A journalist Zubair Anjum was purportedly picked up from his residence in Karachi’s Model Colony area, it emerged on Tuesday.
Zubair Anjum is associated with Geo News.
According to residents of Anjum’s neighbourhood, two police vans and double-cabin vehicles arrived at his house near the Model Colony intersection and took him away, Geo News claimed.
The report also quoted Anjum’s brother, Wajahat, as saying that officials entered their home “wielding firearms” and that family members were also manhandled.
“They asked for Zubair bhai and took him away at gunpoint. They also took along his mobile phone,” the report added.
Wajahat said that officials also seized the digital video recorder (DVR) of the CCTV installed in Anjum’s neighbourhood.
“The police did not give any reason for the arrest. They did not even let him wear his slippers. We repeatedly kept asking what the matter was,” Wajahat said.
Saadat Ali, another sibling of the journalist, told Dawn.com that some men in plainclothes and others wearing police uniforms entered their home at around 1am.
He said that some of the men were carrying guns and had their masks on, adding that they seemed to be in a “hurry” and forcibly took his brother away.
