Pak forces attempt to abduct journalist Taha Siddiqui working for Indian news channel; luckily escapes

Islamabad, January 10: A Pakistan-based journalist named Taha Siddiqui on Wednesday morning luckily escaped after few armed men tried to abduct him when he was travelling to the airport.

 

Besides providing safe haven to terrorist groups, Pakistani security forces and as well as government are well known for violating human rights against their own citizens. Earlier, social activists, local politicians and leaders of PoK and restive provinces including Balochistan and Sindh fighting against the rogue regime of Islamabad have blamed forces for abducting and killing peoples who are against them. But now Pakistani forces are abducting journalists too, Shocking! Isn’ it. Yes, that’s true.

Notably, a Pakistan-based journalist named Taha Siddiqui who is the Pakistan Bureau chief of an Indian news channel was today fortunate enough to narrowly escape from the possession of armed forces after they tried to abduct him when he was travelling to the airport.

Sharing it on the twitter, Taha Siddiqui informed that while he was travelling to the airport, when 10-12 armed men stopped the car and tried to abduct him. In a tweet posted by Siddiqui, he wrote: "This is Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) using Cyrils a/c. I was on my way to airport today at 8:20am whn 10-12 armed men stopped my cab & forcibly tried to abduct me. I managed to escape. Safe and with police now. Looking for support in any way possible #StopEnforcedDisappearances"

On the other side, another journalist named Asad Hashim joined Taha Siddiqui said on twitter that he was beaten black and blue by the men and his belongings were taken away. He wrote on Twitter, "With @TahaSSiddiqui right now. It is a miracle that he escaped. He was beaten, threatened with death and his belongings taken.This is unacceptable. Journalism is not a crime."

However, Taha Siddiqui is now safe with the police and soon going to attend Press conference where he will describe whole thing that he faced today. Posting another tweet Taha said, “I m headed to Islamabad Press Club to do presser abt wht happened to me today morning. Pls cover. Registered case at Koral Police Station. Finally reconnected on social media & got new phone. Thank u all for support. I shall not b silenced. Pls reshare #StopEnforcedDisappearances”.

The Nation's Press Freedom Index in the report states that Pakistan is consistently ranked low in the index. It is currently ranked 139 out of 180 countries.