- Reporter, cameraman shot at on manner again from Makhad Sharif Urs.
- Shah says assailants tried to chase them after assault.
- Journalist sustains assault for the second time in a yr.
KOHAT: A Geo Information reporter and a cameraman have been injured after falling off a bike when unidentified males opened fireplace on them on Rawalpindi Street in Kohar on Saturday.
As per particulars, Syed Yasir Shah, who’s a senior journalist, and the cameraman accompanying him have been shot at by two masked motorcyclists on their manner again from Attock after masking the Makhad Sharif Urs.
Shah, whereas speaking to this correspondent over a cellphone name, stated that they have been injured because of falling off their motorbike as a result of firing. The assailants additionally tried to chase us after the assault however fled later, he added.
Each the injured have been shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, Kohat. Thankfully, each of them remained secure from gunshots.
Shah is a senior correspondent of Geo Information, working since 2007. He had been receiving threats for a very long time.
That is the second time the Kohat correspondent has been attacked on this yr. A gaggle of unidentified assailants detonated explosives and shot at Shah’s residence in Kohat on March 21.
The Worldwide Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launched its White Paper on International Journalism in 2020, rating Pakistan because the fifth worst nation for journalists, with at the very least 138 journalists murdered since 1990 and 42 killed within the final 4 years.
As per Reporters With out Borders (RSF), Pakistan is without doubt one of the world’s deadliest nations for journalists, with three to 4 murders every year which might be typically linked to circumstances of corruption or unlawful trafficking and which go utterly unpunished.
The organisation final yr ranked Pakistan 150 out of 180 nations on its press freedom checklist.