as he came out of the office on Saturday. One of the suspects was a transgender. The senior journalist protected himself by running inside the office.
Veteran PTI leader Fayaz Chohan said he condemned the incident of attack on Sami Ibrahim and the attempt to abduct him.
He said PML-N Vice President Maryam Safdar Awan and the imported government was behind attacks on journalists.
Read more: Senior journalist Ayaz Amir attacked by unknown assailants in Lahore
Eye witnesses said the suspects were standing idle there for a long time. They said when the anchorperson came out of the office, the transgender begged him to give him money. After the senior journalist gave him Rs100, the transgender started beating him on the chest and another man standing beside the transgender joined her in torturing the journalist.
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Fayaz Chohan said attack on Sami Ibrahim was not just an attack on freedom of journalism but freedom of humanity as well.
Senior advocate and PTI leader Babar Awan said Sami Ibrahim was an outspoken journalist and an old friend of him. “The attack on him is worrisome. Civil liberties are shrinking. Fear and terror reign. Viewing the recent record of imported government, I condemn all the attacks which are going to take place, in advance,” he said.
Senior advocate and PTI leader Babar Awan said Sami Ibrahim was an outspoken journalist and an old friend of him. “The attack on him is worrisome. Civil liberties are shrinking. Fear and terror reign. Viewing the recent record of imported government, I condemn all the attacks which are going to take place, in advance,” he said.
On July 2, journalist Ayaz Amir was attacked by unknown assailants when he was going back from his office on Abbottabad Road in Lahore.
According to Bol TV, the senior journalist had said that the attackers, who were six in number, had intercepted his vehicle and subjected him and his driver to torture, and ran away.
Chairman PTI Imran Khan had strongly condemned the incident and maintained that journalists, political workers and other innocent people were being implicated in false cases.
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