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Angraizi main :cobra: Ghussa mat karna PTI key muaziz aur mhazib member :@:
PTI protest turns violent for media persons
** TV cameraman badly injured after an attack by PTI activist
- Law minister condemns the incident
Staff Report*
LAHORE: A sit-in protest organised by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf turned violent as scuffle broke out between PTI worker and media persons ended up in a serious injury to TV cameraman at Faisal Chowk on Monday.
PTI leaders and workers staged a sit-in against alleged rigging in PP-150 in August 22 by-elections. They also invited media for coverage of the demonstration. A cameraman of a private TV channel was struggling to cover the event due to movement of PTI workers in front of his camera.
TV Cameraman Ejaz George asked a PTI worker to stay aside and clear the way for live coverage. However, sources said, after exchange of some harsh words the PTI activist, who was carrying a party flag, hit the cameraman with the flag’s stick. The stick caused serious injury in the left eye lid of cameraman and it started to bleed profusely.
Other cameramen and reporters caught the PTI worker and tried to give him in the police custody. However, PTI workers and activists showed their resistance and the protest sit-in turned into a rumpus between media persons and PTI activists. Resultantly another cameraman namely Zahoor Bhatti also sustained an injury.
Later some PTI leader and senior journalists meddled and tried to calm down the situation. Injured cameraman Ejaz Geroge and Zahoor Bhatti, were rushed to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
PTI Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhary apologised and tried to control the situation. The media persons present there announced to boycott the PTI coverage.
Party members claimed those who had attacked the newsmen were not members of the party. Witnesses said the attackers were carrying PTI flags and used sticks to beat up the newsmen.
SP Civil Lines Maroof Wahla told Daily Times that he had received an application for registration of FIR.
Following the protest of journalists in Punjab Assembly, Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah summoned a meeting on the issue at Punjab Assembly. The meeting was attended by DIG Operation / Acting CCPO Rai Tahir, Punjab Union of Journalists president Rana Azeem, SVP Aamir Suhail, Lahore Press Club president Arshad Ansari , PA Press Gallary president Babur Dogar, former president Shahzad Malik and others.
Speaking on the occasion, Sanaullah said violence with the media representatives was very tragic. “Media is an important pillar of the society. Those involved in this incident would be dealt according to the law,” the provincial law minister said.
PTI sent their Member Punjab Assembly Dr Murad Ras for talks with the media representatives who were extremely angry with party leaders for their unprofessional management of the event and torturing of journalists. However, media persons refused to talk with a junior leader of PTI when senior members and leaders of the party were present in front of Punjab Assembly.
Members of Punjab Union of journalist (PUJ), Lahore Press Club and Punjab Assembly Press gallery continued their protest demonstration against the PTI attack on media persons.
Addressing on the occasion LPC president Arshad Ansari announced his complete support and announced a protest demonstration outside assembly at 10am on Tuesday (today).
Meanwhile, PUJ has given a protest call for today at 3pm at Faisal Chowk.
Women MPAs also joined the protest demonstration and expressed their solidarity with the media.
Later, PTI leaders while talking to media made a formal apology for the mishap and injury of a journalist.
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PTI on the foot steps of other pakistani political parties. Soon the time will come that they gonna have guns in their hand ( excuse will be it is as a reaction ) .
I hope and pray that the same doesnot happen as PTI is the only party left in pakistan now which is not having an ethnic tag pasted over it (after JI )
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^ the day they hold guns in their hands (unlike MQM) they will lose support.
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Who ever is responsible for harassment should be punished. The party is not trying to protect these guys which should be appreciated. The leaders should how ever ensure that their workers retain their composure and discipline.
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its not the first time it has happened. Once again, PTI is proving to be too naive in punjab. Journalist tried to cover an internal argument between PTI supporters which got out of hand. An avoidable incident for sure.
Party leadership should disassociate from those workers and deal with them strongly.
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Maybe it is the top down approach being passed down below to workers from Imran khan as he himself was a thuggish person especially in his younger days, though it could also be that the people (esp. youth) of the islamic republic of Pakistan are growing up like makhi machchar with no moral upbringing and hence don't know how to respond in a civilized manner. Abbas are out on a job or even watching a film with amma (basically a very hands off approach to parenting) while ammas are backbiting or themselves watching start plus / indian movies which is the norm that i have started to see in Pakistan.
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Who ever is responsible for harassment should be punished. The party is not trying to protect these guys which should be appreciated. The leaders should how ever ensure that their workers retain their composure and discipline.
its not the first time it has happened. Once again, PTI is proving to be too naive in punjab. Journalist tried to cover an internal argument between PTI supporters which got out of hand. An avoidable incident for sure.
Party leadership should disassociate from those workers and deal with them strongly.
Maybe it is the top down approach being passed down below to workers from Imran khan as he himself was a thuggish person especially in his younger days, though it could also be that the people (esp. youth) of the islamic republic of tamashaistan are growing up like makhi machchar with no moral upbringing and hence don't know how to respond in a civilized manner. Abbas are out on a job or even watching a film with amma (basically a very hands off approach to parenting) while ammas are backbiting or themselves watching start plus / indian movies which is the norm that i have started to see in Pakistan.
Whatever it is, PTI is failing its image day by day and turning into another PML-N/PPP. There can't be any excuses for bad behavior. They will lose support if they don't amend themselves before next elections.
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If PTI fails, then the youth would be very disillusioned with Pakistan. Call him taliban khan or whatnot, imran did mobilize the youth to his credit.
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I saw ali zaidi on tv when this incident happened n he said we will inquire about this incident and will cancel membership of the workers who were involved, ijaz chaudry apologized to the media on scene since he was present there
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Maybe it is the top down approach being passed down below to workers from Imran khan as he himself was a thuggish person especially in his younger days, though it could also be that the people (esp. youth) of the islamic republic of tamashaistan are growing up like makhi machchar with no moral upbringing and hence don't know how to respond in a civilized manner. Abbas are out on a job or even watching a film with amma (basically a very hands off approach to parenting) while ammas are backbiting or themselves watching start plus / indian movies which is the norm that i have started to see in Pakistan.
I really don't appreciate you calling Pakistan "tamashistan". Not sure if you are a Pakistani or not. However, it is the Pakistani people that are making a tamasha of things. There is no reason for you to call Pakistan with different names. There are many haters out there as it is.
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Dude (or dudette) chill ok. Learn to laugh a little in life or you would die of depression.
In fact, I am doing Pakistan a favor by NOT associating its name with the current lot of our people.
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Went to services hospital Lahore to meet injured journalists and assured them responsible ones will be punished.
Mian Mehmud ur Rasheed via Twitter
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Dude (or dudette) chill ok. Learn to laugh a little in life or you would die of depression.
In fact, I am doing Pakistan a favor by NOT associating its name with the current lot of our people.
Oh yeah..that's right..that was so hilarious...I am probably gonna die laughing because of it.
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If PTI fails, then the youth would be very disillusioned with Pakistan. Call him taliban khan or whatnot, imran did mobilize the youth to his credit.
THIS
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Oh yeah..that's right..that was so hilarious...I am probably gonna die laughing because of it.
Don't tell your doppleganger or your wish might come true ! ;)
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Don't tell your doppleganger or your wish might come true ! ;)
Lol...I survived. Can't say the same about my doppleganger though.
Anyhoo, back to topic...PTI really needs to get it's act together. They need to understand that everyone is scrutinizing them, especially the public. They made claims that no other party did and now everyone is judging them to see if they live up to the expectations.
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PTI was always a joke.
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PTI was always a joke.
You are right, the most serious parties have served Pakistan in 1990s and are now serving the nation since 2008.