Police on Wednesday baton-charged and tear-gassed journalists protesting against emergency rule in Faisalabad, leaving 10 injured, witnesses and officials said. Two of them were seriously hurt and a number were arrested.
Some 150 journalists wanted to rally outside the city's press club against strict media curbs under the state of emergency when police took action. "Police fired tear gas shells and mercilessly baton-charged journalists," Muhammad Yusuf, a senior member of the Faisalabad Union of Journalists, said.
He told AFP a tear gas shell hit a woman on the back, while another journalist received multiple injuries because of the baton charging. A local police official said a few reporters were arrested. He did not give a figure, but Yusuf said 16 had been taken into custody.
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