Sadaf Naim (Facebook photo)
Pakistani journalist Sadaf Naeem was crushed to death by a vehicle carrying former Prime Minister Imran Khan in an accident in eastern Pakistan on Sunday as he led a convoy with his supporters towards the capital, party officials and journalists said.
The incident led Khan to halt the “long march” he was leading towards Islamabad to pressure the federal government to hold snap elections. His convoy left the eastern city of Lahore, and is expected to reach Islamabad on Friday. “Deeply shocked and saddened by the terrible accident that led to the death of Channel 5 reporter Sadaf Naim during our march today,” Khan said on Twitter.
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Khan said that Sunday’s activities planned by his party have been cancelled. Journalist Kazfi Butt, who witnessed the incident, told Reuters that Naeem, 40, lost her balance when she tried to climb onto Khan’s truck to get an interview with the former prime minister.
The truck wheel ran over her head as she fell to the road, he said. PTI leader Musrat Jamshed Cheema confirmed that Naeem was run over by Khan’s vehicle. Local police officials did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
PTI said Khan was ready to negotiate with Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s coalition government if it announced a date for snap elections. The government says the polls will take place as planned in October or November next year. Khan says he is not willing to wait.
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