The Committee to Protect Journalists has called for an “immediate and impartial investigation” into an attack on Zahid Shareef Rana, a Pakistani journalist who was allegedly targeted for a report on political associates and relatives of a legislator linked to Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaaf party.
Rana told CPJ that he was attacked on Sunday by 10 men who he alleged were relatives and associates of Ameer Muhammad Khan, an assembly legislator from Punjab province. This came after Rana, who is a reporter for the newspaper Daily Ausaf, shared a report on his Facebook page alleging that Khan’s family members and associates were involved in criminal activities. Rana said that in response to his report, police raided the home of one of Khan’s close political associates.
