Man held in Karachi for impersonating journalist

Published February 10, 2020
Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested an imposter in the Defence Housing Authority for carrying several cards of media organisations and getting affixed a ‘press’ sticker on his car. — APP/File
Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested an imposter in the Defence Housing Authority for carrying several cards of media organisations and getting affixed a ‘press’ sticker on his car. — APP/File

KARACHI: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested an imposter in the Defence Housing Authority for carrying several cards of media organisations and getting affixed a ‘press’ sticker on his car.

The Gizri police on late Saturday night signalled a car (ACM-278) in Defence to stop. As the vehicle stopped, the driver identified himself as Ghulam Rasool and started using foul language and threatening the police.

He said he was a ‘journalist’, but upon verification it transpired that he was a ‘fake’ media person, said Gizri SHO Rizwan Hyder.

The police claimed to have recovered over six ‘press cards’ and hashish from him.

A case has been registered against him at the Gizri police station.

Recently, the police arrested an imposter in the Defence area as he presented himself as a police official.

Published in Dawn, February 10th, 2020

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