Case Update Status

No FIR registered. Matter solved with verbal apology

Summary of Case

On 5th Feb, 2020, Shah Nawaz Khan a correspondent of Tribal News Network (TNN), in Bara, a town in Khyber district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was threatened and abused by policemen for making a video of a fight between them and a rickshaw driver.

Khan was covering the Kashmir Day rally on February 5 when the fight took place between the policemen and the rickshaw driver. He noticed some policemen stopped the rickshaw driver from playing his vehicle towards the rally route. When the argument turned into a fight, Khan started making video of the clash. Upon seeing Khan making a video, policemen tried to stop him from making the video. “Policemen threatened me and used abusive language. They also tried to snatch my mobile phone,” he added.

The journalists belonging to Bara strongly condemned the incident and demanded strict action against policemen.

Senior vice president of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Shamim Shahid has strongly condemned the incident. He said that the journalists who are highlighting problems of people and inefficiencies of officials in merged tribal districts face high-handedness by the law enforcement agencies. He demanded of Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Mehmood Khan and Inspector General Police Sanaullah Abbasi to take notice of the incident.

According to Peshawar based journalists the authorities have banned media reporting and use of motor bike in Bara area; therefore they don't allow journalists to enter for the purpose of coverage.

Shah Nawaz Khan told PPF that he didn’t file FIR, and later matter was solved in Jirga with verbal communication.

Muhammad Riaz President of Peshawar Press Club told PPF that the matter was solved with verbal communication.

Syed Nazir Chief Reporter Tribal News Network condemned the incident and told PPF that organization supported Shah Nawaz and later the matter was resolved with verbal apology of police officials in Peshawar press club.

Category of Incident

Threats

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: 0201-Assaults and Threats

ICCS Group: 0201-Assaults and Threats

ICCS Class: 02012-Threat

ICCS Crime: Assaults and threats

Reported By

TNN

Date of incident

5

Month

February

Year

2020

Name of affected person

Shah Nawaz Khan

Other affected persons

Local person

Name of affected organization

Tribal News Netwrok

Other affected organizations

No other organization affected

Action by

Police

City

Bara (town)

Province

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Designation

Reporter

Professional category

Journalist

Age of victim

24

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 ?: No

Court Details

Was case investigated ?: No

Court where case was presented: Case not presented in any court

Name of prosecuting lawyer: Case not presented in any court

Date of first court hearing:

Date of last court hearing:

Status of court case: Case not presented in any court

Journalist Union Status

PFUJ

Senior vice president of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Shamim Shahid has strongly condemned the incident. He said that the journalists who are highlighting problems of people and inefficiencies of officials in merged tribal districts face high-handedness by the law enforcement agencies. He demanded of Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Mehmood Khan and Inspector General Police Sanaullah Abbasi to take notice of the incident.

APNS

N/A

CPNE

N/A

PBA

N/A

Media Source Status

Media reports:

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

Syed Nazir Chief Reporter Tribal News Network condemned the incident and told PPF that organization supported Shah Nawaz and later the matter was resolved with verbal apology of police officials in Peshawar press club.

Employer organization

N/A

Press Club Status

Press club 1: Muhammad Riaz President of Peshawar Press Club told PPF that the matter was solved with verbal communication.

Press club 2: N/A

Press club 3: N/A