The crew of a news TV channel in Pakistan’s Islamabad was beaten up by Muslim clerics at a mosque and their camera equipment also broken. Their crime — a crew member allegedly drank water inside the mosque during fasting hours.A report in The Express Tribune on Wednesday said the crew was of Pakistan’s Din News channel that had come to cover an event. The cameraman named Rashid Azeem visited the nearby Haqqania Masjid to offer afternoon prayers.
The report said Rashid was performing ablution in the mosque when the cleric confronted him. He questioned why Rashid wasn’t fasting during Ramzan and drinking water instead. After both got into a spat, Rashid’s crew members came to the mosque to his rescue and this led to a commotion.

The crew of a news TV channel in Pakistan’s Islamabad was beaten up by Muslim clerics at a mosque and their camera equipment also broken. Their crime — a crew member allegedly drank water inside the mosque during fasting hours.A report in The Express Tribune on Wednesday said the crew was of Pakistan’s Din News channel that had come to cover an event. The cameraman named Rashid Azeem visited the nearby Haqqania Masjid to offer afternoon prayers.
The report said Rashid was performing ablution in the mosque when the cleric confronted him. He questioned why Rashid wasn’t fasting during Ramzan and drinking water instead. After both got into a spat, Rashid’s crew members came to the mosque to his rescue and this led to a commotion.