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Pakistani journalist says he was attacked in his apartment | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan s News Source

May 26, 2021 - 2:54 AM ISLAMABAD (AP) — A journalist who is critical of Pakistan s powerful military and intelligence agencies was severely beaten by three unidentified men in an attack at his apartment in Islamabad, the journalist and colleagues said Wednesday. Asad Ali Toor, who works for the Aaj News Pakistani TV channel, told police in a statement the attackers claimed they were intelligence agents. He said they tied his hands and feet with cloth and one of them hit him with a pistol. Toor said the assailants asked about his source of income and forced him to chant slogans in favor of the army.

Journalist and Blogger attacked by armed men in his own home | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed at the armed attack on journalist and blogger Asad Ali Toor in his home on May 23, 2021 in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad . PPF urges the authorities to investigate the attack on Toor and to ensure that those behind it are held accountable. The attack on Toor provides yet another case of the restrictive and dangerous environment media in Pakistan is forced to operate under.  The assault on yet another journalist is a reminder of the urgent need for the government to enact effective journalists safety legislation and to ensure that it is implemented to the fullest extent.

Pakistan Press Foundation welcomes the presentation of journalists safety bills in the National Assembly and Sindh Assembly

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has welcomed the presentation of the landmark Sindh Protection of Journalists and Other Media Protection Bill 2021 in the provincial assembly of Sindh.  PPF also welcomed that a similar bill has also been presented in Pakistan’s National Assembly where it has been sent to the Human Rights Committee for consideration.   The bill presented in Sindh envisages the creation of a of a robust, inclusive and autonomous Commission on Safety of Journalists and Other Media Professionals comprising government duty bearers as well as media stakeholders including Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS), Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), Sindh Commission on Information Commission and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).  

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