Sadaf Naeem, a reporter for Channel 5 who was covering the PTI’s long march, was fatally injured in an accident on Sunday near Sadhoke.
The container driven by PTI Chairman Imran Khan reportedly ran over the reporter, according to Channel 5. Naeem reportedly fell from the container before being run over by the car, according to the media source.
Fawad Chaudhry, the leader of the PTI, confirmed the news, adding that a female member of the media had been slain and that Imran had exited the car to investigate the event while also calling Rescue 1122.
Prior to the channel’s confirmation, he remarked, “We are not 100% positive about the identity but the reports are really negative.
Fawad urged the public to exercise cautious when passing Imran’s container and added that all participants’ lives were “valuable and respected.”
The PTI cancelled its plans for today in response to the tragedy.
Imran quickly sent the reporter’s family his sympathy.
“I regret to inform you that today’s march has been postponed owing to an accident.
In a brief speech to his audience, he stated, “We pray for the persistence and fortitude of the woman’s family to bear with the sorrow.
The death was lamented by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who said he was “very pained” by the occurrence.
PM Shehbaz expressed his condolences to her family and hailed Naeem as a “dynamic and diligent reporter”.
The prime minister announced Rs. 5 million in financial assistance for her family and directed officials to finish the necessary paperwork and transfer the funds to her family without delay.
Marriyum Aurangzeb, the information minister, claimed to have spoken to Naeem’s husband and to have promised that her family will receive every assistance available.
FM Bilawal also called on the Punjab government to fully support Naeem’s family, particularly her children.
In addition to expressing his sorrow over the loss, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari stated that it was the organisers’ duty to make plans to safeguard the security of the general people and journalists at any social or political event.
“PTI organisation is entirely liable for the participants and journalists involved in the long march’s lives and property.”
The Punjab government was also urged by FM Bilawal to provide Naeem’s family, especially her children, with unwavering assistance.
