Waqar Ali, reporter of Daily Aaj received dying threatening calls in response to his social media posts in the wee hours of Aug 27, 2022 in Haripur, KPK.

FOE Link or motive by PPF

Confirmed

Case Update Status

No arrest has been done by the police.

Summary of Case

"Waqar Ali, reporter of Daily Aaj received dying threatening calls in response to his social media posts in the wee hours of Aug 27, 2022 in Haripur, KPK. Talking to PPF, Waqar Ali said that he received a call on Whatsapp from then unknown number around 1:00 AM. The caller introduced himself that he is a political worker of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a ruling party of KPK. The caller said that and he saw Waqar’s reporting in favor of another group of same political party locally known as “Jahazon wala group”. Waqar added that the caller threatened him and instructed in harsh words to stop reporting in favor of “Jahazon wala” group. “Stop reporting for them otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences”, the caller added according to Waqar. Early morning of Aug 27, Waqar informed police station, his organization and PTI leaders Omar Ayub Khan who is the Federal Minister for Economic affairs and Yousaf Ayub Khan. “I need security as my life is in danger, Usman is free and can do anything”, Waqar added. Waqar told PPF that he is avoiding going out of home because of Usman’s fear. He informed local leadership of PTI to take necessary action against the accused. Station House Officer (SHO) of Haripur police station, Arif Khan told PPF that the FIR has been registered against the caller Usman Khan. Usman is on pre arrest bail and will be present in session court 2 on Aug 6 for further proceedings. Editor of daily Aaj, Arshad Swati told PPF that Waqar informed the entire situation to him, the organization wrote a letter to DPO Haripur to provide safety to their correspondent."

Category of Incident

Threat

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

Dawn

Date of incident

27

Month

August

Year

2022

Name of affected person

Waqar Ali

Other affected persons

No other person was affected

Name of affected organization

Roznama Mashriq

Other affected organizations

No other Organization affected

Action by

Usman Khan

City

Haripur

Province

KhyberPakhtunKhuwa

Designation

Reporter

Professional category

Journalist

Age of victim

38

Marital Status

Married

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:

FIR Details: FIR Number:778/22

Police station of FIR: City police station Haripur

Name of complainant: Waqar Ali

Name of accused in FIR: Usman Khan

Court Details

Was case investigated ?: Case is under investigation

Court where case was presented: Case is under investigation

Name of prosecuting lawyer: Case is under investigation

Date of first court hearing:

Date of last court hearing:

Status of court case: Case is under investigation

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

Editor of daily Aaj, Arshad Swati told PPF that Waqar informed the entire situation to him, the organization wrote a letter to DPO Haripur to provide safety to their correspondent.

Press Club Status

Press club 1: Not required to contact

Press club 2: N/A

Press club 3: N/A