Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif defended the guard responsible for the attack on SAMAA TV cameraman Wajid Ali outside parliament on Monday.<\/p>\n

The PML-N Quaid, who was apologetic before, put the entire blame on the\u00a0cameraman\u00a0while he\u00a0spoke to media inside the accountability court chamber on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He said that his guard, identified as Shakoor, was in front of him and he was moving people away from him. “I was watching him. He pushed the cameraman. However, he [cameraman] hit Shakoor on the forehead with his camera after which he was injured,” he said.<\/p>\n

The journalists’ community said that cameramen can never do that as they hold their\u00a0cameras to be extremely precious. Others pointed out that no one saw the injury on Shakoor’s forehead, adding that there was no medical report either.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Nawaz’s statements are in complete contradiction to what he said before. He remarked: “I assure you that such actions will not be held in future.”\u00a0The PML-N Quaid has taken notice of the attack. \u201cI condemn the attack on Wajid Ali,\u201d he said, adding that he was quite saddened by it. I ordered his treatment when I got to know about it, Nawaz said. \u201cI respect the journalists\u2019 community a lot,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Was Nawaz there or not?<\/p>\n

Nawaz’s statements have created confusion as to if he were present when the attacked occurred or not. On Monday,\u00a0PML-N leader\u00a0Marriyum Aurangzeb remarked that Nawaz was not present when the attack occurred. However, Nawaz portrayed himself to be an eye-witness.<\/p>\n

She remarked that Nawaz had left parliament when the incident happened, adding that he found out about it later.\u00a0“Nawaz himself called me and informed me about it.” She said that\u00a0strict action will be taken against the guard.<\/p>\n

Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan remarked that the country knows about Nawaz’s attitude and behaviour. “His guard took down a cameraman like a wrestler and rather than firing him, Nawaz has jumped in for his defence,” he said.\u00a0He is stubborn on this issue like he has been on other issues.<\/p>\n

Railways Minister\u00a0Sheikh Rasheed said that chief justice should take notice of the attack. He remarked that a case should be registered against Nawaz too. Rasheed was speaking to media outside Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad.<\/p>\n

The attack<\/p>\n

SAMAA TV cameraman Wajid Ali was left unconscious after being attacked by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif\u2019s bodyguards outside parliament on Monday. His condition is said to be stable now.<\/p>\n

Ali was making footage of Nawaz Sharif while he was leaving parliament.\u00a0His camera hit the shoulder of Nawaz\u2019s chief security officer by mistake. The enraged security officer ordered his subordinates to \u201cget that boy and teach him a lesson\u201d. The security guards pushed Wajid Ali on the ground and one kicked his skull. The cameraman fell unconscious with blood dripping from his nose and mouth. The disqualified prime minister didn\u2019t notice it and left in his vehicle without his security protocol.<\/p>\n

The enraged security officer ordered his subordinates to \u201cget that boy and teach him a lesson\u201d. The security guards pushed Wajid Ali on the ground and one kicked his skull. The cameraman fell unconscious with blood dripping from his nose and mouth.<\/p>\n

A case has been registered against three security guards under sections 355 (assault with intent to dishonour a person) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860. Two security guards have been taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Samaa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif defended the guard responsible for the attack on SAMAA TV cameraman Wajid Ali outside parliament on Monday. The PML-N Quaid, who was apologetic before, put the entire blame on the cameraman while he spoke to media inside the accountability court chamber on Tuesday. He said that his guard, identified as Shakoor, was in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[4,328,123,3038,88],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}