Abdul Rehman Afridi, editor of Daily Sitara in the Pakistan city of Jacobabad in Sindh province, was beaten up by a gang for publishing stories about alleged mismanagement in the distribution of flood relief by the district government.
Afridi claims his beating was at the hands of supporters of Mir Aijaz Hussain Khan Jakhrani, the federal minister for sports.
According to press reports, Jakhrani arrived at the newspaper's office with five men and, after threatening Afridi, they attacked him with wooden sticks. He was treated in hospital for injuries to his arms, shoulder, back and legs.
Source: IFEX
