Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan – Pakistan Freedom of Expression Monitor http://pakistanfoemonitor.org News with beliefs, thoughts, ideas, and emotions Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:54:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 216189435 Another attack on journalist’s house http://pakistanfoemonitor.org/another-attack-on-journalists-house/ http://pakistanfoemonitor.org/another-attack-on-journalists-house/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2014 07:53:34 +0000 http://pakistanfoemonitor.org/?p=3335 Continue reading "Another attack on journalist’s house"

]]> The house of Jamshed Baghwan, Bureau Chief of “Express News” attacked once again in the early morning of April 6, 2014 at around 6:25am in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhuwa province of Pakistan. On March 19, an improvised explosive device (IED) with two kilograms of explosives was found in front of his house which was subsequently defused by the Bomb Disposal.

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan had claimed the responsibility for that while no one has yet claimed the responsibility for the second attack. This is the sixth attack on same media group in 2013-14.

Two masked men riding on a motorcycle threw a hand grenade at the main gate of journalist’s house which went off with a loud bang damaging the main gate of the house. Journalist and his family members remained unhurt.

Pakistan federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) General Secretary Amin Yousuf, Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) President Nisar Mahmood, Peshawar Press Club (PPC) and Crimes and Terrorism Journalists Forum President Javed Aziz Khan condemned the attack on Baghwan and other journalists across the country. They demanded the federal and provincial governments to properly probe the threats and attacks and provide security to the media persons.

PFUJ and KhUJ staged protest demonstration today April 7 at 1 pm outside the Peshawar Press Club.

Pakistan Press Foundation

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]]> PESHAWAR: The Pakistani Taliban have contradicted the media reports about the arrival of their leader Maulana Fazlullah in the tribal areas from Afghanistan and termed it part of the media propaganda against them.

“It is another example of irresponsible media. Some journalists even quoted me confirming to them the arrival of Maulana Fazlullah in Pakistan. Now if we take action against such irresponsible journalists, the entire world would blame us,” remarked Shahidullah Shahid, the spokesman for Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

He said he has never been fond of cricket but was shocked when some journalists quoted him as having threatened them for praising the Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar.

A seemingly angry Shahidullah said he never spoke to any journalist about Maulana Fazlullah arrival in the tribal areas. “What do they want to achieve by behaving irresponsibly? Living in the mountains does not mean that we don’t know what is written and spoken about us in the media,” the TTP spokesman argued.

Talking to The News from an undisclosed location, Shahidullah Shahid insisted that Maulana Fazlullah was still living in Afghanistan, adding that they would like him to stay there.

“These two incidents proved how the media is biased and irresponsible towards the Taliban. Even now I will advise the media to stop this baseless reporting otherwise they would have to be responsible [for the consequences],” the Taliban spokesman warned.

The News

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