Pakistan: Gharidah Farooqi Hit With Yet Another Wave Of Online Attacks

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Aug 26

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Gharidah Farooqi, anchor with private TV channel News One, has been hit with yet another wave of online attacks, inclduding organized online trolling by social media accounts purportedly linked to ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.

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