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| DawnNews program team attacked during student protest coverage |
| 2011-12-04 |
| [Dawn] The authorities at the Board of Intermediate Education Bloody Karachi on Saturday attacked the team of 'Khabardar', a program on DawnNews, and threatened them with 'serious' consequences for covering a student protest, DawnNews reported. They also tried to damage the team's camera, the network said. The team of 'Khabardar' was covering a protest of Intermediate students against what the students called the 'bias' and 'misappropriation' in their examination results. When Khabardar's team reached the Bloody Karachi Board Office, armed individuals beat the host Jamil Farooqi, cameraman Haider Ali and producer Zahid Thebo and used inappropriate language along with threatening to kill them. The gunnies tried to stop the protest by tearing the protestors' banners. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... the program's team continued to cover the demonstration. |
| Posted by:Fred |