Case registered against FC guard for slapping female reporter in Karachi
Gulbahar police have registered a case against the FC personnel.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Police have booked the Frontier Constabulary (FC) man for thrashing a female journalist at National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office in Karachi’s Liaquatabad area.
Saima Kanwal, an anchor with K-21 channel in Pakistan was doing a live report on problems faced by citizens at Nadra registration office, when a Frontier Constabulary (FC) trooper deployed as a guard, tried to stop her.
He first tried to stop the cameraman from shooting, but when Kanwal diverted the camera on him for attacking the media, he slapped her.
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"Gulbahar police have registered a case against the FC personnel over charges of conducting aerial firing and assaulting modesty of the female reporter of K-21 TV channel by slapping her," SSP Central Muqadas Hyder told the media.
The female journalist also posted video footage of discarded bullet shells following the incident.
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On the other hand, Nadra officials had also submitted an application for lodging a counter FIR against the TV channel employee for creating "hindrances in official work".
