Noor Banuri
FOE Link or motive by PPF
ConfirmedCase Update Status
No FIR filed, No one wants to share information related to incident
Summary of Case
On 8 April 2020, Noor Muhammad Banuri, working for Daily Khabrian newspaper from Khar thesil of Bajaur tribal district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, filed a story for his newspaper in the first week of April and highlighted malpractices and corruption in a road construction project in Khar area of Bajaur district. Upon the publication of the story, the government contractors who were executing the project, made threatening calls to the journalist 8 April 2020 and demanded him to distract from his story and also publish a clarification from the contractors. Banuri reported the matter to local press club and the issue was taken up with the contractors and mutually resolved the matter.
Speaking to PPF, Mr. Noor Muhammad Banuri said: I highlighted corruption in a road construction project in my story. One famous person was involved in it (Did not wanted to share his name and story). He threatened me, I discussed this matter with my journalist friends, They advised me to back off from the matter. Please don’t discuss anything regarding the incident.
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
8
Month
April
Year
2020
Name of affected person
Noor Banuri
Other affected persons
No other person affcted
Name of affected organization
Daily Khabrian
Other affected organizations
No other organization affected
Action by
One famous person was involved in it (Did not wanted to share his name and story
City
Bajaur
Province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Designation
Reporter
Professional category
Journalist
Age of victim
Journalist denied to share
Marital Status
N/ACompensation 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 case registered
Court where case was presented: No case registered
Name of prosecuting lawyer: No case registered
Date of first court hearing:
Date of last court hearing:
Status of court case: No case registered
Journalist Union Status
PFUJ
N/A
APNS
CPNE
PBA
Media Source Status
Media reports:
http://www.fnpk.org/two-journalists-escape-attempts-on-their-lives/Condemn Status
Colleague of victim
N/A
Employer organization
N/A
Press Club Status
Press club 1: N/A
Press club 2:
Press club 3:
