Tikka Khan Sani
FOE Link or motive by PPF
ConfirmedCase Update Status
No legal action has been taken.
Summary of Case
"A local reporter of Samaa News channel was barred from reporting on 10 May 2023 when former PM Imran Khan was brought to Islamabad High Court. The police also tortured the journalist with the shields, damaging his left eye cornea. Speaking to PPF, Tikka Khan Sani recalled the incident and told that on May 10 following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on that day Supreme Court summoned officials of NAB and Imran Khan in the court Tikka was assigned to cover the arrival of Imran Khan in the court and when Tikka started live reporting for tickers, and he was capturing the arrival of IG and Khan. “I was covering and capturing the arrival of Khan with my mobile suddenly one of the police officials hit the shield on my face resulting the serious injury near the eye and cornea was affected by this act of the police after the incident one of the DSP Islamabad came and hug me and apologized” Sani added. Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists have condemned the violence of police in supreme court on journalists and media professionals. No legal action has been taken after this; however, the journalists is still seeing his dermatologist for the skin issues near his eyes. "
Category of Incident
Assault
ICCS Status
ICCS Divisions: 0201- Assaults and threats
ICCS Group: 02011- Assault
ICCS Class: 020112- Minor assault
ICCS Crime: Assaults and threats
Reported By
Freedom Network
Date of incident
10
Month
May
Year
2023
Name of affected person
Tikka Khan Sani
Other affected persons
Not other person affected
Name of affected organization
Samaa News
Other affected organizations
No other organization was affected
Action by
By the police officials
City
Islamabad
Province
Capital Territory
Designation
Reporter
Professional category
Journalist
Age of victim
40
Marital Status
MarriedCompensation 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