Dawood Ahmed:
ISLAMABAD: Sadaf Naeem, a female journalist crushed to death by Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan’s container during the long march of the former ruling party on Sunday. PTI Chief Imran Khan called off the long march for today in the aftermath of the killing of the female reporter associated with Channel Five.
According to the channel, the reporter was run over by PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s container. The media outlet said that Naeem fell from the container after which she was crushed by the vehicle.
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry confirmed the development, saying that a female media personnel was killed and that Imran had himself gotten off the vehicle to inspect the incident while Rescue 1122 was alerted as well.
“We are not 100 percent sure about the identity but the reports are very bad,” he said prior to the confirmation by the channel.
Fawad requested the public to take caution while walking along Imran’s container, adding that the lives of all people contributing to the march were “precious and respected”. As a result of the incident, the PTI called off today’s activities in solidarity.
Senior journalists and anchors lashed out at the media houses for their failure to provide safety training to the journalists covering such events.
