Anchorperson Sami Ibrahim ‘missing’ from Islamabad

Senior journalist and TV anchorperson Sami Ibrahim has gone lacking from the federal capital, it emerged on Thursday.

In line with a press release issued by the Islamabad police, efforts are being made for the search and restoration of Ibrahim however it might be untimely to attract conclusions but.

The assertion added that the police would cooperate with the senior journalist’s household.

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In the meantime, in a criticism lodged at Aabpara Police Station by Ibrahim’s brother Ali Raza, the senior journalist was intercepted by 4 vehicles close to Sixth Avenue, Sector G-6, at round 9 pm on Wednesday after he left his workplace to go residence together with his driver.

In line with the complainant, Ibrahim was forcibly taken by eight to 10 unidentified males, who additionally took three cellphones belonging to the driving force and the automobile keys.

The information comes amid an aggressive crackdown by the state on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) management, staff and supporters.

Media personnel has additionally come underneath the ire of the state for talking in help of the favored political celebration and/or in opposition to violations of civil liberties and judicial rights.

Journalists Imran Riaz Khan and Aftab Iqbal, each staunch supporters of the PTI, had been additionally taken into custody earlier this month. Whereas the whereabouts of the previous stay undisclosed so far, the latter has reportedly been launched.

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Ibrahim’s disappearance has additionally introduced condemnation on social media.

“What ought to the world consider Pakistan the place outstanding journalists can simply disappear like this? Imran Riaz remains to be lacking after 14 days; he was picked up by police from Sialkot Airport however now police say they don’t know the place he’s,” wrote senior journalist Moeed Pirzada on Twitter.

One other senior journalist Mazhar Abbas questioned why a journalists safety fee has not been fashioned but regardless of a regulation safeguarding journalists’ rights being enacted in 2021.

“We misplaced Arshad Sharif final 12 months, now journalists Imran Riaz Khan and Sami Ibrahim disappeared. God is aware of the place they’re,” he tweeted.

Media personnel are sometimes among the many first to return underneath the road of fireside amid political crackdowns in Pakistan, with the nation dealing with extreme criticism from international press freedom and human rights teams for violating the rights of free speech and failing to make sure journalist security. The nation ranked 150/180 on Reporters With out Borders (RSF) 2023 Press Freedom Index.

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That is the second time Ibrahim has come underneath the ire of “unidentified males”. In July 2022, he was reportedly attacked and tortured by unidentified males outdoors his workplace in Islamabad.

The anchorperson, who sustained minor accidents within the assault, had instructed the media that the alleged attackers had been driving a automobile having a “green-coloured registration plate”. He additionally claimed that the ‘assaulters’ had additionally filmed the incident.