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1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
2. Protestors vandalize media group’s head office
What’s going on? On Sunday, a group of protestors reportedly vandalized the head office of Geo News/Jang Group in Karachi. They were angry about some comments on a TV program that aired on Geo News.
The details: Geo News Managing Director, Azhar Abbas, said protestors beat their cameraman and staff. Journalist Zebunissa Burki wrote that police “looked on” while protestors attacked the Geo/Jang office. According to Geo News Karachi Bureau Chief, Faheem Siddiqui, protestors rammed through the main gate, broke windows, and beat up staff members in the building.
Tell me more: The controversy started when Irshad Bhatti, host of the comedy and satire program, Khabarnaak,
Looking ahead: Sindh Information Minister, Nasir Hussain Shah, condemned the violence, and promised to investigate the incident. Sindh Chief Minister, Murad Ali Shah, took notice of the incident, spoke to Abbas, and said he will ask for a detailed police report.
The bottom line: The protest was apparently announced in advance, so it wasn’t unexpected.People speaking out against the protest are wondering why police and the Sindh govt weren’t prepared. Some people are also criticizing law enforcement officials for failing to control the protest, which got seriously out of hand.
3. Fire at the polls
On Sunday, a fire erupted at a polling station in Tharparkar, Sindh. The fire took place during a by-election (i.e. an election to fill a vacancy) at the NA-221 constituency. Tharparkar police said the “accidental fire” damaged some ballot papers and other material. The police didn’t specify what caused the fire, but denied media reports about three people being arrested for starting the fire on purpose. However, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) believes the “opponent group” started the fire.The damaged ballot papers were reportedly replaced quickly, and the polling process continued. Competing candidates for the constituency are Nizam-ud-Din Rahimoon from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, and Ameer Ali Shah from PPP.
4. Stray dogs poisoned in Rawalpindi
As a part of the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board’s (RCB) dog culling/removal initiative,
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