Pak media blacks out Sharif heckling incident in U.S.

New Delhi : Pakistani media blacked out coverage of the country’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif being heckled by a Baloch activist during his speech in the US. On Friday, Ahmar Mustikhan interrupted Sharif’s speech and demanded freedom of Balochistan Province, where the Pakistani Army has been engaged in acts of torture and killing of Baloch who are demanding freedom.The activist also called Sharif a ‘friend of Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden’. “I hope my small minute contribution will reach the ears of thousands of Baloch martyr families. My voice was also meant to expose Pakistan terror in Afghanistan and war crimes in Balochistan,” Mustikhan told ANI in an exclusive interview.The incident took place during Sharif’s most anticipated visit to the United States. Even though the Pakistani media, including the Dawn, Geo TV, Express Tribune and The Nation left no stone unturned to cover each and every move of their Prime Minister, they conveniently choose to black out the coverage of a Baloch activist disrupting his address to a renowned US think tank (name the institution and give brief background of it). The question remains whether it is self censorship or an instruction from the higher ups.The media in Pakistan frequently goes to the town discussing alleged atrocities in Indian-held Kashmir, but chooses to look in another direction when the worsening situation in Balochistan and Azad Kashmir is highlighted.