Pakistan police assault journalists at Islamabad press club amid POK protests

Pakistani police stormed the National Press Club in Islamabad and assaulted journalists and protesters who were agitating against the alleged atrocities and the ongoing internet blackout in violence-hit Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK). As the development triggered widespread outrage across Pakistan, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi ordered a probe into the incident.

Visuals showed police assaulting journalists with batons and destroying media equipment, inviting condemnation from human rights groups and media organisations.

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