Federal Human Rights Minister Shirin Mazari flew into a rage after the USembassy in a tweet condemned an attack on an Islamabad-based journalist,Asad Ali Toor, by unknown assailants.
Human Rights Minister Mizari tweeted on Thursday that the US should alsocondemn the Indian government’s attacks on journalists in Indian-occupiedKashmir and demanded action against the perpetrators. If this statement isto have credibility then we need to see its applicability worldwide by theUS government, she said in her tweet link.
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry in his tweetlink on Wednesday condemned the assault onjournalist Asad Ali Toor and said that the SSP Islamabad had been directedto probe the attack and bring the perpetrators to justice.
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Upon Fawad’s tweet link, the US Embassylink tweeted on Wednesday sayingthat attacks against journalists can never be tolerated. We urgeaccountability for all crimes against journalists and advocate for thesafety of media workers worldwide, the embassy said.
