Twitterati strongly condemn terrorists as #DunyaUnderAttack
Dunya News Faisalabad bureau was attacked by terrorists claiming to be from ISIS
LAHORE: (Web Desk, Dunya News) – Twitterati on Friday pledged complete support to Dunya News as its Faisalabad bureau office was attacked by terrorists claiming to be from ISIS (Daulat Islamia Khurasan).
According to details, unidentified men threw grenades on Dunya News bureau office in Faisalabad and threw pamphlets carrying the name of ISIS. A pamphlet thus read in Urdu:
“Daulat Islamia Khurasan accepts the responsibility for the attack on Dunya News. We will continue to attack tyrannical rulers, their forces and their facilitators (media etc)”. The pamphlet cautions Ahlus-Sunnah people to stay away from these targets.
Twitterati were quick to condemn the attacks and said that they stood firm with Dunya News and the media overall. They said that the terrorists want to silence the media in Pakistan but the nation s resolve to fight terrorism remains undeterred despite the cowardly attacks.
I strongly condemn that coward attack!! #DunyaUnderAttack
— Salwa Ghaffar (@salwawrites) November 20, 2015
Renowned TV anchor and columnist Hamid Mir condemned the attack, saying that it was another attempt to harass the media
Another act of harassing media.I strongly condemn grenade attack on the office of Dunya TV in Faisalabad 2 injured
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirGEO) November 20, 2015
Neesha Chohan said that entire Islam was under attack.
#DunyaUnderAttack not only dunya news but the whole whole dunya of Islam is under attack
— Neesha Chohan (@ChohanNeesha) November 20, 2015
Humayun Saeed Khan said that it was an attack on voice of truth and patriotism.
Strongly Condemn attack on @DunyaNews . Attack on voice of truth and patriotism.we r with u. #DunyaUnderAttack
— Humayun Saeed Khan (@HumayunSaeedKh1) November 20, 2015
Shaheryar called for freedom of media, equating freedom of media to the stability of democracy.
i condemn the attack @DunyaNews let #media be free..........#keep #democracy intact..
— M.SHAHERYAR (@97_SHAHERYAR) November 20, 2015
Azim Ikram Zai said that crackers can t frighten Dunya News.
#DunyaUnderAttack You think that @DunyaNews would be frightened of crackers?? GO GET A LIFE Terrorists & We Wont stop till the last breath
— azim ikram zai (@quintocent) November 20, 2015
Wani Absar said that media is a pillar of democracy and an attack on media is an attack on democracy.
Media is considered as pillar of democracy I personally believe it is a cowardly attack on pillar of democracy @DunyaNews #DunyaUnderAttack
— Wani Absar (@absar700) November 20, 2015
People were really worried about their beloved Dunya News hosts.
Is my #azizi & #hasbehaal team all right? :( #dunyaunderattack
— Jishan Sidhu (@sidhujishan) November 20, 2015
Another one asked for the safety of Dunya News cricket show Cricket Deewangi
@ZAbbasOfficial Whoa! Are you all ok? Someone attacked @DunyaNews
— Adil Momin (@adilmomin786) November 20, 2015
Sadia said that it was a shameful act. She called for the freedom of Pakistani media.
@DunyaNews .. # Dunyaunderattack... Shameful act and let be Pakistani media be free media ..
— Mystical Thought (@SAdia1308) November 20, 2015
Pakistani media has seen such tough days in the past. However, the support for the freedom of media has remained firm throughout and even today this Hash-Tag #DunyaUnderAttack kept trending in Pakistan with hundreds of Tweeps condemning the attack and voicing their support for Dunya News and free media.
