Ding-dong battle

IN Media Watch Briefs | 10/11/2007

For the press in Pakistan it is now a daily ding-dong battle with the state police.

On Saturday afternoon local police raided the Peshawar Press Club in their bid to arrest the Pakistan People¿s Party provincial president who was addressing a press conference. The police were evicted by the journalists, following which the cops surrounded the press club. The journalists here are now wearing black armbands.

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