Threat (Pakistan)
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8
Apr
2019
Fatwa urging journalist killings issued
Taj Mohammad Wazeer, the former leader of JI and members of Pakistan’s National Assembly, made the announcement at a political rally attended by hundreds of people in South Warizistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to reports, Taj announced the fatwa at the protest saying: “The media has not come to cover this protest because it is against of the government and the army. Snatch the cameras, mobiles and all other devices from them and declare jihad against them” He went on to say that he ordered journalists in Wana to be killed and that he would take responsibility for this action.
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13
Mar
2019
Rana Azeem receives death threats
Some banned non state actors has once again issued threats for speaking against them. The law enforcement agencies has issued a list of threats and warning based on their information which bears the names of PFUJ Secretary General Rana Muhammad Azeem along with a couple of other senior journalists while a bomb threats are unearthed to the Lahore Press Club. Rana Aeem had been warned by the agencies to take care while moving around the city. As a matter of fact the law enforcement agencies had evacuated the Lahore Press Club building, day before yesterday, after suspecting a serious threat from the militants.
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8
Jun
2017
Rana Tanveer
Rana Tanveer, senior reporter with the Express Tribune newspaper, said that he found his home vandalized and the door painted with a threat that reads, “Qadiani nawaz Rana Tanveer kafir wajib ul qatl, (Qadiani supporter Rana Tanveer is an unbeliever who deserves to be killed)”. His landlord had also received calls from unknown numbers asking to evict him calling him an ‘enemy of Islam’. Qadiani is a derogatory term for Ahmadi, a minority Muslim community, which faces discrimination and attacks as militants consider them a heretical sect. Tanveer has passionately covered issues relating to religious minorities and human rights. The journalist has reported the threats to the police, but claims that the police has shown little interest and has not even registered the case.