ISLAMABAD- A Pakistani journalist was assaulted by 10-12 armed men onWednesday and escaped an enforced abduction attempt.

The news was shared by Siddique himself afterward using the twitter accountof Dawn News correspondent Cyril Almeida.

Taha Siddique, Bureau Chief of online news website World Is One News andthe country correspondent of France 24/7, was on his way to the airportwhen he was stopped by the assaulters. The journalist was beaten andthreatened with death. Assaulters took all his belongings including hislaptop, mobile phone and other documents of importance.

According to the sources close to Taha, the journalist was on his way tothe United Kingdom for a work-related tour. Siddique was working on aproject and had all the data related to the project with him when he wasattacked.

After Siddiqui posted his message on Twitter, messages of support fromjournalists started pouring in.

“Journalist community must condemn the kidnapping attempt of Taha Siddiquiwith full unity, no compromise on harassment of media,” wrote Hamid Mir.