By Sardar Sikander Shaheen
ISLAMABAD: Journalists boycotted the coverage of the Senate, on the maiden day of its 352nd session on Tuesday, in protest to alleged police brutality against two journalists in Rawalpindi.
In this connection, the media persons staged a walkout from the Senate press gallery soon after the House’s proceedings began in the afternoon.
Senators including Irfan Siddiqui and Nasir Mehmood from Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), and Faisal Rahman from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) met the boycotting journalists in the press lounge of the Parliament House, urging the reporters to end their protest.
The media persons conveyed to the lawmakers that two journalists were subjected to brutality and unlawful detention by the officials of New Town Police Station in Rawalpindi in a recent instance. The reporters demanded strict action against the officials concerned at the said police station.
Siddiqui from PML-N assured the protesting journalists that the matter would be taken up on the floor of the Senate,