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Stage reserved for journalists gives way during PML-N rally in Mingora, many hurt

Fayaz Zafar     |     June 21, 2012     |     News

During the PML-N rally at Grassy Ground, Mingora on Wednesday, the stage reserved for 60 media men gave way under excessive load injuring 7 journalists. The injured journalists included Fayaz Zafar, Sayed Shahab ud Din, Ghafor Khan Adil, Shah Asad Ali, Zubair Ali and Ubaid Ullah Abid. They were rushed to the Saidu Teaching Hospital where they were given medical aid before discharging them.

“We left the stage as a protest after hundreds of supporters climbed over to it; however, we resumed our seats after the ASP City’s assurance. Before long the stage gave way under excessive load injuring seven of us,” one of the injured journalists said.

Author: Fayaz Zafar1474

Fayaz Zafar who hails from Saidu Sharif, Swat is a renown and accredited journalist. In addition to serving as a reporter to "Voice of America, AAJ TV and Daily Mashriq," he also runs successfully zamaswat.com. During the Taliban era where the press was, to a greater degree, silent or showed some fig leaves to hide its nakedness, Fayaz Zafar, at a great risk to his life, was one among the very few who was vocal against the atrocities the Taliban were indulged-in. This earned Fayaz Zafar a high degree of repute as a conscientious journalist. His love for Swat and its people is rightfully depicted in zamaswat.com which he runs precisely to enlighten the people of Swat.

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