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Kashmala Tariq, has always remained one of the very few vigorous and energetic women politicians. With a huge following, Tariq has gone up the ladder of success in Pakistan, while others have only been able to watch.
Kashmala Tariq has recently been appointed as the new Federal Ombudsperson for protection of women against harassment at workplaces , which means she is to sort out all related matters. At her new appointment, a news team from Waqt News, under senior anchor Matiullah Jan went to her office for an interview.
During the interview and after it was over, the Federal Ombudsperson made sure that the anchor and his staff went through an extremely hostile environment. Reason? The interview was NOT planted and Matiullah Jan, the anchor, had other ideas for Kashmala Tariq. Apparently, Kashmala Tariq was expecting questions related to how her work was and general questions on Pakistani women, but Matiullah Jan caught her by surprise when he asked questions about her shady appointment as Ombudsperson.
Footage of @Matiullahjan919 and @Waqtnewstv team being forced back into Ms Kashmala Tariq’s office, as they try to leave. The police, as you can see, seems rather helpless. I think they have been restrained by Ms Kashmala’s staff along with our team. pic.twitter.com/Yt6syDlSkp
— Rameeza Majid Nizami (@RameezaNizami) March 8, 2018
Matiullah Jan questioned her credentials for the post. At this, Kashmala Tariq slowly, but surely, became furious. She was not prepared to give the right answers, and this confused her. At this, during the interview, Kashmala Tariq got up and staged a drama, where she tried to cancel the interview. But, Matiullah Jan being a senior journalist, handled the situation.
Ms Kashmala Tariq was invited to even review the interview, and to see if she found any content objectionable. Yet, she ordered that the team “will not leave with the footage”. On refusal to hand over video, she ordered her staff to attack our team and forcefully take the footage
— Rameeza Majid Nizami (@RameezaNizami) March 8, 2018
However, after the interview was over, Matiullah Jan along with his team, was assaulted, abused and harassed by the Ombudsperson’s employees and staffers, who made sure that the news team paid dividends for their shenanigan against Kashmala Tariq. Later on, Matiullah Jan stated that he would be calling the police and lodging a formal complain against the Federal Ombudsperson.
@Matiullahjan919 and @Waqtnewstv team now locked up in an office in Ms Kashmala Tariq’s office. They are not being allowed to leave, after being attacked, and repeatedly asked to hand over footage. Ms Kashmala’s team have also now attacked other reporters at the scene with chairs pic.twitter.com/GpDxcUa2j3
— Rameeza Majid Nizami (@RameezaNizami) March 8, 2018
The Waqt News team was even locked inside the Ombudsperson’s office so they cannot leave. This episode clearly shows that Kashmala Tariq had something to worry about which related to her appointment. Matiullah Jan exposed her for not having the right credentials for the job, but in Pakistan, the mighty never regret anything they do.
