{"id":8227,"date":"2019-12-07T16:08:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T11:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pakistanpressfoundation.org\/?p=97234"},"modified":"2019-12-07T16:08:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T11:08:22","slug":"dawns-islamabad-bureau-besieged-by-protesters-for-the-second-time-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/dawns-islamabad-bureau-besieged-by-protesters-for-the-second-time-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawn\u2019s Islamabad bureau besieged by protesters for the second time this week"},"content":{"rendered":"
Protesters on Friday besieged\u00a0Dawn’s<\/em>\u00a0Islamabad bureau \u2014 the second time this week \u2014 and chanted slogans against the media group and set copies of the newspaper on fire.<\/p>\n
Nearly 100 people who had arrived in vans gathered outside the newspaper’s office. Police arrived at the scene but the protesters dispersed on their own after about 40 minutes.<\/p>\n
“Yet another orchestrated demo against\u00a0Dawn<\/em>\u00a0outside its office in Islamabad,” tweeted\u00a0Dawn<\/em>\u00a0Editor Zaffar Abbas. “Same lot, threatening tone, bigger in number & have blocked entrance. We have informed police & have told them it\u2019s their duty to protect our staff & property. Let\u2019s hope someone from govt will intervene!!”<\/p>\n
“They have just dispersed after burning some copies of\u00a0Dawn<\/em>,” Abbas said. “Everyone has a right to protest as long as they are not violent.”<\/p>\n
The International Press Institute (IPI), in a statement, condemned the “threatening demonstrations”, saying: “Dawn<\/em>\u00a0is a bastion of independent journalism and Pakistan must guarantee the safety of its journalists.”<\/p>\n