Senior journalist Absar Alam shot at, injured
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April 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and former chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Absar Alam was shot in Islamabad outside his residence on Tuesday.
Absar Alam received a bullet in his ribs damaging his liver, the hospital sources disclosed when contacted. He was shifted to hospital where bullet has been removed from his body.
The assailant managed to escape after the shootout. Police have taken up the case and started efforts to hunt down the shooter. Sarfaraz, a family member of Absar Alam, told The News that the bullet damaged his liver, however, his condition is out of danger.
Ex-PEMRA chairman Absar Alam shot near his residence in Islamabad
Senior journalist and former chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Authority (Pemra) Absar Alam was shot near his residence in Islamabad on Tuesday.
In a video statement, which doing rounds on social media, the journalist while apparently being taken to hospital can be heard saying that he was attacked while walking outside his home.
Absar said that he suffered injuries to his ribs.
In a message to the unidentified attackers the former Pemra chief said: “I won’t be scared by such tactics and I won’t give up.”
Gunman attacks Senior journalist @AbsarAlamHaider outside his house in Islamabad. Thoughts and prayers. #absaralampic.twitter.com/CybTleTIWQ Murtaza Ali Shah (@MurtazaViews) April 20, 2021
Police Register Case Against ‘Unidentified Man’ Over Attack on Absar Alam
Police Register Case Against ‘Unidentified Man’ Over Attack on Absar Alam
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Politicians, journalist and human rights bodies condemn incident and urge authorities to investigate and apprehend the culprits
Police in Islamabad on Tuesday registered a case against an unidentified man for opening fire on senior journalist Absar Alam and leaving him injured.
The former chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) was shot in his torso while he walking in a park in the federal capital’s F-11 area. A subsequent video statement released by him while in a car was widely shared on social media. In it, he said he had “shot by someone,” adding that he had a message for the people responsible: “I will not be intimidated.”
Alam, who is the former chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and former editor of
Daily Nation, Islamabad was shot in Islamabad on April 20, as he was taking an evening stroll near his house. An unidentified man jumped over the fence of the park, fired at Alam and escaped. Police have registered a criminal case against unidentified men for firing on Alam.
Alam was rushed to the hospital by his friends. Although injured, Alam recorded a video on the way to the hospital in which he said he had been struck on his ribs. In a note of defiance Alam declared: “My message to those who did this is that I am not going to be scared by such tactics.”
He was rushed to a hospital where his condition is stated to be out of danger.
While he was being taken to the hospital, Absar in a video message, which is making the rounds on social media, said: “I’ve been hit in my ribs but my message for those who are behind this is that I am not going to give up.”
Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) has constituted a committee to investigate the case.
According to details, Absar was walking in the park when he was shot by an unidentified man.