Jameel Farooqui’s arrest: Matiullah Jan asks journalists to stand against violence, injustice
Senior journalist Matiullah Jan has denounced the arrest and alleged torture of anchorperson and popular YouTuber Jameel Farooqui.
Senior journalist Matiullah Jan has denounced the arrest and alleged torture of anchorperson and popular YouTuber Jameel Farooqui and asked the journalist fraternity to stand against the violence and injustice.
Anchorperson and Youtuber Jameel Farooqui was ‘arrested’ from Karachi for making false allegations against Islamabad police for torturing and sexually assaulting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Shahbaz Gill.
Matiullah Jan wrote on Twitter, “How long will we [journalists] continue to laugh at seeing each other being beaten. The video of violence in the custody of the police from above is an insult to humanity. Humiliation of humanity is condemnable in all circumstances.”
ہم لوگ کب تک ایک دوسرے کو پٹتا دیکھ کر ہنستےرہینگے، ایک تو تشدد اوپر سے پولیس کی تحویل میں ویڈیو یہ سب انسانیت کی تذلیل ہے، عمران خان کے دور میں ہم صحافیوں نے جس تشدد اور جبر کا سامنا کیا اسکو اب تو روکنا ہو گا، انسانیت کی تذلیل ہر حال میں قابل مذمت ہے#IStandWithJameelFarooqui https://t.co/idHtRoRUGU
— Matiullah Jan (@Matiullahjan919) August 22, 2022
He was commenting on another journalist, Waseem Abbasi’s tweet, saying, “It is condemnable if Jameel Farooqui has been slapped. They should dealt him according to law. I still remember how Ahmad Noorani was beaten up and Umar Cheema was brutally tortured, similarly Matiullah was kidnapped and beaten. They showed bravery.”
جمیل فاروقئ کو تھپڑ مارے گئے ہیں تو قابل مذمت ہے۔ ان کے ساتھ قانون کے مطابق ڈیل کرنا چاہیے
مجھے آج بھی یاد ہے جیسے احمد نورانئ کو ادھ موا کر کے اور عمر چیمہ کو بیہمانہ ٹارچر کیا گیا تھا اسی طرح مطیع اللہ کو اغوا کرکے مار پیٹ ہوئی ۔انہوں نے بہادری دکھائی۔— Waseem Abbasi (@Wabbasi007) August 22, 2022
Case number 701/22 is registered against Jameel Farooqui in Islamabad’s Ramna Police Station for making false allegations against the Capital Police.
According to the Islamabad Police, the YouTuber had falsely accused the Islamabad Capital Police in his V-log that the accused Shehbaz Gill had been physically and sexually assaulted by the police.
Islamabad Capital Police had indicated action against those making inflammatory, fabricated and false allegations.
Yesterday, the Karachi district and sessions court granted the Islamabad police a three-day transitory remand of Farooqui.
