 The Bajaur Agency political administration on Saturday arrested Daily Times Peshawar Bureau Chief Iqbal Khattak and BBC correspondent Haroon Rashid from the agency’s regional headquarters Khar for reporting the situation in the tribal area.
That's funny. Yesterday Haroon was an MNA, today he's a Beeb agent reporter. Different Haroons? Or is the MNA moonlighting, quoting himself to Beebs? |
The two journalists were released after being detained for two hours. Mr Khattak and Mr Rashid were arrested taking photographs of paramilitary soldiers in the main bazaar of the area. The two journalists were taken to the office of Bajaur Agency political administrator Fahim Wazir who reportedly used indecent language with them. Fahim also threatened Khattak and Rashid and warned them not to enter the tribal areas without permission.
| Makes you wonder what they're hiding, doesn't it? |
He also refused to allow the journalists to file their story and said that he be shown what they were going to report in advance. Khattak and Rashid refused to comply. |