{"id":52031,"date":"2024-10-10T20:45:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=52031"},"modified":"2024-10-10T20:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:45:13","slug":"youtuber-agha-sheikh-sarwar-kidnapped-for-covering-pti-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/youtuber-agha-sheikh-sarwar-kidnapped-for-covering-pti-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber Agha Sheikh Sarwar Kidnapped for \u2018covering PTI Protests\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: YouTuber Agha Sheikh Sarwar was allegedly abducted by agency officials from his house for live coverage of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ptis-azam-swati-arrested-by-islamabad-police-last-night\/\">PTI<\/a>) protest at Islamabad&#8217;s D Chowk.<\/p>\n<p>Imran Khan\u2019s party members rallied in Islamabad to push for the release of the incarcerated leader who remained behind bars for more than a year, facing a plethora of cases including sedition, attempted murder, and inciting rebellion.<\/p>\n<p>Agha Sarwar is a garden supporter of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/imran-khan-kp-cm-gandapur-booked-in-case-over-police-constables-death\/\">Imran Khan<\/a>. Covered the protest and now the YouTuber has been taken to an undisclosed location along with PTI activist Umar Malik.<\/p>\n<p>The PTI lamented the lawlessness and alleged that when Agha&#8217;s father and mother resisted, they were also attacked. The officials of the agencies vandalized the doors and other furniture of the house.<\/p>\n<p>The incident raises concerns about freedom of expression and the safety of media personnel in the country, especially during politically charged events.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are yet to release details about the circumstances of Sarwar&#8217;s abduction. The incident is expected to spark further outrage and demands for accountability among civil rights groups and media organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: YouTuber Agha Sheikh Sarwar was allegedly abducted by agency officials from his house for live coverage of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest at Islamabad&#8217;s D Chowk. Imran Khan\u2019s party members rallied in Islamabad to push for the release of the incarcerated leader who remained behind bars for more than a year, facing a plethora [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":52032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22870,103,194],"class_list":["post-52031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-agha-sheikh-sarwar","tag-imran-khan","tag-pti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52033,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52031\/revisions\/52033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}