Ehsan Rehman Sagar
FOE Link or motive by PPF
ConfirmedCase Update Status
FIR could not be registered.
Summary of Case
"Ehsan Rahman Sagar, a senior member of Malakand press club and correspondent of Daily Ausaf received threats of dire consequences via phone for posting comments against police administration and drug mafia on his Facebook page on 31 May 2023. Ihsan told Freedom Network that he was not aware about the real motive behind such threats nor he knew about the unknown caller. Ihsan tried to lodge an FIR in the local police station, but the police refused to lodge the FIR. Ehsan Rahman Sagar told PPF that he covered the news story on drug mafia and also posted a vlog on his YouTube channel “World Watch” and after that the series of threats started with unidentified persons threatening his life. “After these serious life threats, I went to Batkhail Police Station to lodge the FIR, but they did not even submit the application against the unidentified '' Sagar added. Shahzad Naveed bureau chief of GNN news Malakand told PPF that he is not aware of this particular case of Ehsan Rehman however in Malakand a lot of operations regarding drug mafias, so he is not sure if he also posted a news regarding this issue."
Category of Incident
Threats
ICCS Status
ICCS Divisions: 0201- Assaults and threats
ICCS Group: 02012-Threat
ICCS Class: 020121-Serious Threat
ICCS Crime: Assaults and threats
Reported By
Freedom Network
Date of incident
31
Month
May
Year
2023
Name of affected person
Ehsan Rehman Sagar
Other affected persons
Not other person affected
Name of affected organization
Daily Ausaf
Other affected organizations
No other organization was affected
Action by
By unidentified people
City
Malakand
Province
KP
Designation
Reporter
Professional category
Journalist
Age of victim
50
Marital Status
SingleCompensation Details
Amount of compensation announced by government: No compensation announced
Date of compensation announcement by government: No compensation announced
Date of compensation paid by government: No compensation announced
Amount of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced
Date of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced
Date compensation paid by others: No compensation announced
FIR Details
Was FIR registered ?: No
Court Details
Was case investigated ?: No
Court where case was presented: Case was not presented in court.
Name of prosecuting lawyer: Case was not presented in court.
Date of first court hearing:
Date of last court hearing:
Status of court case: Case was not presented in court.
Journalist Union Status
PFUJ
Not required to contact
APNS
N/A
CPNE
N/A
PBA
N/A
Condemn Status
Colleague of victim
Not required to contact
Employer organization
Not required to contact
Press Club Status
Press club 1: Not required to contact
Press club 2: N/A
Press club 3: N/A