Multan: A threatening poster pasted on the boundary wall of Multan Press Club (MPC) hurled the warning of serious consequences to the media, stirring serious concerns among the journalism fraternity here on Friday.

The MPC administration suspected that some unidentified miscreants pasted the threatening poster on the boundary wall in wee hours of Friday at around 3:30am. “One of our servants chased them but they managed to escape,” confirmed Shakil Anjum, newly-elected President of Multan Press Club. He disclosed that the poster contained a threatening message from the miscreants, claiming to hit the MPC, CPO and RPO offices at any time.

The threatening poster sent a wave of panic among the journalist community of Multan and the police beefed up security following the incident. “Keeping in mind the prevailing law and order situation, we cannot take this threat for granted,” said Shakil Anjum. He said that the journalists of Multan were not afraid of such tactics of the terrorists or miscreants, adding that it could be a practical joke but the police had still increased security and vigilance at the club.

It may not be out of place to mention here that some miscreants had displayed threatening poster at the door of Pilot Secondary School Nawan Shehr which caused panic among the students and parents.

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The journalists also criticised discontinuation of Geo News at some cable networks despite Supreme Court of Pakistan orders.

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists had made a countrywide appeal to observe the black against the imposition of martial law and destruction of democratic institutions on July 5, 1977, by former president General Ziaul Haq.

The journalists condemned black laws against freedom of press and demanded repeal of such laws. They demanded freedom of Press and media and protection of journalists at all levels.

The South Punjab PPP office-bearers Malik Amir Dogar, Khawaja Rizwan Allam, Khurshid Ahmed Khan, traders representative Khalid Qureshi took part in the demonstration.

Senior journalists and former president Multan Press Club Rana Pervez Hamid, Multan Press Club caretaker Raziuddin Razi, Rao Asad, Sajjad Khokhar, Mazhar Khan and Nadeem shah also took a part in the demonstration.

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MULTAN: Central President of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has said that journalists are less secured than politicians and their lives are in danger, adding the government should take measures to protect their lives.

He was talking to the media men where they observed hunger strike at the call of PFUJ in front of Multan Press Club (MPC).

Javed Hashmi expressed solidarity with the journalists and said PTI never supported the terrorists nor favoured the terrorism.

However, PTI stressed the need for talk to the Taliban but Present regime deliberately delayed the talk consequently we had to suffer great loss.

He vehemently condemned the massacre of Shiites and said that sectarianism was being fanned openly with the connivance of the rulers.

To a question, Javed Hashmi said PML-N was governing the country like a dictator and it was not ready to revive the local bodies’ institutions and holding local councils elections in the Punjab. He said the government got delayed the polls.

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