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.
ISLAMABAD – An unknown gunman shot at and injured former Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and veteran journalist Absar Alam in the federal capital on Tuesday.
Police sources said the incident took place at a park in F-11/2 sector Tuesday evening when an unidentified persons opened fire at him, the sources said. The injured journalist was later rushed to a private hospital in a car by some of his friends where doctors pulled out bullet from his body after a surgery, the sources mentioned.
“At around 5:40pm, an assailant, aged 27/28, middle height and wearing bluish clothes opened fire at 50-year old Absar Alam with a 30 Bore pistol when he was on an evening walk in a park located in Street 20 of F-11/2 in Islamabad. After launching attack, the gunman fled on foot,” disclosed a police source.
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Unidentified gunmen shot Absar Alam as he was taking a walk in a park near his home in Islamabad on Tuesday
Pakistan police on Wednesday launched a probe into the shooting of a former senior journalist, who has been an open critic of the country s military and its interference in politics.
Unidentified gunmen shot Absar Alam as he was taking a walk in a park near his home in Islamabad on Tuesday.
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Alam, who headed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), the nation s electronic media watchdog, was rushed to the hospital after getting shot and is out of danger, police said in a statement.