Attack on the media that came to cover women and transgenders
Islamabad: The participants of Aurat March tortured the journalists as a result of which several people including a female journalist were injured.
Organized by Aurat March, a march was organized in front of Press Club Islamabad in which women from different fields participated. The participants also raised slogans for women’s rights.
The participants tried to reach D Chowk by going ahead of the route fixed by the administration and the women came forward and removed the barbed wire.
They raised slogans that it is our right to protest on the road. The police stopped the protestors and there was a bitter exchange between the police officials and the protestors.
The protesters started shouting slogans against the Islamabad Police.
At the same time, the participants of Awart March also tortured the journalists who were covering it, as a result of which a female journalist and a cameraman of a private TV channel were injured. Women and transgenders attacked the media for coverage. Journalists boycotted the women’s march.
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