Pakistan - CPJ demands full security for Faheem Siddiqui

The Community to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned Geo News Karachi Bureau Chief Faheem Ahmed Siddiqui’s kidnapping and torture and demanded full security for him.

In a statement issued from New York, the CPJ’s Asia Coordinator, Bob Dietz expressed sympathy and good sentiments for Faheem Siddiqui and demanded of the government of Pakistan and concerned institutions to ensure him security and bring to justice the culprits involved in the abduction after thorough investigation.

Faheem Siddiqui was kidnapped on his way to work on Saturday by men in plain clothes and police uniforms. He was bound and gagged, assaulted, his property taken away and was left tied up in Manghopir.

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