Daily Times

A renowned civil activist, lawyer and independent candidate for forthcoming general elections from NA-247 and PS-111, Jibran Nasir was thrashed by the police and taken to Frere police station on Monday.

“I was beaten up by policemen escorting a judge in Karachi,” Jibran claimed.

According to Jibran Nasir, he was assaulted for not making way for a VIP guarded by police protocol. “They have torn my clothes and hit me,” Nasir says in cell phone video he made while being taken to the police station.

He was taken into custody near Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday after he allegedly attempted to block the vehicle of a senior member of the judiciary.

While addressing the media inside the police station, Nasir addressed the SHO and confronted him about assaulting and arresting citizens without them being at fault. “If I am a criminal then an FIR should be filed,” he said.

According to Jibran, the protocol belonged to Justice Faisal Kamal who later ordered to discharge him after getting to know his name.

Upon an inquisition on whether the advocate came to the station himself instead of getting dragged by security, he stated that CCTV cameras installed on the location of where the incident occurred will prove who is speaking the truth and who is not. He further added: “If I am proven a liar, then I will back out from the general election race.”

Published in Daily Times, July 3^rd 2018.