Mehmood Mirza – Pakistan Freedom of Expression Monitor http://pakistanfoemonitor.org News with beliefs, thoughts, ideas, and emotions Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:15:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 216189435 Thrashed : PFUJ, RIUJ condemn attack on journalist http://pakistanfoemonitor.org/thrashed-pfuj-riuj-condemn-attack-on-journalist/ Sun, 09 Mar 2014 08:05:53 +0000 http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/?p=75597 Continue reading "Thrashed : PFUJ, RIUJ condemn attack on journalist"

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The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the thrashing and torturing of a Mirpur-based journalist, allegedly done by workers of a political party.

Mehmood Mirza, the editor of an Urdu daily, was allegedly attacked and dragged out of his office in Mirpur by workers of a political party after they stormed the newspaper’s office.

The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists also condemned the incident.

Express Tribune

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