Lahore, Jul 2 (PTI): Senior journalist and political analyst Ayaz Amir was assaulted by unidentified males in Lahore on Friday night time, a day after he termed Pakistan’s Military generals “property sellers”.
Amir (73) was returning residence after his TV programme on Dunya Information was intercepted by unidentified males. He claimed that he was dragged out of the automobile and thrashed.
With bruises on his face, Amir alleged that the masked males not solely “hit him and tore his garments, additionally they took away his cellphone and pockets. They left when individuals began gathering on the busy street”.
On Thursday, throughout a speech at a seminar in Islamabad on the ‘Regime Change and its Fallout on Pakistan’, Amir focused the highly effective army institution for its position in Pakistan’s politics. The seminar was additionally attended by former prime minister Imran Khan.
He referred to the Military generals as “property sellers” and even advised eradicating the portraits of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal and changing them with the “property sellers”.
In an oblique reference to Military chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, Amir mentioned he was into his sixth 12 months of tenure and searching for one other extension.
Components of Amir’s speech have gone viral on social media.
He additionally identified the errors dedicated by Imran Khan throughout his tenure because the nation’s prime minister particularly following the strains of the army institution.
Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz has sought a report from the Inspector Common of Police over the assault of the senior journalist and ordered that the culprits be arrested on the earliest.
Reacting to the incident, Imran Khan tweeted, “I condemn in strongest phrases the violence in opposition to senior journalist Ayaz Amir in the present day in Lahore. Pakistan descending into the worst form of fascism with violence and faux FIRs in opposition to journalists, opposition politicians, and residents. When the state loses all ethical authority it resorts to violence.” Journalists, lawyer our bodies and rights activists condemned the assault.
“Supreme Court docket of Pakistan must take suo moto (cognizance) of this terrorism in opposition to one of the vital revered, non-controversial media figures. Ayyaz Amir is round 73 years of age! One of the crucial revered English columnists Pakistan has ever created! HRCP and Daybreak and civil society should stand,” senior journalist Moeed Peerzada tweeted. PTI MZ NSD NSD
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