Shoaib Jatt

FOE Link or motive by PPF

Confirmed

Case Update Status

FIR was not registered.

Summary of Case

"ARY News’s sports anchor Shaoib Jatt was harassed and threatened by the social media users, after his heated argument with the manager of a press conference for asking a critique questionfrom the captain of National cricket team Babar Azam. On January 4, 2023 Shoaib Jatt told PPF that he was in National stadium Karachi and no one was letting him ask the question to Babar Azam over which Shoaib told the manager to let him ask a single question. “After a lot of struggle I got a chance to ask a questio, and I asked him the question when will the fielding of the team improve, to which he did not answer me and the manager of the press conference misbehaved with me and my team. After this conference people bashed me on all my social media accounts”, Jatt added. “This was not the first time, I have faced this multiple times, once I faced the online harassment back in 2021 when I asked a question to Shadab Khan related to his issue with a random girl after which I had registered complain to cybercrime later which cybercrime informed my team that the accused accounts cannot be traced as it was fake” Jatt added. “This time I did not registered any complaint or FIR because this is becoming routine now” Jatt told On January 4, 2023 Faheem Siddiqui, General secretary of Karachi Union of Journalists told PPF that he was unaware of the incident of Shoaib Jatt.He also said that Shoaib did not inform the union about this incident. On January 4, 2023 Rizwan Bhatti, General Secretary of Karachi press club told PPF that the matter of Shoaib Jatt was related to journalism as the journalist was misbehaved by the manager of a press conference for asing a criticizing question. On January 4, 2023 Shams Shakeel, Bureau chief of ARY news told PPF that he was unaware of the incident and Shoaib did not share the incident with the organization."

Category of Incident

Online Harassment

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: 0803-Acts related to freedom of expression or control of expression

ICCS Group: 08039-Other acts related to freedom of expression or control of expression

ICCS Class: N/A

ICCS Crime: Acts related to freedom of expression or control of expression

Reported By

Twitter

Date of incident

30

Month

December

Year

2022

Name of affected person

Shoaib Jatt

Other affected persons

No other person was affected

Name of affected organization

ARY News

Other affected organizations

No other organisation was affected

Action by

Social Media users

City

Karachi

Province

Sindh

Designation

Anchor

Professional category

Journalist

Age of victim

30

Marital Status

Single

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 ?: FIR was not registered

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

Faheem Siddiqui, General secretary of Karachi Union of Journalists told PPF that he was unaware of the incident of Shoaib Jatt.He also said that Shoaib did not inform the union about this incident.

APNS

N/A

CPNE

N/A

PBA

N/A

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

Condemned

Employer organization

On January 4, 2023 Shams Shakeel, Bureau chief of ARY news told PPF that he was unaware of the incident and Shoaib did not share the incident with the organization.

Press Club Status

Press club 1: Rizwan Bhatti, General Secretary of Karachi press club told PPF that the matter of Shoaib Jatt was related to journalism as the journalist was misbehaved by the manager of a press conference for asing a criticizing question.

Press club 2: N/A

Press club 3: N/A