Attack on Dawn journalist's home in Umerkot
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 7 May 2020
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A.B. Arisar, a journalist for Dawn, faced a violent attack at his home in Umerkot. Freedom Network condemned the incident and raised concerns about media safety in Sindh.Summary
ISLAMABAD—Freedom Network has expressed serious concern over an attack on Dawn correspondent A.B. Arisar's home in Umerkot in Sindh.
In an alert on Twitter, the network condemned the incident and termed the increase in attacks on journalists in Sindh as alarming.
FN, in its Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2019-20 launched on April 30 had declared Sindh the second most unsafe place for media after Islamabad.
Dawn, while quoting Arisar said that police were informed but they returned axes and hammers used in the attack to the culprits and let them sneak away, adding that the attackers were disciples of a pir who wanted to occupy his house.
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KEY POINTS:
- A.B. Arisar's home attacked in Umerkot, Sindh
- Freedom Network expresses serious concern over journalist safety
- Police reportedly returned tools to attackers without action
- Sindh deemed second most unsafe region for media after Islamabad
- Increased attacks on journalists raise alarm
