Another incidence of growing intolerance came to fore in Gwadar on Sunday where Power Play host Arshad Sharif thrashed broadcast journalist Siddique Jan.
Sources told News360 that Arshad Sharif and Siddique Jan were present in Gwadar for the opening ceremony of China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Phase II. The incident took place in the dining hall of a hotel on Sunday afternoon.
According to senior anchorperson Asadullah Khan, Arshad Sharif had reached Gwadar on Saturday while Siddique Jan reached the port city on Sunday.
Pre-planned attacked on @SdqJaan by Arshad Sharif and his goons.
Complete details via @AUKhanOfficial#ArrestArshadSharif#IStandWithSiddiqueJaan pic.twitter.com/ZtHVYF51Fk
— ℍ (@PTI_Lion26) July 4, 2021
Asadullah Khan said that Arshad Sharif was of the view that being a senior journalist, it was only his right to cover the event.
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ARY News anchorperson had also dissented Siddique Jan’s presence in the dining hall. However, the hotel management intervened, and the YouTuber remained present there.
Asadullah Khan told in the video that when Siddique Jan got up after having lunch with Amir Mateen and Adeel Warraich, ARY News anchorperson Arshad Sharif also left his chair on the adjacent table.
He and his accomplices showered Siddique with punches and kicks and the victim’s cellphone also got broken in the assault.
Reflecting on the past, Asadullah told in his video that Arshad Sharif had tried to implicate the broadcast journalist in the suicide case of Ali Salman Alvi’s wife. Arshad Sharif and Siddique Jan had traded brickbats on Twitter over the sensitive matter.