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FN condemns attack on Hum News reporter in Bajaur

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FN condemns attack on Hum News reporter in Bajaur

ISLAMABAD—Freedom Network (FN) has condemned an attack in Bajaur on Hum News reporter Sajjad Karwan that left him critically injured.

The network said the assailants attacked the journalist with knives while he reported on the region’s sugar shortage.

FN has called for the immediate arrest of the attackers and demanded they be punished according to the law.

 

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