Case Update Status

Accusers are still at large. (July 11,2023)

Summary of Case

"Sahrish Khokar, Bureau Chief of ARY News Sukkur was facing online harassment for the past week after exposing the two journalists Imdad Phulpoto and Sahil Jogi on her social media account. Speaking to PPF Sahrish said she posted a First Information Report and posted regarding the case registration of journalists Imdad Phulpoto and Sahil Jogi on her Facebook profile, after the post Khokar has been trolled and faced harassment on social media by unidentified people. According to Khokar some journalists in Sukkur are doing yellow journalism and playing with journalistic identity for their issues and Khokar just exposed them on her social media platform after which a campaign started against her and some unidentified people assassinating the character of Khokar. Additionally, she said that she had filed a complaint with the Federal Investigation Agency and soon they will provide the complaint number and will start the investigation regarding that. Chaudhry Irshad, President of Sukkur Press Club told PPF that Sehrish has been harassed for the past week by the other two journalists Imdad Phulpoto and Sahil Jogi which cannot be tolerable because a female journalist is being harassed by the unidentified people and are trying to tarnish the reputation and defaming Sehrish. Imdad Buzdar, President of the Sukkur Union of Journalists told PPF that for a couple of months, some journalists were involved in personal issues and they are using journalistic identity for their issues after addressing the issue on her social media, Khokar is subjected to harassment and the online campaign has started against her. Union strongly condemns the harassment and will produce a press release as well. "

Category of Incident

Harassment

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: "0208- Acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress"

ICCS Group: 02081-Harassment

ICCS Class: N/A

ICCS Crime: "Acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress"

Reported By

Twitter/Facebook

Date of incident

1

Month

July

Year

2023

Name of affected person

Sahrish Khoker

Other affected persons

Not other person affected

Name of affected organization

ARY News

Other affected organizations

No other organization was affected

Action by

By the two journalists, Imdad Phulpoto and Sahil Jogi.

City

Rohri

Province

Sindh

Designation

Reporter

Professional category

Journalist

Age of victim

35

Marital Status

Compensation 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 ?: Yes

Date of FIR: 01/07/2023

FIR Details: FIR Number: 116/23

Police station of FIR: Police station Section C.

Name of complainant: Sahrish Khoker

Name of accused in FIR: Imdad Phulpoto and Sahil Jogi.

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

"Imdad Buzdar, President of the Sukkur Union of Journalists told PPF that for a couple of months, some journalists were involved in personal issues and they are using journalistic identity for their issues after addressing the issue on her social media, Khokar is subjected to harassment and the online campaign has started against her. Union strongly condemns the harassment and will produce a press release as well. "

APNS

N/A

CPNE

N/A

PBA

N/A

Media Source Status

Media reports:

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

Not required to contact

Employer organization

Not required to contact

Press Club Status

Press club 1: Chaudhry Irshad, President of Sukkur Press Club told PPF that Sehrish has been harassed for the past week by the other two journalists Imdad Phulpoto and Sahil Jogi which cannot be tolerable because a female journalist is being harassed by the unidentified people and are trying to tarnish the reputation and defaming Sehrish.

Press club 2: N/A

Press club 3: N/A