The Karachi and Lahore press clubs have placed a temporary ban on the entry of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders in their premises following the alleged assault of a journalist at the hands of a local leader of the ruling party, it emerged on Wednesday.
I want to condemn the violent reaction of PTI Leader Mansur Sial during a TV program when he beat up journalist Imtiaz Khan Farhan. This kind of behaviour is unacceptable in PTI and is totally unworthy of a PTI Leader. Strict disciplinary action will be taken against Mansur.
— Naeem ul Haque (@naeemul_haque) June 25, 2019
A video had gone viral over the weekend of Masroor Ali Sial, a leader of PTI Sindh, entering into an argument with Karachi Press Club (KPC) President Imtiaz Khan Faran during the taping of a talk show at a private TV channel.
Sial, who was seated next to Faran, is then seen standing up and shoving the KPC president off his seat and later hitting him. The scuffle is stopped with the intervention of the channel’s management.
Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Political Affairs Naeemul Haque in an early Wednesday tweet condemned the “violent reaction” of Sial, saying “This kind of behaviour is unacceptable in PTI and is totally unworthy of a PTI Leader.” He announced that “strict disciplinary action” will be taken against Masroor.
